Thesaurus

Opens a dialogue box to replace the current word with a synonym, or a related term.

To access this command...

Choose Tools - Thesaurus.

Ctrl+F7

Thesaurus support is not available for all languages.

Current word

Displays the current word, or the related term that you selected by double-clicking a line in the Alternatives list. You can also type text directly in this box to look up your text.

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Recalls the previous contents of the "Current word" text box.

Alternatives

Click an entry in the Alternatives list to copy the related term to the "Replace with" text box. Double-click an entry to copy the related term to the "Current word" text box and to look up that term.

Replace with

The word or words in the "Replace with" text box will replace the original word in the document when you click the Replace button. You can also type text directly in this box.

Language

Select a language for the thesaurus. You can install languages with a thesaurus library from the Extensions web page.