Tip #4626 - Did I Already Use That Word? Printer Friendly Version | E-Mail This Tip
Did
I Already Use That Word?
Have you ever
found yourself repeating the same word in a document over and over
again? What did you do? Wish you had a thesaurus? Well, guess what.
You do!
MS Word comes
with a built in thesaurus and all you have to do is get it started!
First, you'll
need to highlight the word you want replaced.
Now, you're ready
to activate the thesaurus.
In older
versions of Word, you'll want to follow these steps:
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You
could go to the Tools menu, Language
submenu and Thesaurus choice or you could also
just use Shift + F7. That seems faster to me, but
you decide.
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A
window will then open with a list of any meanings Word may have
and a list of synonyms for you to choose from.
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Just
pick the word you want to use and then click Replace.
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An
added bonus here is that you can click on one of the meanings and
get another list of synonyms to look through as well.
Now, for those
of you using Word 2007, as expected, things are slightly
different.
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Your
thesaurus is found on the Review ribbon (Shift
+ F7 works here too!)
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Once
the thesaurus button is clicked (with your word highlighted), you
should find that it opens on the right hand side of your program
window.
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You'll
see a whole list of alternatives and, as with the older Word versions,
you can click on one of the suggestions and get other synonyms for
that word as well.
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To
use a word, click the down arrow and choose Insert
from the menu.
As you can see,
there are a variety of options. All you have to do is get your thesaurus
off the shelf. Oops. I mean, on the screen!
~ April
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