Hi Steve, Thanks so very much for enlightening me about the Thesaurus in Office 2003. I will take a look at it and consider either changing it back to the way Office XP (2002) or just take the time to get use to the new way.
Again, thanks for the information. Lennie At 04:27 AM 8/21/2007, you wrote: >Lennie, > >There are a number of Word 2003 features which have been moved to the >task pane, and you might find it worthwhile taking the time to learn the >new method, but it is possible to stick with the old one if you prefer. >Microsoft have left the old dialogue there, but have reassigned the >keystroke and menu item to point to the new and - according to >Microsoft's way of thinking - improved thesaurus. All you need to do is >find the old dialogue and reassign the keystroke back to it. > >To do this, open the Tools menu and choose Customize. Tab to the >Keyboard button and press it. In the list of categories, press A until >you're on All Commands. Then Tab into a list of commands. You're looking >for one called ToolsThesaurus. This is a long list but if you type the >first six letters, with no spaces, quickly enough it should bring you to >it. ToolsThesaurus is the old dialogue; if you DownArrow from it you'll >be on ToolsThesaurusRR, which is the new-style task pane version, and >it's to this second item that the Shift + F7 keystroke is assigned in >Word 2003. > >To reassign it to ToolsThesaurus, put focus on that item and Tab twice >into an edit called "Press new shortcut key". Press Shift + F7 and then >Enter twice, once to complete the assignment and again to close the >dialogue box. Note that you can assign another keystroke to the feature >if you prefer, but be careful not to assign one that is already used >within Word unless you are positive you won't need it. When you press >the keystroke, Word puts some static text on the dialogue to tell you >whether it is currently in use, but you'll need to need to use the JAWS >cursor to read this information, which appears under the edit where you >pressed the keystroke. > >Steve > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lennie >Rinaldi >Sent: 20 August 2007 19:35 >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Using MS Word Thesaurus with Office 2003 > >Hi Mireille, > >I was able to find the synonym, but when I did Alt+downarrow, it did >not give me the option of insert, copy or lookup. What ever happened >to plain old replace? > >Thanks, > >Lennie > >At 01:53 PM 8/20/2007, you wrote: > >Hi, > > > >Once you've pressed shift+F7, press F6 which brings you to the pane >were > >the synonyms are, then tab to the word you want and press alt+down >arrow > >on that word, a drop down list appears with three choices which are > >insert, copy and look up . Press enter on your choice. I hope this is > >clear and it helps. > > > >Mireille > > > >Mireille Lavoie > >CNIB > >-----Original Message----- > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lennie > >Rinaldi > >Sent: August 20, 2007 2:32 PM > >To: [email protected] > >Subject: [JAWS-Users] Using MS Word Thesaurus with Office 2003 > > > >Hi All, > > > >I am using Office 2003 and I want to use the Thesaurus in MS Word. I > >did shift+F7 and found the synonym . 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