MS Word: Find Synonyms
| When you know what you want to say but can’t think of the exact word you want, have Word help you find it.
Follow these steps:
- Right-click the word you want to change. A shortcut menu appears.
- Point at Synonyms, and select the suggested word you want to use.
- If none of the words are what you had in mind, select Thesaurus. A task pane appears on the right. If the word can be interpreted in more than one way, alternate words will appear under categories. If there aren’t any suggestions, change the tense of a word to get more word suggestions (use think instead of thinking, for instance). Type in the new word and click the green arrow to get your new suggested words.
- Pointing at a suggested word will make a down arrow appear next to it. Click on that down arrow, then select Insert to replace your original word with that word.
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You can also find synonyms for phrases. For example, to find a substitute for cool as a cucumber select the phrase, right-click that phrase, and follow the steps above.
Note: If the word you want to replace is flagged for a spelling or grammatical error, you must fix that first before the Synonyms option will appear in the shortcut menu.
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March 3rd, 2008 at 11:11 am
Kathleen you know more tricks than a magician. Keep up the good with the good tips.
Robert