Using the thesaurus

For any word in your Write document, you can select, from a list of words, one which has the same meaning but is perhaps more appropriate to the context of the document. These words are called synonyms.

From any list of synonyms, you can select any of the words and enter another area of the thesaurus to explore all the synonyms for that word. You can explore as many areas of the thesaurus as you like, and at any time you can select an appropriate synonym to replace your original word.

To use the thesaurus, highlight the word whose synonym you wish to find, and then select the Thesaurus command from the Tools menu. The "Thesaurus" dialog box is displayed.

In the Looked Up box is the word you originally selected. Its broad meaning is given beneath in the Meanings box; of course, a word might have several meanings, in which case they will be listed here, together with their parts of speech.

Note: If the word you have looked up is not in the thesaurus, the title of the Looked Up box is changed to Not Found.

Contained in the Replace With box is the synonym that Write has chosen as being closest in meaning to the original word. Any further synonyms are listed beneath in the Synonyms box. Click on one of these synonyms to place it in the Replace With box. Double-click on a synonym to place it in the Looked Up box (and then click on the Look Up button to display its synonyms).

When you have put the synonym you require into the Replace With box, click on the Replace button.

Click on the Previous button to step back through the contents of the Looked Up box.