The Dictionary Applet

The Dictionary application comes with a panel applet, the Dictionary Applet. You can add the Dictionary Applet applet to a panel and look up words in dictionaries.

Figure 7Dictionary Applet Window

5.1. To Start Dictionary Applet

To add Dictionary Applet to a panel, right-click on the panel, then choose Add to Panel. Select Dictionary Applet in the Add to the panel dialogue, then click OK.

5.2. Using the Dictionary Applet

To look up a word, type it into the entry field, and press Enter or right-click on the dictionary icon and then choose Look up.

If some definition for the word was found, a window will appear, with the text of the definitions:

Figure 8Dictionary Applet Window

Click Save to save the definitions to a text file. Click Print to print the definitions. Click Clear to clear the definitions.

You can make the window disappear by left-clicking on the dictionary icon or by pressing Esc.

5.3. Preferences

To configure the Dictionary Applet, right-click on the dictionary icon, then choose Preferences.

The Preferences dialog is the same used by the Dictionary application, so refer to Section 4 ― Preferences