Advanced Research with Research Pane

To open the Research pane, do one of the following:

• Press Alt+Click the left mouse key in the selected word, phrase, or name.
• In different Microsoft Office applications:

    -  In Microsoft Office Excel, Microsoft Office PowerPoint or Microsoft Office Outlook, on the Review tab, in the Proofing group, click Research:

       

  Note: In Microsoft Office Outlook, the Research task pane is available from any open Outlook item, but not from the main Outlook window.

    -  In the standard Microsoft Office Word document there are no Research button in the standard ribbon, but you can add it in your own menu or Quick Access Toolbar.

    -  In the Microsoft Office Word Blog Post, on the BLOG POST tab, in the Proofing group, in the Spelling list, choose Research...:

  

With Research pane you can:

• find synonyms (a word that means essentially the same thing as the word it replaces) and antonyms (a word that means the opposite of the selected word),
• while Word's thesaurus primarily finds synonyms;
• search words in public dictionaries (e.g., Encarta World Dictionary);
• translate words and texts.