I couldn't agree more, she definitely requires a tip jar. On 2013-01-28, at 12:32 PM, Danny Noonan <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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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