Microsoft KB Archive/30789

Word Finder Not Looking Up Selection Automatically

PSS ID Number: Q30789 Article last modified on 03-07-1997

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= SUMMARY =

When using Word Finder version 2.00 with Word under MultiFinder, you need to hold down the OPTION key when selecting Word Finder from the Apple menu.

If you select Word Finder without holding down the OPTION key, Word Finder will not automatically look up a word you have selected. Instead, it will add the WF menu to the standard desk-accessory menu bar.

You must then click the document window to make Word the active application and to restore Word’s menu bar with the WF menu appended to the end of it. Then you can select a word and choose Lookup from the new WF menu. This will bring up the Word Finder dialog box with a list of synonyms for the selected word.

= MORE INFORMATION =

MultiFinder desk accessories are loaded into their own area of memory. Because of the way in which Word Finder operates, this procedure causes it to function incorrectly.

By holding down the OPTION key, the desk accessory is loaded instead into the portion of memory allocated for the application that is currently active, and Word Finder will operate correctly.

KBCategory: kbusage KBSubCategory: kbproof Additional reference words: macword macword5

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