Beginner Geek: Use the Thesaurus and Dictionary in Word for More Accurate Writing

We’ll take a look at using the Thesaurus and Dictionary in Word 2007 & 2010.

Highlight the word you want to find synonym for then reach the Thesaurus.

Dictionary in Word 2010To use the Dictionary in Word, right-tap on a word you want to look up.

Then scroll down to Look Up and you will get a list of various resources for finding its definition.

In this example we highlighted “Quick Style gallery” in the document and looked it up with Bing.

Again the Research Pane opens up and you might look through the results.

If you click one of the links, a separate surfing app session will open up to the page.

A final step before sending out a document is to choose the Review tab then Spelling & Grammar.

If you’re writing a long document you may have missed certain grammar and spelling errors.

This will scan your document and show you what might be wrong and offers suggestions to change it.

Thesaurus in Word 2007Accessing the Thesaurus in Word 2007 is essentially the same in 2007.

Right-click a word you want to research and go to Synonyms then Thesaurus.

Alternately you might snag the Review tab on the Ribbon and in the Proofing section select Thesaurus.