Q175455: Bookshelf: QuickDefine Does Not Function in Web Page Frame

Article: Q175455
Product(s): Microsoft Home Multimedia Titles
Version(s): WINDOWS:3.0,3.01,3.02,4.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbinterop kbtool kbimukbfaq
Last Modified: 05-JAN-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Bookshelf 98 for Windows 
- Microsoft Bookshelf 99 
- Microsoft Bookshelf 2000 
- Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 3.0, 3.01, 3.02, 4.0 for Windows 95 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you select a word in a frame on a Web page in Microsoft Internet Explorer
and then click the QuickShelf icon on the taskbar, the QuickDefine window may
not open.

RESOLUTION
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To define a word in a frame on a Web page in Microsoft Internet Explorer, copy
the word from Internet Explorer, and then paste it into the Search box in
Microsoft Bookshelf. To do this:

1. In Internet Explorer, select the word you want to define.

2. On the Edit menu, click Copy.

3. Start Bookshelf.

4. In Bookshelf, click Paste on the Edit menu, and then click Search Now.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products that are
listed at the beginning of this article.


Additional query words: multi-media mm msiew95

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Keywords          : kbinterop kbtool kbimu kbfaq
Technology        : kbIEsearch kbHomeMMsearch kbBookshelfSearch kbIE95Search kbZNotKeyword3 kbIE300Win95 kbIE301Win95 kbIE302Win95 kbIE400Win95 kbBookShelf1998 kbBookShelf2000 kbBookShelf1999
Version           : WINDOWS:3.0,3.01,3.02,4.0
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbpending

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