I have my mouse cursor following my VO cursor and my VO cursor following keyboard focus so the mouse is on top of the word but control-command-d did not invoke the dictionary.
Interestingly enough I tried apple-space to bring up spotlight and then typed in a world such as "soup" and the third item was the definition. Hitting enter on the definition brought up an application called Dictionary which gave a full definition. Dictionary also has a button bar where I could change my search from Dictionary to Thesaurus and also Apple or Wikipedia. I had never noticed this app in the applications folder before. Would still be nice to pull this up contextually within a document. If I pull up the contextual menu I do get an option to look it up in the dictionary but not the Thesaurus. So at least I can pop it to the dictionary then switch to the Thesaurus. That's somewhat faster. CB James & Nash wrote: > Could you not find the word you're after in the text and then root > your mouse pointer to the word? > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Chris Blouch <mailto:cblo...@aol.com> > *To:* macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> > *Sent:* Thursday, September 10, 2009 10:02 PM > *Subject:* Re: Nisus Writer > > There is a dictionary and thesaurus built into OSX but I couldn't > figure out how to activate it as it appears to require a mouse > over. I was following the tip directions from here: > > http://email.about.com/od/macosxmailtips/qt/et090305.htm > > CB > > Dane Trethowan wrote: >> The Thesaurus is an extremely handy tool, I don't know of any >> other Thesaurus actually come to think of it, i suppose that >> Office from Microsoft has one though that's next to useless for >> us <smile>. >> >> >> On 06/09/2009, at 6:03 PM, James & Nash wrote: >> >>> Yes, and you can also install the Thesaurus as a stand-alone >>> application. >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> *From:* Dane Trethowan <mailto:grtd...@internode.on.net> >>> *To:* macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> >>> *Sent:* Sunday, September 06, 2009 1:05 AM >>> *Subject:* Nisus Writer >>> >>> Hi! >>> >>> I meant to mention that both Nisus Writer Classic and Pro >>> come with a Thesaurus. >>> >>> >>> >>> ****************************** >>> >>> Dane Trethowan >>> From Melton Victoria Australia >>> mailto:"grtd...@internode.on.net >>> <mailto:grtd...@internode.on.net> >>> Twitter: http://twitter.com/grtdane >>> blog: http://www.grtdane.wordpress.com >>> Phone United Kingdom >>> 02032874641 >>> Phone Australia >>> 0390058589 >>> Phone United States >>> 8159261869 >>> Fax: >>> +61 3 9743 7954x >>> MSN grtd...@dane-trethowan.net >>> <mailto:grtd...@dane-trethowan.net> >>> skype:grtdane12 >>> >>> ****************************** >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
