Tip #3202 - Looking for Another Word
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Looking
for Another Word
Ever find that you overuse
a particular word in an MS Word document?
So, here you are trying
to come up with another word (also known as a synonym), but you're having
no luck. What do you do?
You could pull out
the old reference book and start looking or you could let Word do that
for you!
Hmmm, what a big decision!
Who wouldn't have the program
do the looking?
It's at this moment
that you need Word's thesaurus. The only question now is: where is it?
Well, if you're inclined
to use menus, you'll find it buried in the Tools menu,
Language submenu.
If you're more in
tune with keyboard shortcuts, you simply need to remember Shift
+ F7.
Highlight
the word you need to replace (if you don't highlight it, Word
will automatically select the word to the left of the cursor) and hit
Shift + F7.
The thesaurus window
will open like this:
On the left, the selected
word is listed along with meanings. On the right, there are suggested
synonyms. (Antonyms may also be listed and will be noted as such).
Find a word
that suits your needs, select it and click Replace.
Poof! A different
word where Word did all the work!
~ April
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