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yourDictionary's Lookup Button

The people at yourDictionary.com have devised a simple way for you to search our English dictionary-thesaurus from any web location! By placing YD's handy Lookup Button on your browser's toolbar, you can quickly search our "Quick Lookup" dictionary-thesaurus at any time on any website on the Web.

Simply highlight the word you wish to look up, then click the yourDictionary lookup button. If you wish to look up a word that is not on a web page, just click the lookup button and type in the word you wish to look up in the small, unobtrusive window that pops up. Either way, you get the definition of the word from the world's authority on the English language.

Choose your browser here and follow the easy installation instructions below to install the Lookup Button:

Special for Netscape & Mozilla Users Only

IE 5+(including IE6)

Netscape 4+ (including Netscape 7 and Mozilla)

Older Versions of Netscape

yourDictionary lookup button
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 and 6

Internet Explorer offers a "Links" toolbar for your bookmark buttons. When enabled, this toolbar is the bottom toolbar above the browser window. Here are the easy instructions for placing your personal yourDictionary lookup button on your Internet Explorer 5 or 6:

1. First check to make sure that JavaScript support is enabled. Begin at "Tools" on the main Microsoft Internet Explorer menu and follow this procedure to enable script support: Tools, Internet Options, Security, Custom, ActiveX controls, +plug-ins, Script ActiveX controls marked safe for scripting: enable!

2. Make sure your Links toolbar is visible at the top of your browser. If it is not, choose View/Toolbar and check "Links". The links toolbar will appear below the other toolbars at the top of your browser.

3. Now place your cursor over the yourDictionary Lookup Button at the end of this sentence, press and hold down the left button on your mouse, drag the button to your Links toolbar and release the button.

yourDictionary Lookup Button
Netscape Navigator/Communicator 4+

Netscape Navigator/Communicator offers a "Personal Toolbar" for your bookmark buttons. When enabled, this toolbar is the bottom toolbar above the browser window. (Note: Netscape Navigator does not offer a "Personal Toolbar" for the Macintosh; only for Windows. Netscape Communicator does offer a "Personal Toolbar" for Macintosh.) Here are the easy one-step instructions for placing your personal yourDictionary lookup button on your Netscape Navigator/Communicator 4+:

Place your cursor over the text "yourDictionary" below, press the left mouse button, hold it down, and drag the link to your Personal Toolbar.
Netscape 4-4.7:yourDictionary
NS 7, Mozilla:yourDictionary
That's it! The yourDictionary Quick Lookup is now a part of your browser.

yourDictionary lookup button
Older Versions of Netscape Navigator

If you have an older version of Netscape Navigator, you will need to use the "Save Link As" option to install the yourDictionary lookup link to your list of bookmarks, as follows (it's easy!):
1. Windows Users: click the right mouse button here: yourDictionary Lookup and choose "Save Link As" from the pop-up menu. Mac users: hold themouse over the above link until the "Save Link As" option appears. All users: Keep the default filename "filename"; when prompted. Take note of where on your system you save the file!
2. Open the bookmark manager (Bookmarks, Go to Bookmarks) or (Edit Bookmarks). Now import the file you just saved (Select: "File" then "Import") by locating the file in your computer and clicking "Open".
3. A new bookmark folder will now be added to your list of bookmarks entitled "yourDictionary Lookup" which contains the bookmark "yourDictionary Lookup". Drag the bookmark into your "Personal

Bookmark" folder at the top of the list. (You will be left with an empty "yourDictionary Lookup" folder in your bookmark list, which you can delete.) Now the yourDictionary Lookup bookmark is available whenever you open your personal bookmarks!

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