Apple AppleWorks 5 : Mac OS - Manual (Page 102)

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Finding synonyms
When you’re searching for the best word, you can look up synonyms—
words of similar meaning—in the onscreen thesaurus that is provided with
AppleWorks. The AppleWorks thesaurus is a collection of more than
220,000 words organized by synonyms.
To find a synonym, select a word, choose Writing Tools from the Edit menu,
and then choose Thesaurus. You see the Thesaurus dialog box.
Changing dictionaries
To install and select additional dictionary, hyphenation, and thesaurus files,
choose Writing Tools from the Edit menu, and then choose Select Dictionaries.
You can also create and select different user dictionaries for specialized
terms or proper nouns that don’t appear in the main dictionary.
For more instructions on changing dictionaries, see onscreen Help.
* Choose Index from the or Help menu and scroll to the entry. Then choose a topic from
the list and click Go To Topic.
In the Help index, * see:
E
synonyms
Select the
synonym
you want
Shows the selected word
(or type a different word to
look up)
If you type a different
word, click to see a list
of synonyms
Click to see a list of all
words you’ve looked up
recently
Click to
replace the
selected word
In the Help index, * see:
E
dictionaries