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LINKS

Crossword Compiler

iPhone Dictionaries

Crossword Puzzles

Support for WordWeb Pro Users

This page is for users of WordWeb Pro. To update the free version of WordWeb see the download page. If you have questions please see the frequently asked questions or contact page.

You can see which version you have by selecting About from WordWeb's Help menu.

Updates

Select "Updates page" from WordWeb 6's Help menu to download updates.

To upgrade from an earlier version see the Upgrade page.

Version History

Version 6.72

• Fix for error messages using dictionary tabs with some Internet Explorer versions
• Minor updates

Version 6.71

• Added full text search option to only match whole words
• Support for Firefox 6,7 and future versions
• Preferences option not to show suggestion drop-down when typing a word
• Database updates
• Fixed issue starting Full Text Search

Version 6.6

• Indexing of phrase parts, e.g. "diem" links to "per diem" and "carpe diem"
• Support for Firefox 5
• Database updates and bug fixes

Version 6.5x

• Much improved one-click support for Chrome, Firefox 4 and Internet Explorer 9
• Updates, corrections and minor bug fixes

Version 6.4

• Around 100 new words and updates
• Improved cursor/focus keyboard navigation
• Improved indexing for the Chambers Thesaurus add-on
• Various minor bug fixes

Version 6.3

• Improved mouse wheel, page up/down and cursor navigation
• Around 100 new words and updates
• Support for multiple custom database files (currently unsupported)
• Various minor bug fixes

Version 6.2

• Updates for more reliable one-click look up
• Updated Chambers Dictionary and Thesaurus
  (re-download from your order download page)
• Support for using multiple custom glossary database files
• Dictionary updates
• Various bug fixes

Version 6.1

• Fix for install on some Windows 7 versions
• Database updates and corrections
• Various minor fixes

Version 6.03

• Minor bug fixes and updates
• Updated Chambers Dictionary optional download

Version 6.02

• Added full text search support for add-on dictionaries (View menu)
• New Options, Preferences settings to control program startup and word lookup
• Various tweaks for Windows 7
• Minor bug fixes

Version 6.01

• Various bug and compatibility fixes
• New menu item to delete all custom database entries and glossaries
• Glossary editor remembers size and position

Version 6

• 70 000 audio pronunciations
• Completely revised new text pronunciations with syllables
• Thousands of additions and updates
• Revisions to many core senses
• 20 000 new example sentences
• Links to derived words
• Links between often-confused words
• Support for third-party dictionaries (see the ordering page)
• Improved support for shared custom definitions
• Import and export glossaries and definitions
• Full unicode support
• Drop-down lookup box hints

Version 5.52

• About 100 additions and updates
• Fix for some multi-monitor configurations
• Fix for compatibility with some desktop screensaver programs (etc.)

Version 5.51

• Improvements to multi-user glossary support
• About 100 additions and updates
• Minor bug fixes

Version 5.5

• Over 3000 new entries and updates
• Compatibility with Firefox 3
• Various minor bug fixes/enhancements

Version 5.2

• About 100 additions and updates
• Option to set Globish or custom Basic English list instead of default (Options menu)
• Various minor bug fixes/enhancements

Version 5.1

• About 100 additions and updates
• Glossary lookup now case insensitive
• New option to show web browser messages (e.g. enter proxy password)
• Various minor bug fixes/enhancements

Version 5

• One-click mouse look up (Ctrl+Right click in any program)
• Vista and Word 2007 support
• Web references in tabs
• Speech engine sound; optional support for installed pronunciation sound files
• Show common basic English word senses in bold (optionally)
• Bookmarks
• Improved sense ordering; e.g. adjectives shown first if adjectival use most common
• Unicode support for looking up non-English words in web references
• Drop down menu of alternative collocations at lookup point
• Option to change the font
• Optional to install for use on a removable device (e.g. USB stick)
• Thousands of new entries, clarifications and updates
• Edit list of X-refs and web references
• Improved full text search with key word highlighting

Version 4.51

• Minor bug fixes and corrections

Version 4.5

• New 'sounds like' links between homonyms
• Improved suggestion for misspelled words
• New Spelling button on the Nearest tab to suggest possible misspellings
• New Very Large font size option
• Over a thousand additions and some corrections/updates

Version 4.1

• A few hundred additions and corrections
• Various minor bug fixes
• Auto-detect support for Chambers and latest Encarta CD-ROM dictionaries

Version 4

• Many thousand additions, new words and corrections
• New Full Text reverse definition search
• Selecting a synonym highlights the applicable sense numbers
• Find Word now supports regular expressions (prefix with '\')
• Improved suggestions for misspelt words
• New "archaic" usage tag
• Double clicking on part of a collocation looks up the whole compound

Version 3.4

• Around 100 additions and corrections
• Various minor bug fixes and enhancements

Version 3.3

• Around 100 additions and corrections
• New 'Find Word' option to sort matches by word length
• Fixed problem showing pronunciations on non-Western Windows XP installations
• Change to hotkey lookup to make it more reliable
• Option to turn off 'direct MS Word link' on the Options menu (in case direct link causes problems)
• Various minor bug fixes and enhancements

Version 3.2

• Additions and corrections
• New 'Find Word' option to search all installed word lists
• Various minor bug fixes