Also you can select a word or phrase in the Mail message (or in other apps) and then hold down the control key while you click on the highlighted selection. A contextual menu will pop-up with "Look Up In Dictionary" being one of the choices.
Jerry On Jan 29, 2006, at 4:25 PM, R. D. Preston wrote: > On Jan 29, 2006, at 3:49 PM, Bill Micou wrote: > >> but now I also know where to find the OSX-Tiger dictionary >> (command control D). Hey, it doesn't work in Mail. >> Bill Micou > > Alternate methods for Dictionary access: > 1) Launch Dictionary directly, and then set its Dock icon to stay > with > the "Keep in Dock" option; allows Dock access whenever you need it. > 2) Highlight questionable word while in Mail composition window, > then go to [Mail > Services > Look Up In Dictionary]. > > Regards, > Russ Preston ----------------------------------- No! George -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20060129/e5ed77cd/attachment.html -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: smime.p7s Type: application/pkcs7-signature Size: 2373 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20060129/e5ed77cd/attachment.bin