Webster's New World Dictionary and Thesaurus (Jewel Case)

Editorial Review:

This indispensable suite offers unparalleled language authority on 2 discs. Webster's New World Dictionary & Thesaurus comes loaded with over half-a-million definitions, synonyms, and antonyms.

Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

Best Dictionary/Thesaurus I've ever used:

I have this product installed on Windows XP Professional. I suggest running the program so its dictionary & thesaurus are open at the same time - side by side. IT WORKS GREAT and never interferes with other computer programs.

Best CD-ROM Thesaurus:

Bar none, the best CD-ROM Dictionary and Thesaurus -- only problem is, it doesn't work on many versions of XP.
With over 500,000 definitions, synonyms, and antonyms, it offers twice the content of every other CD-ROM available. Merriam-Webster and Oxford, the most popular software, offer only 225,000 different words. The Visual Thesarus, while flashy, uses the MW thesarus, so it's just a different presentation of the same material. Once you get used to using WNW, everything else seems really sparse in... more info

A mixed bag:

EDIT: I have found that this works okay for me in Windows XP Pro. Some problems with the point-and-define thing, but I had those in Windows 2000 too.

In the most important ways, this is pretty good. No word processor macros are included but the program can run in the background and respond to a certain key combination, providing dictionary and/or thesaurus info for the word under the mouse pointer. This doesn't work consistenty in my web browsers but it seems to work a little better in my word processors.... more info

Doesn't play well with XP:

I originally bought this software when I had Windows ME. It worked really well and I loved it. It's simple to use--click the icon and you are ready to look up words. When I got a new computer which came with Windows XP, my original software would not work. I bought a new version thinking my old version just was not compatible. As it turns out, there is some issue with all versions of the software working with XP. Topics Entertainment is aware of the issue, but unable to resolve it. Topics Entertainment had... more info

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