Dictionary Use Without Being Online?

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Bert B. - 22 Nov 2004 15:39 GMT

With Word 2003, it appears that you have to be online in order to pul
up the dictionary. Is there a way to download the dictionary so that
can use it while working offline? Or can I buy an add-in dictionar
that I can use "within" Word as with the current online-onl
dictionary? Any help would be appreciated.

Thank,
-Ber

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Charles Kenyon - 23 Nov 2004 13:45 GMT

You do _not_ need to be online to use the spelling dictionary. I don't
believe that the definition dictionary is distributed but could be wrong.
There are other programs, such as Encarta, that have definitions.

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Thierry Fontenelle [MSFT] - 23 Nov 2004 17:23 GMT

The monolingual dictionary (with definitions and examples) is indeed
accessible directly from the Reference Pane in Word (right-click on a word in
your text and select the Look-Up function). You indeed need to be on-line to
access it in Word and this resource *is* in fact the Encarta monolingual
English dictionary. If you have installed the Encarta Encyclopedia, however,
the same dictionary will be installed on your hard drive and will be
accessible off-line.

Thierry Fontenelle [MSFT]

> You do _not_ need to be online to use the spelling dictionary. I don't
> believe that the definition dictionary is distributed but could be wrong.
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