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New Oxford Thesaurus of English
 
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New Oxford Thesaurus of English

by Focus Multimedia Ltd
Platform:    Windows XP / NT / 98 / 2000 / Me, No Operating System
1.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
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  • Platform:    Windows XP / NT / 98 / 2000 / Me, No Operating System
  • Media: CD-ROM
  • Item Quantity: 1
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New Oxford Thesaurus of English + The Concise Oxford Dictionary 11th Edition (PC) + Encyclopaedia Britannica 2009 Ultimate Edition (Mac/PC)
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Product Features

  • Instant access from Internet Explorer or your Windows application
  • Alternatives are instantly displayed in a pop-up window
  • Useful replace function
  • Over 450 lists provide information on a vast range of subjects
  • Over 150 notes help you make the right choice between easily confused words
  • Runs in the background
  • Can easily be integrated with other Oxford products.

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  • ASIN: B0006398BS
  • Release Date: 29 Oct 2004
  • Average Customer Review: 1.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,452 in Software (See Bestsellers in Software)

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Offering comprehensive and authoritative coverage of current English, the New Oxford Thesaurus of English is an ideal reference tool for use at home, school, and the office. Containing over 600,000 alternative and opposite words, this program will enrich your creative writing, essays, or letters, or simply your enjoyment of the English language.

Key Features:

  • Instant access from Internet Explorer or your Windows application. Simply double-click a word on your Web page or in your chosen Windows application such as Word or Excel or even Outlook, and alternatives are instantly displayed in a pop-up window. A key word helps you pinpoint the right group, and the closest and most useful alternatives are given first.

  • Useful Replace function. Writing a letter or essay and can't think of the right word? Type in a similar word, double-click on it, select the appropriate alternative from the entry, and then use the Replace function to swap it straight over into your work.

  • From fossils to phobias, and actors to amphibians - over 450 lists provide information on a vast range of subjects.

  • Militate or mitigate, inherent or intrinsic? Over 150 notes help you make the right choice between easily confused words.

  • No fuss and no waiting. The New Oxford Thesaurus of English automatically installs on your hard drive and runs in the background ready for whenever you need it.

  • Can be easily integrated with the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, the Concise Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary, the Concise Oxford-Duden German Dictionary, and the Concise Oxford Spanish Dictionary.

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    16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
    1.0 out of 5 stars Useless, 18 Feb 2006
    By A Customer
    This thesaurus may be good. Possibly. But the software is such utter rubbish that it's virtually unusuable. One example (of many): the wretched thing pops up when you double-click a word and you are taken off into its (unreadable) pop-up field. Perhaps someone should have told the programmers that double-clicking words is used for other things on most computer set-ups. Such as selecting words to move or delete them. Which you are now no longer able to do.

    A few years ago I got free with some magazine a thing called the Oxford Compendium. It included a good thesaurus. The thesaurus was easy to use and worked properly. Unfortunately, it doesn't run under XP. So I bought this new one. And it's rubbish.

    Shame on whoever produced it!

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    7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
    1.0 out of 5 stars Paltry and basic., 6 Jul 2006
    Yes, I agree with the reviewer above: it's such a pity that the Oxford Complex/Compendium Thesaurus doesn't run under XP. Even it was not comprehensive, but it did have an adult quality about it. This new pop-up version is juvenile, paltry, and just too basic. It may appeal to some because it reduces the language to something easy . . . but in fact the English language is incredibly rich and diverse . . . and this thesaurus does not reflect this fact.
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    3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
    1.0 out of 5 stars Not the standard one expects from Oxford, 1 Aug 2008
    By Chris (Cheshire, England) - See all my reviews
    The actual thesaurus is excellent; easier to use (though not as interesting or as comprehensive as) Roget's and therefore ideal when you want to find an alternative word quickly. The CD-ROM, however, leaves a lot to be desired. Not only is it often infuriating to use, as outlined by other reviewers; but if you upgrade to Windows Vista the only way you can get it to run is to fork out twenty euros for the latest version of ifinger, the search engine used by the thesaurus. Stick with the paper version; it will last a lifetime.
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