Google-It feature?

[kitimat]

Is there a way to highlight text and get Atlantis to "Google" the selected text.

thanks

[Robert]

Atlantis has no such direct command.

However, the words highlighted in Atlantis can be looked up in WordWeb. Please have a look at Atlantis Word Processor Online Help > Thesaurus.

When you have looked up a word or phrase in WordWeb, you can click on the other “Dictionary Tabs” available in WordWeb to search in Wikipedia, Wiktionary, WordWeb Online:



I am not sure if you can do this in the free version, but in the paying version, you can add your own custom search engines. I have added a “Google Search” to my own copy:



The search engine string to use in WordWeb is as follows:

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http://www.google.com/search?q=%s

Alternatively, you could do without WordWeb. You could simply add the following snippet of text to your Atlantis Clip Library:

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http://www.google.com/search?q=

Then, when you want to Google for a word or phrase, simply insert the above Atlantis clip item, then append the word or phrase to the pasted clip item. For example, if you wanted to look up “pleasant”, you would use the following string:

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http://www.google.com/search?q=pleasant

If you then press and hold down the Ctrl key, bring the mouse pointer above the URL in the Atlantis document window, the insertion cursor will automatically change into a hand:



If you give a left click with that hand cursor, you will bring up a Google search for “pleasant” in your default browser.

Note.

For this to work, you need “Use Ctrl+Click to follow hyperlink” to be activated on the Atlantis “Tools | Options… > Edit tab”.

HTH.

Cheers,

Robert