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The Gobe Productive suite includes three convenient tools to help you write your
documents. 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.
- Select the word in your text for which you want to find synonyms. You have to
select the whole word.
- From the Documents menu, select Writing Tools, then
select Thesaurus from the submenu.
- A list of synonyms is displayed, if there are any.
- You can also enter a word that you want to look-up in the Word field of
the Thesaurus dialog box. Click Find to display any synonyms.
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.
- Select the word in your text for which you want to find a definition. Remember to
select the whole word.
- From the Documents menu, select Writing Tools, then
select Dictionary from the submenu.
- If there is a definition for the word in the dictionary, the definition for the word is
displayed.
- Use the Previous and Next buttons to cycle through the
list of words in the dictionary.
- You can also enter a word that you want to look-up in the Word field of
the Dictionary dialog box. Click Find to display the word's
definition.
- 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
document. Words, characters, and paragraphs inside frames are counted as well.
- Click OK to close the Page Count dialog box.

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