README22 ____________________________ How to Use the Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, Version 2.2 These notes are for the 16-bit program, for use with the Windows[TM] 3.1 and 3.11 operating systems. This dictionary program may also be used with early versions of Windows[TM] 95, but it is recommended that for Windows 9x and above the 32-bit program be installed instead. CONTENTS OF THIS README FILE ============================ 1) Running the 16-bit dictionary program under Windows NT 2) Installation 2.1) How to Make Sure the Dictionary Will Display 2.2) What to Do Before Installing the Dictionary 2.3) How to Install the Dictionary 3) How to Integrate the Dictionary with Microsoft Word 4) What is on the Dictionary Screen 4.1) The Menu Bar 4.2) Buttons 4.3) List Window 4.4) Entry Window 5) How to Hear the Audio Pronunciations and See the Graphics 6) Choosing Your Preferences for Running the Dictionary 7) Ways of Looking up a Word in the Dictionary: Search Types 7.1) Look up a Word by Browsing Through the Dictionary Entries: Browse on Index 7.1.1) Use the browse search filter 7.1.2) 'Browse on Index' list behavior 7.2) Look up a Word Directly: Search on Main Entry 7.3) Look Up Words Using Wildcards 7.4) Find a Word You Don't Know by Specifying Information You Do Know: Search on Definitions 7.4.1) Using the Definition Search Filter 7.4.2) Using search commands 7.4.3) Replace a word in a document you are writing with a word from the dictionary 7.5) Look up Anagrams 7.5.1) Using the Anagram Search Filter 7.6) Go back to Previous Search Results: View History 7.7) For Advanced Users: Changing the default search type 7.7.1) Instructions 8) Further Help ~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1) Running the 16-bit dictionary program under Windows NT --------------------------------------------------------- It is preferable to run the 32-bit version of the dictionary, v. 3.0, on Windows NT. However, Windows NT allows you the option of specifying that certain 16-bit Windows applications should be run in a separate memory space (see File|Propertiesfrom within Windows NT Program Manager). If you specify this option for the RH Webster's Unabridged executable file, you will no longer be able to activate the program through its hot key when working inside another application. 2) Installation --------------- Instructions on how to install the dictionary are repeated in the printed documentation. 2.1) How to Make Sure the Dictionary Will Display ------------------------------------------------- To run the dictionary, you must have a default printer driver selected. In addition, the driver must be capable of handling TrueType fonts. Without such a driver, the dictionary will not display on screen. You need to select a printer driver even if you do not have a printer physically connected to your computer system, and even if you do not intend to print from this application. To install a printer driver or change the default driver, go to the Control Panel in the Program Manager's main window. Then click on the Printers icon. 2.2) What to Do Before Installing the Dictionary ------------------------------------------------ Remove any previous version of the Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, preferably by using the older version's Uninstall option. Close all running programs and close or disable all background applications. 2.3) How to Install the Dictionary ---------------------------------- Inserting the CD-ROM in the drive should start an autorun installation; if not, 1. Choose Run from the File menu. 2. Type X:\SETUP.EXE on the command line on-screen, where "X" stands for the letter of your CD-ROM drive. 3. Click Next and follow the on-screen instructions. 4. Choose either a Standard or Custom installation to select the components you want to install on your hard drive. a. Standard: installs the software program only. To use the dictionary, you will have to have the CD in the drive. You will need 5 Mb of hard disk space. b. Custom: installs both the software program and the dictionary on your hard drive. There are two options: (1) Install the software program and dictionary data only (you may look up words and perform searches without the CD, but the CD must be in the drive for access to the illustrations and audio pronunciations). You will need 50 Mb of hard disk space. (2) Install the complete dictionary, including the software program, dictionary data, graphics, and audio files (this allows the entire dictionary to be used without the CD in the drive). You will need 530 Mb of hard disk space. 5. Select the program group in which you want the RHWUD icon to appear. 6. Click Finish. 