The American Heritage Talking Dictionary
Short Guide

Title The American Heritage Talking Dictionary
Publisher Softkey International Inc.
Subjects dictionary
Language English
Geographic Coverage International
Time Span of Data 1992.

Description
The American Heritage Talking Dictionary is a world-renowned dictionary. Thousands of words are instantly at your fingertips, complete with full definitions, parts of speech, proper usage, homographs, word origins and idioms. It`ll even pronounce words for you.Hunt for words just by their meaning with WordHunter.Use the Wildcard feature to find words when you don`t know all the letters, and quickly find anagrams, synonyms or rhymes.

Dictionary window buttons

Thesaurus Find synonyms for the current word.
Dictionary Look up the definition of the current word.
Split Show a word's definitions and synonyms at the same time.
Pronounce Listen to the pronunciation of the current word. 
Previous Go to the p revious word in The Dictionary.
Next Go to the next word in The Dictionary.
WordHunter Search for a word by typing one or more words you expect to find in its definition.
Anagrams Find words you can make from the letters in the current word.
Results See the results of your last search.
Browse See a list of all the words in The Dictionary.

Searching

Look up definitions (Dictionary)
Type the word you want to look up
1. Type the word in the current word area in The Dictionary window.
2. Press Enter or choose the Dictionary button.
Select a word you want to look up
1. Scroll through the Browse list, the Result list, or the Definition window to find the word you want.
2. Doble-click on the word, or highlight and choose the Dictionary button.

Look up synonyms (Thesaurus) 
Type the word you want to look up
1. Type the word in the current word area in The Dictionary window
2. Select the Thesaurus button to see synonyms only, or select the Split button to see synonyms and definitions.
Select a word you want to look up
1. Scroll through the Browse list, the Result list, or the Definition window to find the word you want.
2. Select the word, and then select the Thesaurus button.

Look up definitions that use a given word (WordHunter)
 WordHunter looks for definitions that contain a given word.
1. Select the WordHunter button.
2. Type a word you expect to find in a definition, and click OK. You can also use logical expressions and labels to refine your search.
 Š To find definition even if the word you enter is part of a longer word, select the Partial Words check box. Although this slows down the search, you could type round and get definitions containing round as part of a word, such as around, surround, or rounded.
 Š To search for words whether they`re capitalized or not, select Ignore Capitalization.
 The WordHunter display the words it find in the Results list.

Look up anagrams (Anagrams)
 Use Anagrams to find words containing the same letters as the current word.
1. Select the Anagrams button.
2. Type a word, and then press Enter.
 The Results List displays anagrams for the word you entered.
You also have the following options when looking for anagrams :
 Š Select Full Word to search for anagrams containing all the 
 letters in the current word.
 Š Type the minimum number of letters you want to use if you 
 want to eliminate shorter words. For example, type 4 as the minimum number to find words of four letters or more.

Look up words using wild-card characters
You can use wild-card characters to find words that fit a pattern or when you know only some letters in a world , such as when you are solving a crossword puzzle.
1. Type a combination of letters and wild-card characters in the current word area.
 Š Use ? (question mark) to stand for a single character.
 For example, type h??t to find four-letter words that begin with h and end with t, such as heat and hurt.

 Š Use * (asterisk) to stand for an indefinite number of characters. For example, type h*t to find any word that begins with h and ends with t, such as, hit, heart and handcart.
2. Press Enter to see a Results List containing all the words that match the pattern you typed.
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Look up spelling (Alternate Spelling)
Use the Alternate Spelling options to check altenate spelling for a word, or to check the spelling of words that are often confused.
1. Type a word in the current word area. For example, type council to check its alternate spellings.
2. From the Options menu, select Alternate Spellings.
The Dictionary suggests alternate spellings in the Results list.
 Š Use ? (question mark) to stand for a single character.
 For example, type h??t to find four-letter words that begin with h and end with t, such as heat and hurt.

 Š Use * (asterisk) to stand for an indefinite number of characters. For example, type h*t to find any word that begins with h and ends with t, such as, hit, heart and handcart.
2. Press Enter to see a Results List containing all the words that match the pattern you typed.