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Implement a better Synonmn/Thesaurus please
One of the things that really dissapoint me with Word 2003 (or any Word
version for that matter) is the really poor Thesaurus function. Let me explain. When I used Wordstar (this was like 14 years ago, it's a dos wordprocessor), one of the things I really liked about it is it's RICH thesaurus function. When you search for word, you get a really varied amount of synonmys. You get complex as well as simple results. With Word, you seem to only get basic synonyms. Like search for word like "go", I get "go away" or "go off". Common, even a third grade student could have thought of that!! A thesaurus is suppose to to give a high quality alternative too. If I goto Thesaurus.com, for the same word, I get "abscond" or "hightail" and 30 other words with similar meaning. This is exactly what I mean, Word's thesaurus is more useful for elementary students rather than any real serious writing. When I was using Wordstar (again, this was 12 years ago) I had a much, much better thesaurus. Please implement a better one, a more richer, more professional quality thesaurus. ---------------- This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane. http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...ocmanagemen t |
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My W2003 gives 56 synonyms, in 15 categories.
"Riz" wrote in message ... One of the things that really dissapoint me with Word 2003 (or any Word version for that matter) is the really poor Thesaurus function. Let me explain. When I used Wordstar (this was like 14 years ago, it's a dos wordprocessor), one of the things I really liked about it is it's RICH thesaurus function. When you search for word, you get a really varied amount of synonmys. You get complex as well as simple results. With Word, you seem to only get basic synonyms. Like search for word like "go", I get "go away" or "go off". Common, even a third grade student could have thought of that!! A thesaurus is suppose to to give a high quality alternative too. If I goto Thesaurus.com, for the same word, I get "abscond" or "hightail" and 30 other words with similar meaning. This is exactly what I mean, Word's thesaurus is more useful for elementary students rather than any real serious writing. When I was using Wordstar (again, this was 12 years ago) I had a much, much better thesaurus. Please implement a better one, a more richer, more professional quality thesaurus. ---------------- This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane. http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...ocmanagemen t |
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56 synonyms of what? the word "go"?
I have w2003 too and I get alot of synonyms for "go". But it's not quantity, but quality. (and by the way, thesaurus.com has more synonmys than word) Check out what they have as synonyms (direct from w2003)... leave,go away,go off,depart,set off,set out,exit,walk off,move,etc.. Now maybe it's just me, but all these words are really simplistic. Now check out thesaurus.com... abscond, approach, beat it, bug out, cruise, decamp, depart, escape Funny enough most of these wordss are not in Word. And that's my complain, why not. "Jezebel" wrote: My W2003 gives 56 synonyms, in 15 categories. "Riz" wrote in message ... One of the things that really dissapoint me with Word 2003 (or any Word version for that matter) is the really poor Thesaurus function. Let me explain. When I used Wordstar (this was like 14 years ago, it's a dos wordprocessor), one of the things I really liked about it is it's RICH thesaurus function. When you search for word, you get a really varied amount of synonmys. You get complex as well as simple results. With Word, you seem to only get basic synonyms. Like search for word like "go", I get "go away" or "go off". Common, even a third grade student could have thought of that!! A thesaurus is suppose to to give a high quality alternative too. If I goto Thesaurus.com, for the same word, I get "abscond" or "hightail" and 30 other words with similar meaning. This is exactly what I mean, Word's thesaurus is more useful for elementary students rather than any real serious writing. When I was using Wordstar (again, this was 12 years ago) I had a much, much better thesaurus. Please implement a better one, a more richer, more professional quality thesaurus. ---------------- This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane. http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...ocmanagemen t |
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Hi Riz,
If you're lucky, Roget's thesaurus (with 766 entries for "go" instead of Word's puny 56) will offer a web service before too long, and you can subscribe to that for a monthly fee. Seems unlikely that Microsoft will buy out all the best thesauri, dictionaries, and so on, and offer them for free. Greetings, Klaus "Riz" wrote: 56 synonyms of what? the word "go"? I have w2003 too and I get alot of synonyms for "go". But it's not quantity, but quality. (and by the way, thesaurus.com has more synonmys than word) Check out what they have as synonyms (direct from w2003)... leave,go away,go off,depart,set off,set out,exit,walk off,move,etc.. Now maybe it's just me, but all these words are really simplistic. Now check out thesaurus.com... abscond, approach, beat it, bug out, cruise, decamp, depart, escape Funny enough most of these wordss are not in Word. And that's my complain, why not. "Jezebel" wrote: My W2003 gives 56 synonyms, in 15 categories. "Riz" wrote in message ... One of the things that really dissapoint me with Word 2003 (or any Word version for that matter) is the really poor Thesaurus function. Let me explain. When I used Wordstar (this was like 14 years ago, it's a dos wordprocessor), one of the things I really liked about it is it's RICH thesaurus function. When you search for word, you get a really varied amount of synonmys. You get complex as well as simple results. With Word, you seem to only get basic synonyms. Like search for word like "go", I get "go away" or "go off". Common, even a third grade student could have thought of that!! A thesaurus is suppose to to give a high quality alternative too. If I goto Thesaurus.com, for the same word, I get "abscond" or "hightail" and 30 other words with similar meaning. This is exactly what I mean, Word's thesaurus is more useful for elementary students rather than any real serious writing. When I was using Wordstar (again, this was 12 years ago) I had a much, much better thesaurus. Please implement a better one, a more richer, more professional quality thesaurus. ---------------- This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane. http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...ocmanagemen t |
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