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<h1>Dictionary Lookup</h1>

<h2>Function</h2>

<p>The Dictionary Lookup Tool allows you to access and search specified 
 online dictionaries. <!--kadov_tag{{<spaces>}}-->&nbsp;<!--kadov_tag{{</spaces>}}-->It 
 can be a handy tool when doing lexical work. <!--kadov_tag{{<spaces>}}-->&nbsp;<!--kadov_tag{{</spaces>}}-->You 
 can feed Dictionary Lookup a list of words or phrases and it will return 
 html files containing the results for the search for each of the words 
 on the list. <!--kadov_tag{{<spaces>}}-->&nbsp;<!--kadov_tag{{</spaces>}}-->The 
 html files are placed in folders in the Text Tab. <!--kadov_tag{{<spaces>}}-->&nbsp;<!--kadov_tag{{</spaces>}}-->You 
 can also use Dictionary Lookup as a reference source to search for words 
 in the online dictionary directly from VisualText. <!--kadov_tag{{<spaces>}}-->&nbsp;<!--kadov_tag{{</spaces>}}--></p>

<h2>Accessing</h2>

<p>Dictionary Lookup can be accessed from several places within VisualText. 
 <!--kadov_tag{{<spaces>}}-->&nbsp;<!--kadov_tag{{</spaces>}}-->It can 
 be accessed from the main <a href="../Main_Tools_Menu.htm">Tools Menu</a>, 
 the <a href="../../Text_Tab_Popup.htm">Text Tab Popup Menu</a> under 
 Tools, and from the Tools menu in the <a href="../Popups/Text_File_Popup.htm">Text 
 File Popup Menu</a>. <span style="font-size: 10pt;">Dictionaries can also 
 be accessed from the <a href="Attribute_Editor.htm">Attribute Editor</a>. 
 </span></p>

<h2>Setting Dictionary Lookup Preferences</h2>

<p>Access to the online ontology WordNet is provided by default. <!--kadov_tag{{<spaces>}}-->&nbsp;<!--kadov_tag{{</spaces>}}-->To 
 add other online dictionaries to Dictionary Lookup, you must specify the 
 dictionary path in the <a href="../Main_File_Menu.htm#dictionaryLookup_pref">Dictionary 
 Lookup tab</a> in VisualText preferences located under the File Menu. 
 <!--kadov_tag{{<spaces>}}-->&nbsp;<!--kadov_tag{{</spaces>}}-->For more 
 information on creating path names to online dictionary sources, see <a href="../../HowToBuild/DictLookupURL/DictionaryLookup.htm">URLs for Dictionary 
 Lookup</a>.</p>

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<p style="margin-bottom: 0;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Note</span>: 
 Access to WordNet relies on a fixed webpage CGI to WordNet. If the WordNet 
 page changes, the path for WordNet must be changed in the preferences 
 dialog.</td></tr>
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<p>&nbsp;</p>

<h2>Using Dictionary Lookup</h2>

<p><span style="font-weight: bold;">To create dictionary files from a word 
 list</span>:</p>

<p>Dictionary Lookup expects a file that consists of a list of words, one 
 per line with no spaces after the word. </p>

<ol style="list-style: decimal;"
	type=1>
	
	<li class=kadov-p><p>Select the <span style="font-weight: bold;">file</span> 
 in the Text Tab.</p></li>
	
	<li class=kadov-p><p>Right-click and select <span style="font-weight: bold;">Dictionary</span> 
 &gt; <span style="font-weight: bold;">Lookup</span> from the Text Tab 
 Popup, and choose the online dictionary from the list. <!--kadov_tag{{<spaces>}}-->&nbsp;<!--kadov_tag{{</spaces>}}-->Html 
 files for each of the words on the list are created in a folder in the 
 input directory. <!--kadov_tag{{<spaces>}}-->&nbsp;<!--kadov_tag{{</spaces>}}-->The 
 name of the folder is filename_DictionaryName. <!--kadov_tag{{<spaces>}}-->&nbsp;<!--kadov_tag{{</spaces>}}--></p></li>
</ol>

<p><span style="font-weight: bold;">To use Dictionary Lookup to find words 
 in an online dictionary</span>:</p>

<ol style="list-style: decimal;"
	type=1>
	
	<li class=kadov-p><p>Highlight a <span style="font-weight: bold;">word</span> 
 in an open text file in the Workspace. <!--kadov_tag{{<spaces>}}-->&nbsp;<!--kadov_tag{{</spaces>}}-->(If 
 you do not highlight a word, you will be prompted with a dialog box.)</p></li>
	
	<li class=kadov-p><p>Right-click and select <span style="font-weight: bold;">Dictionary</span> 
 &gt; <span style="font-weight: bold;">Lookup</span> from the Text File 
 Popup, and choose the online dictionary from the list. <!--kadov_tag{{<spaces>}}-->&nbsp;<!--kadov_tag{{</spaces>}}-->The 
 word is displayed in a browser window. <!--kadov_tag{{<spaces>}}-->&nbsp;<!--kadov_tag{{</spaces>}}--></p></li>
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<h2>See Also</h2>

<p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><a href="../Main_File_Menu.htm#dictionaryLookup_pref">Dictionary 
 Lookup Preferences</a></p>

<p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><a href="../../HowToBuild/DictLookupURL/DictionaryLookup.htm">URLs 
 for Dictionary Lookup</a></p>

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