[macvoiceover] Re: Looking up a word definition in Yosemite
- From: Tuscia Falconer <tusciafalconer@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2015 20:28:18 +1300
Thanks for that, I actually keep the Dictionary App open but will try to get
this one into my system.
It looks like it uses the Dictionary App anyway, without launching it.
TF
On 25/03/2015, at 4:48 pm, Keith Reedy <keithreedy@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi Russell,
The way I have looked up words for some time now is, while you are on the word,
press command-control-d and a window will open which will give you a number of
choices of what you want to know about the word, dictionary, Wikipedia and
more. It seems to work in most docs and some times in e-mail.
This is a great way to look up a word.
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Keith Reedy
keithreedy@xxxxxxxxxxxx
On Mar 24, 2015, at 11:29 PM, Russell Solowoniuk <rsolowoniuk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I am running Yosemite 10.3. I am having an issue when trying to look up the
> definition of a word. Here’s what I do…
>
> 1. Select the word I wish to look up the definition for.
> 2. Press VO + shift + M to bring up the context menu.
> 3. VO down arrow to “Look Up” and then press VO + space to choose this.
>
> What happens is that there is a popover window that opens, , but I can do
> nothing with it. VO reads nothing in the popover. I hear a message saying to
> press escape to exit out of the popover. Pressing VO right or left arrow
> results in a sound, but that’s it. When I try to interact with the popover VO
> says, content is empty.
>
> How can I look up the definition of a word using the built-in dictionary in
> Yosemite? Is there a built-in thesaurus as well?
>
> Thanks for any ideas here.
>
> Russell>
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