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Leopard Tricks : Dictionary
Posted by Wendy
Adding Reference Libraries
By default, your dictionary's reference libraries shown are Wikipedia, Dictionary, Thesaurus and Apple. Obviously, you can add more references to it.
First, go to your Dictionary Preferences Pane by either using keystrokes 
[,]Dictionary ▸ Preferences. Then you will see there are more than four default references which is available for your Dictionary.
You also need to pay attention that the change will take effect only after you've closed the Preferences Pane.
Calling Dictionary Right from Browser
If you're in the mood of using your mouse, you can use keystrokes 
D
However, if you're not thinking of using your mouse, you can move your cursor to your browser url bar (dict://apple, which apple is the search term. For your surprise, your Dictionary will be triggered.
COMMENTS
Pedro
December 24th, 2007 at 06:44 PM
Hello, thank's for this tricks. Do you know if it's possible to add some other dictionnary ? For example a sphanish one ? And ho to switch to a language to another ?
Wendy
December 25th, 2007 at 03:19 PM
Hi Pedro, Dictionary in Leopard can also support other language, but it's slower because you've to access to Wikipedia. And to switch from one reference to another, you can use keystrokes Shift-Cmd-[ or Shift-Cmd-]; it's just like switching between tabs in Safari.
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