Find in Dictionary overview

A Find in Dictionary command is available on the Insert toolbar, Tools menu and right-click menu when you click a vernacular word in a Texts & Words Baseline tab or in a Notebook record.

This command opens the Find in Dictionary dialog box if FLEx cannot find the word nor any of its morphemes in Lexicon Edit. Otherwise, the Dictionary Entry dialog box appears.

Things you can do

  1. In the Find box, type the lexical entry that you want to find.

Any matching entries appear in the Lexical Entries pane as you type.

  1. If the entry you want appears, click it and then click the Show button to see it in the Dictionary Entry dialog box.

  2. If the entry you want does not appear or many appear (so you cannot isolate the one you want), do any of these steps:

For example, type the spelling of the lexeme form or citation form.

For example, search for a gloss or definition. Or, you could search for it with a different vernacular writing system that is used in the project.

This does not affect the Find operation. However, the changed display may hint to you other ways to search for the entry.

  1. Click Cancel.

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Related Topics

Configure Columns dialog box

Dictionary Entry dialog box

Find and Replace overview

New Entry dialog box

Tools menu overview