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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary & Thesaurus 11th edition |  | From: Innovative Knowledge
Category: Software
List Price: $19.99
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Seller: Ocean Book Club
Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 554
Format: CD-ROM
Platforms: Windows Vista, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Mac OS X
Media: CD-ROM
Operating System: Mac OS X
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.7 x 1.3
Model: 93830
UPC: 798694893830
EAN: 0798694893830
ASIN: B002QAR9E2
Release Date: August 15, 2009
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Completely updated with many new features (see Product Description) | | • | iPod and iPod nano enabled for use wherever you go | | • | Audio pronunciations including variant pronunciations by real voices | | • | Hot Key allows instant access to the Dictionary from any application | | • | Dictionary includes 225,000 definitions, Thesaurus includes 340,000 synonyms and antonyms |
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Product Description
America’s best-selling Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary gives you instant access to more than 225,000 definitions and a thesaurus of over 340,000 synonyms and antonyms. It has 21 different word search options—far more than any other dictionary, and includes a special dictionary downloadable to your iPod for handy reference on-the-go! It even gives you actual pronunciations through real-voice audio, plus links to a vast array of Web-based reference resources. It installs quickly on your hard drive for easy access from most popular applications, including Microsoft™ Word. It’s the ultimate writing resource whether you’re word processing, writing e-mails, or creating spreadsheets. This completely revised edition includes new advanced features: NEW Fetch a Word - Instantly find a word in any document or web page and get its definition. NEW Faster Search - High-performance database engine saves time. NEW Dynamic Updates - Get dictionary updates instantly via the Internet. NEW Network Enabled - Installs in a local area network for easy access by multiple computers. NEW Multiple Dictionary Search - Now you can search through multiple dictionaries all at once! NEW Higher Performance - Mac Universal Code support and Microsoft Windows Vista certification assure fast performance and highest quality user experience. NEW Easier-to-use Layout – Updated design is streamlined for ease of use.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Does NOT Work WITHIN Microsoft Word as Advertised March 16, 2010
D. Holland
In and of itself, the product is great. I had no problems installing it onto my computer and it runs without the disc in the disc drive. My problem is, it was advertised, and I quote, "Installs quickly onto your hard drive for instant access anytime-- including from Microsoft Word". This is not true. After numerous attempts to install the software into Microsoft Word, I contacted Merriam-Webster's tech support. I was told that this version does not have the macros needed to work within Microsoft Word. In addition, I was told that the older version does contain the macros and will install within Microsoft Word. I was very very disappointed because I made the purchase for that specific purpose, as advertised by Merriam Webster. Now, I'm stuck with a product that does not produce what it stated it would do.
 Not the best and not the worst computer dictionary I've used March 15, 2010
Jerry Saperstein (Evanston, IL USA)
People have different approaches to using dictionaries and for this reason it is unlikely that any computer dictionary will prove satisfying to all people or even most people. Using my Oxford English Dictionary drives me nuts. It is clunky and antiquated. I have several other dictionaries on my computer and each of them both irritate and please me.
On the whole, the Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary & Thesaurus 11th edition has more pluses than minuses.
The interface is relatively easy to grasp intuitively which is good because the sparse online documentation for using the program is difficult to find. And when I say online, I mean internet accessible. Look hard: to get to it requires finding an unadorned link.
Load and search times are pretty quick.
Once you figure out how to do it - and the process is not intuitive - you actually do have a variety of search methods The publisher says there are 21 search options. I found only 19 that I could identify. Among the search options are rhyming, crossword, anagram and homophones, all of which can occasionally come in handy.
There are many audio pronunciations and they are clearly enunciated.
There is also a spelling helper: type in your nearest approximation of a word and the program. It works pretty well.
The thesaurus is actually a separate program. It is acceptable though no match for something like Rodale's Synonym Finder.
You can set a hot key sequence so that when you highlight a word in your word processing or email software, the dictionary can be invoked. Unlike some computer dictionaries, you can copy the correctly spelled word from the dictionary to your document.
The biggest minus is the silly activation program the publisher has. You must install it and it only serves to keep track of which of the publisher's applications you have installed. The dictionary is also a bit slow to load. The lack of useful documentation is also lamentable.
On the whole, a good dictionary. The corpus of definitions is small compared to some, but all the words I tried were found. There is also allegedly a program that will download a subset of the dictionary to your iPod, which I did not try.
Jerry
 Do not buy this so called dictionary March 11, 2010
Alan Neifeld (North Carolina)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Simply put this so called dictionary is about the worst dictinary (Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary & Thesaurus 11th edition CD) I have ever used. As an example I typed in "fungible" and received this as the response - ": something that is fungible - usually used in plural". While this is the worst response I have had, the normal response, while correct, hardly compares to what the real book dictionary supplies. I would rate this as DO NOT BUY.
Good, but trying at times March 9, 2010
Dead Boy (Spokane, WA)
I bought this software for my laptop, which in turn I bought with the intention of never hooking up to the internet. One of the key selling points about this Dictionary/Thesaurus CD was its ability to be completely loaded onto a computer for quick, instant access without having to insert the disk again and again. In that regard I'm very pleased with the software. However, the software keeps bugging me for registration codes that have already been entered a few times over. What's more is the software lest me know on a semi-regular basis that it would be happier on a computer with internet access. These little annoyances, plus the occasional missing word in the dictionary's directory, are the things I find holding this software back from four- or five-star greatness.
And if anyone from the software company should read this, might I suggest a feature that allows the user to add notes to each entry, and enter user-added words and definitions to the directory. I was somewhat disappointed that no such thing existed. That would have more than made up for the occasional shortcoming in the list of words in the dictionary.
 Greatest thing since sliced bread! December 12, 2009
Brian (Kansas City)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
Ive had no problems at all with this Dictionary program since I bought it about 6 months ago (running on XP). I really like it; more than any other dictionary software Ive had in the past; I use it many times a day. The 11th Collegiate has a 'lot' of words, so you will probably find the one you are looking for. The audio pronounciation has been really great; most words are available with this feature. I recently learned how to Copy the definitions, and Paste into an email or document, so I really like that as well. I plan to get Windows 7 in a few months; Im hoping the dictionary will continue to work well then.
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