3) How to Integrate the Dictionary with Microsoft Word ------------------------------------------------------ The installation program asks for the startup directory of MS Word. This is usually a directory called "Startup" in the MS Word or MS Office program directory. If the directory exists, it will copy the files 'crsdk.wll' and 'crsdk32.wll' into this directory. From then on, MS Word will automatically create a toolbar 'Collexion Reference' at startup that will contain a button to activate the dictionary. The dictionary will also be listed in the popupmenu associated with the right mouse button and in the menu 'Tools'. If you decide to add support for MS Word at some point after installation, you may do so by copying the WLL files from the CD-ROM to the MS Word startup directory. 4) What is on the Dictionary Screen ----------------------------------- 4.1) The Menu Bar ----------------- The Menu Bar, located at the top left part of the screen, under the title bar, follows normal Windows conventions. Pressing the underlined letter of an item while holding down the Alt key pulls down a submenu. Within a submenu, pressing an underlined letter alone chooses an item. The main items on the Menu Bar are: File, Edit, Search Type, X-Ref, and Help. 1. File: The submenu contains Lookup, Print, and Exit. 2. Edit. The submenu contains Undo, Copy, Paste, Find, Replace, and Preferences. 3. Search type. The submenu contains Browse on Index, Search on Main Entry, Search on Definitions, Anagrams, and View History. 4. X-Ref. This item allows you to look up a word in another reference work that uses the same Collexion Reference software. X-Ref is grayed out unless such a work has been installed on your computer. 5. Help. The submenu contains Using help, Help Index, About, and Help Context. 4.2) Buttons ------------ An additional Search Type button, which shows the type of search you are currently using and allows you to change to another, appears below the menu. To the right of the logo are three buttons: Preferences, Lookup, and Replace. Preferences allows you to choose the defaults for running the dictionary, Lookup starts the search for the word in the Find Box, and Replace lets you replace selected text in your document. At the bottom left of the top section, above the List Window in the default screen arrangement, are three buttons analogous to those on a VCR. The left button takes you to the previous entry in the list and the right button to the next entry in the list. The middle button pauses and resumes a search. To the right of those three buttons, the Counter keeps track of the number of entries through which you are searching, the number of hits that result from your search, etc. List Window 4.3) List Window ---------------- The List Window lists the entries you can search, those you find as a result of your search, etc. 4.4) Entry Window ----------------- The Entry Window shows the current dictionary entry. The current entry may be considerably longer than can be seen on one screen. You may scroll through this window to see the full entry, which includes all main entries spelled with the same sequence of letters, whether lower-case or capitalized, with or without diacritical marks, and with or without hyphens. It also includes other terms derived from the main-entry word plus supplementary notes on usage, synonyms, pronunciation questions, regional variations, etc., when appropriate. With your cursor on a word in the Entry Window, clicking the right mouse button institutes a Main-Entry Search for that word. 5) How to Hear the Audio Pronunciations and See the Graphics ------------------------------------------------------------ Both the Sound and Graphics are accessed through standard Windows functions. To hear the sound, you must have a sound card installed, and a video card is required for access to the pictures. Pressing the loudspeaker icon near a word allows you to hear the word pronounced. A pronunciation can be associated with a main entry, a given name, or another word in the body of the entry that is given an audio pronunciation. When you press a camera icon, a graphics box will appear on screen. You can make the graphic occupy the full screen by doing the following: First left-click on the Maximize button at the upper right corner of the graphics window. This will enlarge the "frame" for the graphic to full-screen size. Alternatively, you may use your mouse to adjust the "frame" by dragging its borders. Then press the Fit button on the button bar of the graphics window. This will stretch the picture to fit the enlarged frame. Note that this may cause some distortion of the drawing. Pressing the Original button returns the picture to normal size. Copy allows you to copy the picture, as for use in a document. Print lets you print the picture. Before moving on to another entry, close the graphics box. 6) Choosing Your Preferences for Running the Dictionary ------------------------------------------------------- To set defaults for your dictionary display: 1. Click on the Preferences button or choose Preferences from the Edit menu. 2. From the Preferences screen, double-click on the File icon if you need to reset the path to be used by the dictionary to access data. To make sound and pictures available, set the path to the root directory of your CD-ROM drive, e.g., D: 3. Double-click on the Display icon to change the colors for individual "blocks" of the dictionary entry (main entry, definitions, etc.) or to change font size. You may also deselect parts of the entry for display by double-clicking on the check boxes to remove check marks. 