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The Gobe Productive suite includes three convenient tools to help you with text
in spreadsheets. Each of these tools is available from the Writing Tools
menu item on the Document menu.
To use the thesaurus for Gobe Productive, the BeOS thesaurus files must be installed
from the BeOS CD. These files are placed in the /boot/optional/goodies/thesaurus
directory. If you do not have these files, refer to the BeOS documentation for
instructions on installing the files.
- From the Documents menu, select Writing Tools, then
select Thesaurus from the submenu.
- Enter the Word you want to look-up and click Find.
- A list of synonyms is displayed, if there are any.
- You can also select the word in your cell for which you want to find synonyms. You
have to select the whole word.
To use the dictionary for Gobe Productive, the BeOS dictionary files must be installed
from the BeOS CD. These files are placed in the /boot/optional/goodies/dictionary
directory. If you do not have these files, refer to the BeOS documentation for
instructions on installing the files.
- From the Documents menu, select Writing Tools, then
select Dictionary from the submenu.
- Enter the Word you want to look-up and click Find.
- If there is a definition for the word in the dictionary, the definition for the word is
displayed.
- Use the arrow buttons to move ahead or back to the previous or next word in the
dictionary.
- You can also select the word in your cell for which you want to find a definition.
You have to select the whole word.
- From the Documents menu, select Writing Tools, then
select Word Count from the submenu.
- The program counts the number of characters, words, paragraphs, and pages in the
spreadsheet document or frame. Words, characters, and paragraphs inside frames are
counted as well.
- Click OK to close the Page Count dialog box.

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