You need a tip jar. :-). You know and share so much. Thanks.
Danny Sent from my iPhone On 29/01/2013, at 7:22 AM, Esther <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Danny and Kerri, > > First of all, you can access multiple dictionaries on your Mac. If you > open the Dictionary app using any of the ways Rachel described > earlier, such as using spotlight (Command-space bar, then type the > first few letters of the app, such as "d i c t" and press return) or > from Finder, by using the Command-Shift-a shortcut to move to the > applications folder, again typing the first few letters of the app you > want, like "d i" to move to the app, then pressing Command-down arrow > to open, you can open your preferences menu for that app with the > Command-comma shortcut. Under your app preferences you can check > boxes for any of the dictionaries that you want enabled. For example, > while the New Oxford American Dictionary is selected for U.S. users, I > can also check the box for the Oxford English Dictionary which uses > British English conventions. Mountain Lion also added a large number > of dictionaries in other languages. Once you've checked any additional > dictionaries you want added, close the preferences window with Command- > w. Now any additional dictionary or thesaurus that you've checked > will appear as additional sources you can check, along with the your > default dictionary, thesaurus, Wikipedia, etc. > > However, if you only want to check "what letters American words skip", > you don't need to add other dictionaries to look this up. Highlight > the word you want to look up using Option-Shift-Right or Left Arrow as > previously stated, but when you bring up the context menu with VO- > Shift-M you want to show spellings and grammar. That window has a pop > up menu button that you can navigate to and change from "Automatic by > Language" to specific languages like "U.S. English", "Australian > English", or "British English". You can also move to the last entry > with Command-Down arrow and, if you were typing in TextEdit, choose > "Open Text Preferences" to set the specific language pop-up button you > want to use for spelling. (I have multiple languages and voices set > up on my Mac, so my settings may not be typical.) You probably don't > want to change your preferences permanently to look up alternate > spellings, though. And there's also a "Learn" button in the previous > spelling and grammar window if you want to add words or abbreviations > and not have them flagged by the spell checker. > > The Multilingual Mac blog posted on Sunday that as of OS X 10.8.2, the > Dictionary.app has modules for US English, British English, French, > German, Spanish, Japanese, and Simplified Chinese, and provided links > to a few sites for adding other (language) dictionaries. (Not all > these sites are in English, and some of the modules may not be up to > date.) Here's the link to the article: > • Adding Dictionaries to Dictionary.app > http://m10lmac.blogspot.com/2013/01/adding-dictionaries-to-dictionaryapp.html > > HTH. Cheers, > > Esther > > > On Jan 27, 11:31 pm, Danny Noonan <[email protected]> wrote: >> Also, you can highlight a word with shift option left or right arrow, VO >> shift m for context menu and the first option is look up + the word >> highlighted , EG, I just selected "Context" so the option is "Look up >> Context".Choosing this lets you use dictionary, thesaurus or wikipedia. This >> is wonderful. Any word you want info on, bang. You write a word but find >> your using it too often, go look up the thesaurus for an alternate word >> choice. Google search is another option from the context menu so it's all >> very quick and easy. >> >> My daughter says she has extra dictionaries on her school MacBook and I'd >> love to know where and how to get them. I'm always trying to remember what >> letters American words skip. :-) >> >> Now I'm off to play with the dictionary. I want to see if you can add words >> etc. >> >> Kind regards, >> Danny: >> >> On 27/01/2013, at 6:37 AM, Rachel Feinberg <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>> Hi Kerri, >> >>> You can access the dictionary either through typing in the first couple >>> letters of it in spotlight search, accessed with command+space. Or, you can >>> navigate to your applications folder with command+shift+A, interact with >>> that, and browse to the dictionary app. >>> Once in the app, you can navigate to the toolbar, interact with that, and >>> go to the search field. Type in the word you wish to look up, and press >>> enter. Then stop interacting with the toolbar, and navigate to the html >>> area. In there, once you interact, you'll find your results. >>> there's probably some other keystrokes that make jumping from the toolbar >>> to the html area quicker, but vo+J doesn't seem to accomplish this, so >>> please forgive the long way around explanation and keyboard action. >>> Hope that helps some, >>> Rachel >>> On Jan 26, 2013, at 11:24 AM, Kerri <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>>> hello, all. How do I access the dictionary on the mac both on the fly and >>>> using it as an application? 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