4. Choose the Hot key icon to set the key combination with which you can open the dictionary from within an application. You may also set Copy and Paste keys. 5. The Language icon allows you to choose either English, French, or Spanish as the language of the dictionary interface. 6. Double-click on the Environment icon to: a. specify the number of items you can save in the History buffer (up to 100). These will display as a list when you choose View History, and you can call the entries up again. b. choose the option of displaying long help prompts across the title bar c. determine whether the dictionary logo will be displayed in the main dictionary dialogue box d. customize the relative positions of the search list and the definition box e. save all of these specifications as your personal defaults. 7) Ways of Looking up a Word in the Dictionary: Search Types ------------------------------------------------------------ Choose the type of search you want from the Search type menu. Browse on Index comes up by default, but during any session with the dictionary, you may switch to Search on Main Entry, Search on Definitions, Anagrams, or View history. 7.1) Look up a Word by Browsing Through the Dictionary ------------------------------------------------------ Entries: Browse on Index ------------------------ This is a convenient way to find a word; it allows you to scroll through entries in whatever part of the alphabet you choose. Or type just the first few letters of a word in the Find box to bring up a list of entries. When you stop typing, the entry that is highlighted in the list box appears in the Definition box. 7.1.1) Use the browse search filter ----------------------------------- Click on the Filter button to limit your choices to entries that have sound and/or pictures. 7.1.2) 'Browse on Index' list behaviour --------------------------------------- The 'Browse on Index' list behaves a bit differently from the other lists. The scroll-bar buttons directly control the highlight. They cause an immediate update of the current entry. The list is also "endless". It will wrap around back to the beginning when it reaches the end, and vice versa. This behaviour is intended. The other search lists do behave like regular Windows lists. 7.2) Look up a Word Directly: Search on Main Entry -------------------------------------------------- Choose Search on Main entry, and type the word in the Find box. Then press Enter or click on the Lookup button or choose Lookup from the File menu. If you right click on a word within the current entry, the Search Type will change to Search on Main entry in order to find the word. 7.3) Look Up Words Using Wildcards ---------------------------------- Search on Main entry also allows you to find words by typing some letters and using standard wildcard characters for the rest--a questionmark (?) for any single character, an asterisk (*) representing zero or more characters (a boon for lovers of crossword puzzles). Wildcards may be typed directly or inserted by clicking on the Search commands button. Example: To find words that rhyme with delicious, search for *icious. To find a five-letter word that starts with t and ends with pe, type t??pe. you may stop a search at any time by clickong on the Pause button or by starting a new search. 7.4) Find a Word You Don't Know by Specifying Information You ------------------------------------------------------------- Do Know: Search on Definitions ------------------------------ Search on Definitions will list all the dictionary entries that include words you specify. Using two or more keywords, with search commands separating them, will narrow and speed up the search. Highlighting any word that appears in the List box calls up the entry. You may print an entry or print the list that results from the search from the File menu. 7.4.1) Using the Definition Search Filter ----------------------------------------- Clicking on the Filter button lets you determine the "blocks" of the entry you want searched. You may select or deselect the main entry, part of speech, definition, etymology, pronunciation, derived form, and supplementary note. Or you may search only those entries with sound or pictures or both. This is also where you determine whether you want your search to be case-sensitive, whether you want all forms of your keywords looked for (e.g., plural, past tense), and whether you want to indicate the "proximity" of your keywords, as by saying that they have to be within 10 words of one another. 