The definition dictionary works like this. 1. Install the dictionary somewhere accesible. 2. Choose the dictionary in the dictionary preferences (perhaps this step is not necessary) 3. Open the dictionary by clicking on it 4. Do a spell check of some word or words. This opens the spell checking window. Note that if the word(s) are spelled correctly you'll have a blank "Replace With" box. 5. Insert the word you want to look up in the "Replace with" box. This should cause the "?" button to become enabled. (Note that this button only becomes visible if you have the definition dictionary loaded.) 6. Now click on the "?" button. Definition information should appear. If you find this approach to looking up words a bit clumsy (i.e. you can only look up words that are misspelled!) you are not alone. I suspect this was done this way because Jerzy and co. thought definition look up would be a handy companion to spell checking (i.e. if you are unsure which word is the correct replacement, you can look up the meaning of the replacing word). However many users expect to be able to look up words that they already know are spelled correctly. To do that you need a multi-step procedure (which can be easily written as a macro): First, select a word. Then... 1. Copy 2. Check SpellingÉ 3. Paste 4. Click on "?" For the macro, record those steps. (Geoff, you can do it, since you're a pro now :-) best -------------------------------------- Philip Spaelti Kobe Shoin Women's University spaelti@shoin.ac.jp -------------------------------------- On Tue, 16 Jan 2001 10:43:40 +1100 Geoffrey Heard wrote... >At 2:51 PM -0600 15/1/01, Michael Slavin wrote: >>I have no idea, and in trying to test for you I can't for the life of me >>determine where to do so. Any hints? (I did, however, discover the >>MARVELOUS contextual menu. Wow! Gonna use that one!!) >>-m >> >>quoth A. Clarke (acso@ADR.DK) on 1/15/01 2:03 PM: >> >>>>My Dictionaries folder contains the following: >>>>Nisus Definition Dictionary >>> >>>What about this definition dictionary? I have heard that it causes >> >trouble. Is that true in your experience? >I'm with AC -- I haven't worked out what to do with the definition >dictionary. (Should Irezd a manual or something?) And what contextual >menu do you mean, Michael? >Cheers, >Geoff
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