Help! I got a new copy of Word 2003 with my new Dell laptop and I can't seem
to access the "automatic" dictionary like I could with my old Word program
(where I just had to have the cursor on the word and hit "alt." I have tried
everything I know to try to access the dictionary that is supposed to come
with the program, but I cannot seem to get it to work. Any suggestions?

Hi ?B?TXVycg==?=,

Help! I got a new copy of Word 2003 with my new Dell laptop and I can't seem
to access the "automatic" dictionary like I could with my old Word program
(where I just had to have the cursor on the word and hit "alt." I have tried
everything I know to try to access the dictionary that is supposed to come
with the program, but I cannot seem to get it to work.

There's nothing built into Word that reacts to pressing the Alt key. By
default, when you press Alt, it will activate the menu bar. So your old Word
program must have been modified through some kind of Addin OR you're
misremembering something.

What do you mean by "automatic dictionary"? What do you expect should happen
when Alt is pressed? Does F7 do what you're looking for?

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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Alt+click brings up the Research pane. Perhaps this is what the user is
looking for?

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Hi ?B?TXVycg==?=,

Help! I got a new copy of Word 2003 with my new Dell laptop and I can't
seem
to access the "automatic" dictionary like I could with my old Word
program
(where I just had to have the cursor on the word and hit "alt." I have
tried
everything I know to try to access the dictionary that is supposed to
come
with the program, but I cannot seem to get it to work.

There's nothing built into Word that reacts to pressing the Alt key. By
default, when you press Alt, it will activate the menu bar. So your old
Word
program must have been modified through some kind of Addin OR you're
misremembering something.

What do you mean by "automatic dictionary"? What do you expect should
happen
when Alt is pressed? Does F7 do what you're looking for?

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or
reply
in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-)