WD97: Define Command Missing from Shortcut Menu

• Microsoft Word 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

The Define command does not appear on the Lists shortcut menu. (To access the Lists shortcut menu, right-click in a numbered list.)

CAUSE

This problem occurs when you apply a numbering or bullet format to the text.

When text has a number or bullet applied, the Define command is missing from the List shortcut menu.

NOTE: The Define command is added to the Text shortcut menu when Microsoft Bookshelf (Bookshelf Basics) is installed during Microsoft Office/Word setup, but is not added to the List shortcut menu.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, use the appropriate method:

Method 1: Use Look Up Reference

1. Select the text to be defined.

2. On the Tools menu, click Look Up Reference.

3. In the Look Up Reference dialog box, select either Microsoft Bookshelf Basics or Microsoft Bookshelf 97, and click OK.

Method 2: Copy Define to the Lists shortcut menu

1. On the Tools menu, click Customize, and click the Toolbars tab.

2. IN the Toolbars list, click to select the Shortcut Menus check box.

   The Shortcut Menus toolbar appears on the screen.

3. On the Shortcut Menus toolbar, click Text, and then click Text.

   The Text shortcut menu appears.

4. Press CTRL and drag the Define command to the Lists menu.

   The Lists shortcut menu appears.

   Release the CTRL key and the mouse button when the horizontal bar appears where you want to position the Define command.

5. In the Customize dialog box, click Close.

MORE INFORMATION

Microsoft Bookshelf is a multimedia reference collection that provides you with online reference books and materials to look up and cite information. To find information, you can search for article titles in a table of contents or you can search for article contents in any single reference or in all of the references at once.

When you have Microsoft Bookshelf 1996-97 or Microsoft Bookshelf Basics installed with Microsoft Office 97, special Bookshelf commands are added to Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint. You can click Look Up Reference on the Tools menu to look up information in Bookshelf without leaving your document. You can right-click a word in your document, and then click Define on the shortcut menu to quickly find a definition without leaving your work. And you can copy entire articles or selected text and images from Bookshelf directly into a new or existing file in any of the integrated programs, and Bookshelf automatically includes copyright information in your file.

For additional help with Bookshelf, click the Office Assistant, type "bookshelf," click Search, and then click the appropriate topic.