7.4.2) Using search commands ---------------------------- Search commands describe how the keywords you specify will be used in the definition search--for example, letting you search for entries that have both "painter" and "French" in their definitions or etymologies (type painter & French). The resulting list should include "Renoir." On the other hand, searching for painters who are NOT French (type painter | French) will result in a completely different list, which would not include "Renoir." While you may type the command symbols, search commands are most easily inserted by clicking on the Search Commands button (just to the right of the Find box) and selecting the appropriate symbol. Only these symbols will work in your search, not the words AND, OR, or NOT themselves. Using Search Commands and Wildcards: Summary Chart -------------------------------------------------- Operator: AND Symbol: & Example: painter & French Meaning: Entry must contain both words: painter and French. The two words may appear in different parts of the entry. Operator: OR Symbol: | Example: painter | French Meaning: Entry must contain at least one of the words: either painter or French. Operator: NOT Symbol: ! Example: painter ! French Meaning: Entry must contain the word painter, but not the word French. Operator: Group Symbol: (...) Example: (writer | playwright) & U.S. Meaning: Entry must contain either the word writer or the word painter, together with the term U.S. Operator: Phrase Symbol: "..." Example: "out of pocket" Meaning: The entry must contain the phrase: out of pocket. Operator: any single character Symbol: ? Example: spirit & wom?n Meaning: The entry must contain the word: spirit. It must also contain a word starting with: wom, plus one letter, plus the letter n. Operator: zero or more characters Symbol: * Example: spirit & wom* Meaning: The entry must contain the word: spirit. It must also contain a word starting with: wom. 7.4.3) Replace a word in a document you are writing with a ---------------------------------------------------------- word from the dictionary ------------------------ 1. Highlight a word in your document. (For Word, now go to step "3") 2. (For WordPerfect, press CTRL+c to copy the word that you want to replace to the clipboard.) 3. Press your dictionary Hotkey combination. The dictionary will come up showing your word in the dictionary's Edit window. 4. Highlight the word in the dictionary that you want to substitute for the one in your document. 5. Click on the "Replace" button. You will automatically be back in your document. 6. Press CTRL+v to insert the new replacement word. 7.5) Look up Anagrams --------------------- An anagram is a word formed by rearranging the letters of another word. "Keats" and "steak" are anagrams, as are "aged" and "egad," "study" and "dusty." To look for anagrams, choose Anagrams from the Search types. Type a word in the Find box. Hit the Enter key, or click on the Lookup button, or choose Lookup from the File menu. 7.5.1) Using the Anagram Search Filter -------------------------------------- This filter lets you play other word games by finding not only full anagrams of your typed word, but the smaller words it contains. Expand your search by directing it to find all words of more than a specified number of letters. 7.6) Go back to Previous Search Results: View History ----------------------------------------------------- Earlier work is not necessarily lost. Choose View History to call up a list of the entries you've already looked up. Selecting the Environment icon in the Preferences dialogue box lets you determine how many of these entries you can list (up to 100) each time. 7.7) For Advanced Users: Changing the default search type --------------------------------------------------------- By default, this application comes up with Browse on Index as the search type. You can change the default search type by editing the .INI file for the application. For the Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, this file is called RHUDWIN.INI and it is stored in your Windows directory. 7.7.1) Instructions ------------------- - Start a text editor application (such as Windows Notepad). - Open the RHUDWIN.INI file. - Find the line containing the string '[application]'. - Below this line, add a new line containing: 'mode=#' where # represents a number between 0 and 4, with the following meaning: 0 = Browse on Index 1 = Search on Main Entry 2 = Search on Definitions 3 = Anagrams 4 = View history For example, if you add a line containing 'mode=1' to the '[application]'section of the file RHUDWIN.INI, the next time you start RH Webster's Unabridged, the search type 'Search on Main Entry' will be selected by default. 8) Further Help --------------- Further help can be found in the on-line Help files.