Difference between revisions of "Documentation/OOoAuthors User Manual/Writer Guide/Using the thesaurus"
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The thesaurus offers alternative words and phrases. Select the word or phrase you want to find alternatives for and select '''Tools > Language > Thesaurus''' or press ''Control+F7''. Click on a meaning to show alternative words and phrases for that meaning of the word. For example, when given the word “house", the thesaurus offers several meanings, including “dwelling", “legislature", and “sign of the zodiac". If you click on “dwelling", you will see “dwelling", “home", “domicile", “abode", and other alternatives, as shown below. | The thesaurus offers alternative words and phrases. Select the word or phrase you want to find alternatives for and select '''Tools > Language > Thesaurus''' or press ''Control+F7''. Click on a meaning to show alternative words and phrases for that meaning of the word. For example, when given the word “house", the thesaurus offers several meanings, including “dwelling", “legislature", and “sign of the zodiac". If you click on “dwelling", you will see “dwelling", “home", “domicile", “abode", and other alternatives, as shown below. | ||
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[[Image:Thesaurus.png|thumb|none|500px|The Thesaurus offers alternatives to words.]] | [[Image:Thesaurus.png|thumb|none|500px|The Thesaurus offers alternatives to words.]] | ||
Latest revision as of 19:45, 2 July 2018
- Selecting text
- Cutting, copying, and pasting text
- Moving paragraphs quickly
- Finding and replacing text and formatting
- Inserting special characters
- Formatting paragraphs
- Formatting characters
- Autoformatting
- Creating numbered or bulleted lists
- Using footnotes and endnotes
- Checking spelling
- Using the thesaurus
- Hyphenating words
- Using AutoCorrect
- Using word completion
- Using AutoText
- Line numbering
- Undoing and redoing changes
- Tracking changes to a document
- Linking to another part of a document
- Working with hyperlinks
- Tips and tricks
The thesaurus offers alternative words and phrases. Select the word or phrase you want to find alternatives for and select Tools > Language > Thesaurus or press Control+F7. Click on a meaning to show alternative words and phrases for that meaning of the word. For example, when given the word “house", the thesaurus offers several meanings, including “dwelling", “legislature", and “sign of the zodiac". If you click on “dwelling", you will see “dwelling", “home", “domicile", “abode", and other alternatives, as shown below.
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If the current language does not have a thesaurus installed, this feature is disabled. |
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