When I went off to college, my family bought me a dictionary. It was new, crisp and up to date. Oh yes, it weighed a ton! I still have it, but it is certainly not new, crisp, or even up to date now. It is, however still heavy. That's one reason it has remained untouched for years on my bookshelf. The other reason it hasn't been used in a while is because many dictionaries have been made available online for anyone to use for free.
Adobe has wisely anticipated this workflow scenario: While reading a PDF file, you come across a word you don't know. You'll want to either memorize or copy the word, open your web browser, navigate to an online dictionary site, type or paste in the word and then finally read its meaning. Whew… that's just too much work. To jump from the first step to the last step immediately, try this cool trick:
- Highlight a word.
- Right-click the word and choose Look up.
Acrobat opens your default web browser and takes you directly to dictionary.com–AND queries the highlighted word (you are presented with the definition immediately).
Not only is this feature available in Acrobat Pro, but it even exists in Reader. To illustrate this visually (along with just how universal PDF files are), here is a screenshot of the same document open in Reader… in Linux! Sweet.
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How can I use another dictionary such as dict.cn?
How can I use another dictionary such as dict.cn?
How can I use another dictionary such as dict.cn?
I’m not finding any sort of setting in Acrobat’s preferences to control this – If I can find a way, I’ll post it here!
David
I’m not finding any sort of setting in Acrobat’s preferences to control this – If I can find a way, I’ll post it here!
David
I’m not finding any sort of setting in Acrobat’s preferences to control this – If I can find a way, I’ll post it here!
David
This feature has created a big time problem in the font and the way it looks. Can you please help me to revert that back…………
This feature has created a big time problem in the font and the way it looks. Can you please help me to revert that back…………
This feature has created a big time problem in the font and the way it looks. Can you please help me to revert that back…………