To find a word in your dictionary: simply start typing it! A few letters usually suffice to find the word you are looking for.

You do not have to bother about capitals or accents, nor about spaces, hyphens and quotes. To find "X-Ray" for example, simply type "xray".

You can also PASTE a word directly into the dictionary screen - it will start searching for a match immediately.

Of course, you can use the arrow keys, Page Up, Page Down, Home and End and the scroll bar to browse through the dictionary text.

The hypertext system allows you to press ENTER on any highlighted word and immediately go to its dictionary entry.

The application keeps track of the key words you have recently "visited". You can use the "back" and "forward" options to go back and forth in the history of your use.

You can switch between the full text and just the word list, by either

• Using the "Display" menu option
• Pressing the SPACEBAR
• Pressing ENTER while a keyword is highlighted

As usual, you can use the "zoom in" and "zoom out" options to change the size of the text. You can also use the "Preferences" option to change the way things are displayed.

The "Crossword" option is useful for finding crossword solutions. To find a five-letter word starting with "a", ending with "r", and of which you know the third letter should be a "b", type "a?b?r".

It may also come in handy if you don't know the exact spelling, just that it probably starts with "a" and ends with "eu", type "a*eu".

The "anagrams" option will find every word in the dictionary that can be made up from the letters you enter. If, for instance, you type your name, it will scan the dictionary for all the words that can be made out of the letters of your name. (Only key words that are in the dictionary will be found, no conjugations, past tenses etc.)

You can use the TAG and UNTAG options to create your own selection of words.

You can also use the TAG ALL and UNTAG ALL options, which may be useful if you have made a selection first.

This option will switch between the normal dictionary text and the selection of tagged entries.

Most options and actions will abort a selection and return to the full dictionary. You can also press ESCAPE to clear a selection.

You can register Collins Cobuild English Dictionary electronically on our website so we can keep you informed about free upgrades.

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Version 1.0 - July 2001