Re: Seeking accessible offline dictionaries

  • From: Pranav Lal <pranav.lal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 07 Nov 2005 21:14:03 +0530

Hi Yardbird,

I will give the steps which I used to optimise the American Heritage dictionary. I am using the Jaws six .two. However, I don't think that the Jaws version makes any difference to the steps.

1. Type a
word that you what defined.

2. Press enter to bring up the definition of the word.

3. Move using the Jaws cursor to the top of the definition window. Restrict the Jaws cursor to that window.

4. Now define a frame around the current window using the ctrl+shift+[+[ key combination. Set the frame to read when you hit a hot key.

5. Now, when ever you type the word to be defined, you'll be able to read the definition of the word using the hot key. You may also want to set up a prompt for the edit box where you type the word to be defined.
Note:
the Tab key is not useful in this dictionary . Every menu option such as the dictionary and thesaurus are contained in their own window. You may want to define hot keys that click on these options. I do not know how to do this.


I hope this helps
Pranav
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Pranav

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