How do i get word definitions in Word 2003

[Guest]

I recently changed to Office 2003 and do not seem to have Bookshelf. I
cannot figure out how to define words-i.e. In Office 2000 it was a right
click on the word.

 

[Jay Freedman]

I recently changed to Office 2003 and do not seem to have Bookshelf.
I cannot figure out how to define words-i.e. In Office 2000 it was a
right click on the word.

Bookshelf is not -- and never was -- part of Office. If you still have the
Bookshelf installation disk, reinstall it. I'm not sure it will work the
same in Office 2003, but it probably will (by installing an add-in that adds
the command to the right-click menu).

But in 2003, you don't need Bookshelf for this. If you have Internet acess,
you can hold Alt and click a word, and it will look it up in the online
Encarta dictionary. The result will appear in the Research pane.

 

[Guest]

Jay,
After I get an answer from Encarta, how do I copy that information into a
document without retyping the entire thing? I have not been able to right
click, copy, cut and paste etc.

 

[Jay Freedman]

In the Research pane, you should see ordinary text in black, and hyperlinks
in blue. I have no trouble dragging the mouse across the black text to
select it, using either the Ctrl+C shortcut or the Copy item on the
right-click menu, and then pasting into the document. Clicking a hyperlink
opens the Encarta web page in Internet Explorer (or whatever your default
browser is); copy/paste from there works the same as on any other web page.

If this isn't what you're getting, possibly there's some problem with your
copy of Word. Try clicking Help > Detect and Repair.

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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