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Q305299: ENC: Dictionary Opens When You Click in Restricted Areas

Article: Q305299
Product(s): Microsoft Home Multimedia Titles
Version(s): 1.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbimu
Last Modified: 28-JUN-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia Standard 2003 
- Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia Deluxe 2003 
- Microsoft Encarta Reference Library 2003, version 1.0 
- Microsoft Encarta Reference Library 2003 - DVD Edition 
- Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia Standard 2002, version 1.0 
- Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia Deluxe 2002, version 1.0 
- Microsoft Encarta Reference Library 2002, version 1.0 
- Microsoft Encarta Reference Library 2002 - DVD Edition 
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SUMMARY
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When you use the mouse pointer to navigate through the multimedia section of any
of the Microsoft Encarta programs listed at the beginning of this article, you
can double-click a word to open a dictionary window, which provides the
definition of that word, or the closest word that the dictionary contains.

MORE INFORMATION
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By design, Encarta allows you to double-click any given word as a method of
bringing up the dictionary. Normally, there are restrictions to this
functionality (to prevent the dictionary from opening when you double-click
within restricted areas): within photo credits, captions, and titles. However,
these restrictions do not apply in the programs listed at the beginning of this
article. Therefore, if you double-click within a photo credit, caption, or
title, the dictionary unexpectedly opens.

In some situations, if you click a caption after you click someplace in the text
of the multimedia items description, the dictionary opens to the last cursor
position within the items description. For example, this behavior may occur if
you perform the following procedure:

1. Open a picture or an item that includes a description in the caption.

2. Click anywhere in the description.

3. Double-click Credits.

  The dictionary opens in the description of the item that you previously
  clicked.

Additional query words: msgame

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Keywords          : kbimu 
Technology        : kbHomeProdSearch _IKkbbogus kbEncartaSearch kbMMSearch kbEncartaRef2002 kbEncartaEncyc2002 kbEncartaEnCyc2002Del kbEncartaRef2002DVD
Version           : :1.0
Issue type        : kbinfo

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