Re: Dictionary and Thesaurus

**K* P* <k*@gmail.com>**

I don't know of an open source dictionary, but I can tell you they're still
selling Microsoft Bookshelf 2000 on Amazon. If the problem is a corrupted
disk, buying a new copy would be one way to solve your problem.

On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 9:32 AM, Duane Campbell <dcamp@chilitech.net> wrote:

> For decades the Microsoft Bookshelf CD-ROM in one iteration or another, the
> latest being Bookshelf 2000, has sat almost permanently in my D drive with
> an easily accessible not-so-bad dictionary and thesaurus. Highlight a word
> in any application, click the icon in the Toolbar, and you get a quick
> definition or synonym. It's not great depth, but it is, or was,  nonetheless
> very useful. But recently either the CD has become corrupted or my computer
> doesn't like it anymore.
>
> Can anyone recommend an open source dictionary and thesaurus that can be
> downloaded to a hard drive that has the easy accessibility of Bookshelf?
>
> D
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Kathy
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