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4.12 DICTIONARIES AND RESEARCH

DICTIONARIES:

Microsoft Office 7 and later offer great accessible dictionaries and research options.

Place the cursor within the word you want to know more about such as "independence". Press the Application Key or Shift F10 and Arrow all the way Down to hear "Look Up" Or press the APPLICATION key, SHIFT F10 then Alt K. Press ENTER and keep Tabbing to hear the resulting definitions which appear at the right-hand side of the screen.

If you want to get this information line by line, then use the NKP arrow keys, 2 or 8.

To get back into your document and word, press F6 which toggles between the various options open to you at the time.

SYNONYMS AND THESAURUS:

This feature is ideal when you are searching for a better word. Again, with the cursor within a word, press the Application Key or Shift F10 and Arrow Down to hear "synonyms". This time press Right Arrow and Arrow Down amongst the choices. Press ENTER on your choice and your word within your document will be changed. You can do this as often as you need to.

The bottom choice in any list of words is Thesaurus. Press ENTER on Thesaurus and again you are taken over to the right-hand part of the screen which is now full of options and research which you can read by pressing the Tab Key. The research facilities are extensive.

WARNING: sometimes, in the above instructions, you may not get speech output when you press TAB to visit the right-hand part of the screen. Use the F6 Key to correct this. The F6 key toggles between three items:

1) within the document;

2) the dictionary and research;

3) the Status Bar;

4) the file Menu.

You only get speech when you have what you want to hear in focus.

 

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