Dwaine Castle said: > There are 2 items that will help me with my move to Linux and > maybe someone can point me in the right direction. > Merrian-Webster has a utility that lets me highlight any word in > a document or browser window and look-up the definition. I have gnome has this feature you speak of, you can add the dictionary lookup to your gnome panel (right click, add to panel, accessories) -d +( duncan brown : duncanbrown@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx )+ +( linux "just works" : www.linuxadvocate.net )+ -------------------------------------------------- Understatement of the century: "Hello everybody out there using minix - I'm doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won't be big and professional like gnu) for 386(486) AT clones" - Linus Torvalds, August 1991 --------------------------------------------------