{"id":288,"date":"2005-09-18T09:57:34","date_gmt":"2005-09-18T14:57:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/?p=288"},"modified":"2005-11-12T14:13:55","modified_gmt":"2005-11-12T21:13:55","slug":"dictionarythesaurus-wordweb-free-software-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/2005\/dictionarythesaurus-wordweb-free-software-review.html","title":{"rendered":"Dictionary\/thesaurus – WordWeb [free software review]"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"WordWeb<\/center><\/p>\n

Some of the applications I use have a spell checker.  Some don’t.  And even when they do, they certainly don’t have all the words I need.  And what if I want a definition?<\/p>\n

No problem.  All I<\/i> have to do is highlight the word and click [Ctrl]-[Alt]-[W].  Low and behold, up pops the definition, and synonyms to boot.  It will even tell me how to pronounce the word – and believe it or not, that comes in handy sometimes.<\/p>\n

Even more amazing, WordWeb will differentiate between Canadian, British and US spellings.  Now at last I can spell colour my favourite way!  It’s not exactly a spell-checker, but I use it to check spelling often.  It does give suggestions of “close” words, and it’s lightening fast.<\/p>\n

If the definition doesn’t appear, I can click the link and it will automatically find a definition on the web.  Pretty smooth.<\/p>\n

The program is called WordWeb<\/b>.  WordWeb is free for personal, non-commercial use, and only US$19 for the Pro version, in which you can add your own definitions, solve anagrams, and do wildcard searches.  WordWeb will even work on Windows 95.<\/p>\n

By the way, I would be remiss if I didn’t mention the nifty dictionary I used long before WordWeb.  This one just uses online information, unlike WordWeb which has a built in dictionary.  It’s called the Magical Jellybean Dictionary<\/a>.  But I prefer the offline abilities and speed of WordWeb.  The nice thing is the ability to press the keys from any application and get it to bring up the word.<\/p>\n

WordWeb<\/b> – dictionary, thesaurus, all at the push of a button.  Visit their website now to get yourself a copy of WordWeb, free!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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