[macvoiceover] Re: Looking up a word definition in Yosemite
- From: Keith Reedy <keithreedy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Voiceover Mac <macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2015 10:53:37 -0400
You are welcome. One of those little things that keeps me going.
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On Mar 25, 2015, at 3:28 AM, Tuscia Falconer <tusciafalconer@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> 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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>
>
>
> 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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