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
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Latest WordWeb Pro ###WWVER### update: ###LASTUPDATE###
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To re-install the program or download additional word lists see your order download page.
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Select "Updates page" from WordWeb ###WWVER###'s Help menu to download updates.
To upgrade from an earlier version see the Upgrade page.
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Version History
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