Comments on: Swiss Army Knife for Writers http://www.dailywritingtips.com/swiss-army-knife-for-writers/ Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:00:10 -0600 hourly 1 By: Nicole http://www.dailywritingtips.com/swiss-army-knife-for-writers/comment-page-1/#comment-76121 Nicole Wed, 28 Jan 2009 08:33:55 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=1468#comment-76121 Any english, as in UK, equivalent? Any english, as in UK, equivalent?

]]> By: Scott http://www.dailywritingtips.com/swiss-army-knife-for-writers/comment-page-1/#comment-72986 Scott Mon, 19 Jan 2009 18:00:08 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=1468#comment-72986 Went to the bookstore, looked at it, bought it, used it, love it. Went to the bookstore, looked at it, bought it, used it, love it.

]]> By: Maeve http://www.dailywritingtips.com/swiss-army-knife-for-writers/comment-page-1/#comment-72698 Maeve Sun, 18 Jan 2009 18:42:48 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=1468#comment-72698 Cassie, I just read your piece on old Roget. Nice. I have to admit that I was a Roget browser once upon a time. Cassie,
I just read your piece on old Roget. Nice.
I have to admit that I was a Roget browser once upon a time.

]]> By: austheke http://www.dailywritingtips.com/swiss-army-knife-for-writers/comment-page-1/#comment-72568 austheke Sun, 18 Jan 2009 07:31:27 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=1468#comment-72568 Hurrah for a good print thesaurus at last! I'll have to pick this up. I was disappointed with Roget's myself and turned to WordWeb (which is a computer program, and a fairly good one) but a print dictionary is good to have as I do much of my writing by hand. Thanks for the tip. xD Hurrah for a good print thesaurus at last! I’ll have to pick this up. I was disappointed with Roget’s myself and turned to WordWeb (which is a computer program, and a fairly good one) but a print dictionary is good to have as I do much of my writing by hand. Thanks for the tip. xD

]]> By: Marc http://www.dailywritingtips.com/swiss-army-knife-for-writers/comment-page-1/#comment-72491 Marc Sun, 18 Jan 2009 00:39:13 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=1468#comment-72491 This Mac OSX feature can additionally be accessed directly by just holding certain keys down and hovering over the word(s) in question. Hold the Command-Control-D keys down then hover over words and see their definitions. Select your preference as either thesaurus or dictionary in the Dictionary preferences. This Mac OSX feature can additionally be accessed directly by just holding certain keys down and hovering over the word(s) in question.

Hold the Command-Control-D keys down then hover over words and see their definitions.

Select your preference as either thesaurus or dictionary in the Dictionary preferences.

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