While spreadsheets typically consist of a lot of values and formulas, they may include explanatory text and other text entries. Calc provides you with a Thesaurus feature that allows you to search for synonyms for any text entries in the spreadsheet.
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Select the cell holding the text entry (in cases where several words are in the same cell, double-click to edit the cell and then click and drag to select the word you wish to look up). |
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Select the Tools menu, then select Thesaurus. The Thesaurus dialog box will appear (see Figure 4.20). Figure 4.20. Use the Thesaurus to look up synonyms for words in your spreadsheets. |
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To select the meaning of the word (and to get a list of synonyms using that meaning), select one of the meanings in the Meaning list box. |
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To select a particular synonym to use as a replacement, select the synonym in the Synonym list box. |
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To replace the selected word with the synonym, click OK. The word on the sheet will be replaced. |
Note
To see a definition of one of the synonyms in the list provided in the Thesaurus, select the synonym and then click the Search button.
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