Oxford Pop-Up English Language Reference Shelf

Oxford Pop-Up English Language Reference Shelf

Oxford Staff

9780198603559

ISBN 10: 019860355X / 0-19-860355-X
ISBN 13: 9780198603559
Publisher:
Publication Date: 2000

The first in a brand-new and cutting-edge series of Dictionary and Reference CD-ROMs.

Containing the following Oxford Dictionary and Reference titles, the Oxford Pop-up English Language Reference Shelf is an unrivalled reference resource for journalists, writers, students, and anyone who writes on and uses a computer: The New Oxford Dictionary of English(NODE) DS our top-of-the range current English Dictionary The New Oxford Thesaurus (NOTE) DS our brand-new and most up-to-date thesaurus The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (Fifth Edition) (ODQ5) Fowler's Modern English Usage (Third Edition, Revised) (Fowler) DS available on CD-ROM for the first time


KEY FEATURES

Pop-up dictionary and thesaurus look up feature The cutting-edge Pop-up feature, allows the easiest ever access to electronic reference resources. The Oxford Pop-up English Language Reference Shelf starts up automatically when you turn on your PC, so you can look up words with ease, without having to start up the application. See the most frequently used dictionary meanings or thesaurus synonyms by simply moving your mouse over a word or phrase in WindowsRG or your web browser and the definition or synonyms appear in a pop-up window on your document or web page. You can also use the pop-up with the keyboard by highlighting a word or phrase and using a keyboard shortcut (you can customize this and use a shortcut of your own).

The pop-up feature uses a fully lemmatized word list, so if you select an inflected form of a word (e.g. starring), you will be taken to the entry for the base form (i.e. star). Dock the pop-up window in the corner of your document window or web page and turn the pop-up window on or off Other features Install and run the Oxford Pop-up English Language Reference Shelf from your hard drive DS no more hunting for the CD-ROM when you want to look something up. Click the MORE button on the pop-up window to see the full dictionary or thesaurus entry.

This window has a scroll bar, so you can view the whole entry. Jump to the full Oxford Pop-up English Language Reference Shelf application and you have the following options: Quick search for:Headwords in NODE, NOTE, and Fowler, and Keywords in ODQ5. You can choose to search across one, some, or all of the titles. Full text search across the entire text of one or all four of the titles and use Boolean operators and wildcards to pinpoint exactly what you want. Cross-reference to other headwords (or keywords for the ODQ5) by right-clicking on a word and selecting Look-up Copy text from the Reference Shelf to your document System requirements PC with minimum 166MHz Pentium-class processor Windows 95, 98, 2000, or NT 4.0 32 Mb of RAM 100 Mb free hard disk space 8-speed CD-ROM drive SVGA monitor