By clicking on the down arrow in the source and target language fields you can open a pick list of database-defined languages and select a new source and target language. In doing so, you can change the language direction of the database for viewing entries and searching terms.
Between the input and the output language fields there is a green arrow 
that allows the automatic changing of language direction. If you try clicking on it you will see that the entry pane changes, too. MultiTerm automatically switches to the first entry in the source language which is displayed as the first language on the screen. The second language displayed is the target language and then the entries in any other languages.
The language direction is important for searching, since you can only look up English terms if the language set as source language is English.
You can search for a term in the database by entering a term in the search field. It is important to set as source language the language in which you want to carry out your search.
For example, if you want to search for the term browser, you type it in the search field and press the Enter key. MultiTerm will then show in the entry pane the corresponding term and its information. In case you want to carry out a more complex search – such as, for example, look for all terms beginning with the letters do – you can use the so called wildcard (*), which stands for any character string.
The wildcard can also be used to search terms containing a specific character string – e.g. *do* for all terms containing the syllable do or *le for all terms ending in le.
If you want to modify an existing entry – for example, to add its translation into another language, a synonym or additional terminological information – you need to change from view mode to edit mode in MultiTerm. To do this, go to the Entry menu and click on Edit, or press the F2 key.
The entry will be shown on a grey background, characteristic of the edit mode. By left-clicking with the mouse on the name of a data field (e.g. Term, Definition) the corresponding field opens for editing.
By right-clicking the title (field name) you can open a list containing sub-fields. You can then choose the sub-field you want to add and press the Enter key to close the field.
For example, if you want to add an equivalent for the term browser in French, you need to first create the language field French. To do this, right-click on the Entry level, select French and press the Enter key.
Once the language field French is created, left-click on Term. A field will open for you to enter the equivalent term in French. Finally, press the Enter key when you are ready.
To save changes and go back to view mode, right-click the mouse anywhere on the entry pane and select Save from the context menu.
WARNING: Unless you press Enter or click outside the textbox after typing, clicking Save will not save the last textbox you typed in.
MultiTerm will then switch to view mode and show the modified entry.