To find the meaning of a word using the thesaurus

  1. From the Text menu A list of available commands and actions in Publisher. Menu names are displayed in the menu bar at the top of the Publisher window., select Thesaurus. The Thesaurus dialog box A window used to supply information to Publisher. appears.

  2. In the Look Up Word box, type the word you want to look up.

  3. Click on Look Up.

  4. From the Language drop-down list box, select the language of the word you are looking up.

Possible meanings for the word are listed in the Meanings list box and alternative words and phrases are listed in the Synonyms list box.

  1. To look up a different word in the thesaurus, repeat the steps above or do one of the following:

To look up the word in the Replace Word box, click on Look Up

To look up a word in either the Meanings or Synonyms box, double-click on the word

To look up a word that you have previously looked up, select the word from the Look Up Word drop-down list box.

  1. When you have finished looking up words, click on Cancel.

Note:

If you have selected a word before you select Thesaurus, that word will be displayed in the Look Up Word box.