Way back in 2005 I wrote about quick dictionary lookups using the keyboard. This quickly became one of my favorite tips–but I always had trouble remember the key combination. For some reason Command+Control+D was hard to remember.
You probably know you can also access the dictionary by highlighting a word, control+clicking and selecting “Look Up in Dictionary.”
But this by default brings up the dictionary application:
To make the panel the default method, open Dictionary preferences and select “Open Dictionary panel”
Now you can easily look up a word by highlighting it, control+clicking and selecting “Look Up in Dictionary”:
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Patrick
Concetta
I guess I use it enough that I don't find that a problem.
C-C-D - one click
"highlight, control-click, select Open Dictionary Panel"
- three clicks (four if you count 2 for highlighting)
- AND you have to remember more than in the other tip!
I'll stick with the original recipe!! It's my favorite keyboard shortcut.
Hey, you probably remember baseball stats better than I do -
different things stick differently in different minds! (How's THAT for profundity??) May 8th, 2008 at 11:38 pm
spandor
One problem, I dont have this "Look Up in Dictionary" when I click with the right button... Any ideas why? May 12th, 2008 at 2:15 pm
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May 19th, 2008 at 6:00 amHarold
In the expanded view there are several other search options, Wikipedia for example, but these optiones don't appear in the small context window. Is there a way to make them available there?
Harold May 24th, 2008 at 8:02 am
Matthew
Thanks for the great tip. Is there any way to have to have the etymology of the word appear when you hit Command-Control-D?
Matthew May 25th, 2008 at 5:53 am