Hi, First, I think it is important to know that there is a Microsoft bug in Word 2010 that makes this a bit cumbersome, but there are ways to work around it. I will provide you with two methods to access it:
Method 1: 1. When your cursor is in the word you want to look up, press the Context menu key or Shift-F10 2. Down Arrow until you hear Synonyms 3. Press Enter 4. Down Arrow through the Synonyms 5. If you find one you like, press Enter on it and it will replace your word with the new word Method 2: 1. Put your cursor within the word you want to look up and press Shift-F7. This brings up a pane that is vertically along the right hand side of the screen. If Microsoft had implemented this properly, you would be able to press F6 to access the pane, and it would read perfectly. But, it will not read correctly because Microsoft has a bug. So, we need to work around the bug. 2. When the pane appears, there is a Search For edit box. Press Control-Shift-F to open the Find dialog so you can use the mouse to find this information. 3. Type "search for" 4. Press Enter 5. You should hear "found search for." Now, you can begin to read the Thesaurus pane by pressing Numberpad 2, which will move your mouse pointer down the pane. 6. When you find a word you would like to use, press Numpad Star, which will right-click on the word and bring up a context menu. 7. Now, Down Arrow to Insert and press Enter 8. Focus will be back in your document. Press F6 to move to the Thesaurus pane and press Control-Alt-Space to bring up the men for the pane. 9. Down Arrow to close and press Enter. This closes the pane, and you will be back in your document. If you find you do not hear anything after closing the pane, Alt-Tab away from Word and Alt-Tab back. Hope that helps. Jeremy -----Original Message----- From: mop [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2012 10:38 PM To: [email protected] Subject: how to bring up the thesaurus in word 2010 How does one bring up the thesaurus in word 2010. thanks skype wincric If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv. If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv.
