However, the article hides Microsoft's potential embarrassment over this short-sighted omission by being overly brief and skirting around the issue. The Knowledge Base touches on this subject in article Q229749.
Because this synonym list is created dynamically through built-in programming, there isn't a single Word command that exists to drag onto the shortcut menu. Each synonym listed on the fly-out "Synonyms >" menu is actually a temporarily added shortcut sub-menu item. The synonym list is actually built on-the-fly and the fly-out menu is then customized on-the-fly by the built-in code. The problem here is that the "trick" used in the synonyms shortcut list feature works by using some special built-in programming. What makes it worse is that Microsoft didn't provide an easy-to-use "synonyms list" command that could be dragged out of the Customize dialog box to customize other menus. text in a table, text in a list, text in a footnote, etc).
It doesn't show up on right-click shortcut menus for any other text item (e.g. This means the synonym list is only available on a right-click shortcut menu when the user right-clicks on standard text. Also, Microsoft didn't go far enough with the implementation because the right-click synonyms list feature only got added to the "Text" set of shortcut menus. But that person used a clever trick to implement the idea. Whoever thought up the idea of providing a right-click shortcut access to a synonym list was a bright person.
Before getting to the answer, a short side trip is in order.įor users of Word 2000 and later versions, the synonym list that is available when right-clicking on regular text is a very handy feature. She noted that some of her users had the option in Word 2000 and some did not.
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Recently, subscriber Debbie Galle wrote and asked how to add the Synonyms option to the shortcut menu that pops up when you right-click on text.
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