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- User's manual
 After the program launch you will see  icon on the task-bar (usually next to the clock). The right mouse click on the icon gives you the access to the program menu. The left mouse click opens Loookup Bar. - Lookup Assistant allows to online resource or access desktop (Plus version only) search via Lookup Bar and Context Menu.
- Lookup Bar
- Activating Lookup Bar by pressing the hotkey (Ctrl+Alt+Z by default) to type a word-to-lookup manually for default lookup or hotkeys for a different lookup;
- Context Menu
- Marking and clicking (Alt+LeftClick by default) any word or a phrase in mostly any application for default lookup;
Long pressing the mouse button (>1 sec) activates where-to-lookup Context Menu; - Lookup Results
The lookup results are shown in the multi tab docked bar holding the lookup history or in a default web browser at your option. The result bar is the floating bar docked to a screen border.- The bar opens automatically when a new lookup is made or can be re-opened by navigating to the "globe" sign at the docked screen border. The bar is kept visible till the mouse pointer is inside the bar. Moving the mouse outside the bar closes the bar. If you click the bar, the bar is kept visible till you click anywhere outside the bar. The bar is resizable by dragging the bar border opposite to the docked side. The bar can be re-docked to another screen border by dragging the opened bar by the title to the desired screen side.
- Arithmetic Calculation
- If you mark and click (or type in the Lookup Bar) an arithmetic formula, the formula will be calculated via standard windows calculator in the result will be copied into the clipboard.
- Lookup Resources
- All the operations are available in mostly any application including text editors, web browsers, spreadsheet programs, e-mail programs and so on.
You can use lookup configuration wizard to add your own lookup resource(s) to use with Lookup Assistant including Map, Mail/Site/IP address, ZIP Code, Patent, People Lookup and so on (Plus version only). - Desktop Search
- The desktop search is available with Windows Index Service (included in 2000/XP/Vista/Windows7), which has to be installed, launched, configured (see Settings for the details, Plus version only).
- Word Based Online Games
- Lookup Assisant includes free access several online resources:
- Highlights of the Day - several events specifical to the current date.
- Compose a Word - simple online multiplayer game offers you to compose a word (noun) from a letter set. The best composer wins;
- Word Carousel - another multiplayer game offers you to decide whether a word can be composed from a letter set within a limited period. Persons made less mistakes win;
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