Encarta Dictionary opens unexpectedly when you double-click in credits, captions, and titles (305299)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia Deluxe 2005
  • Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia Deluxe 2004
  • Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia Deluxe 2003
  • Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia Deluxe 2002 1.0
  • Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia Standard 2005
  • Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia Standard 2004
  • Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia Standard 2003
  • Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia Standard 2002 1.0
  • Microsoft Encarta Reference Library 2003 1.0
  • Microsoft Encarta Reference Library 2002 1.0
  • Microsoft Encarta Reference Library 2005 CD-ROM
  • Microsoft Encarta Reference Library 2004 CD-ROM
  • Microsoft Encarta Reference Library 2005 DVD-ROM
  • Microsoft Encarta Reference Library 2004 DVD-ROM
  • Microsoft Encarta Reference Library 2003 - DVD Edition
  • Microsoft Encarta Reference Library 2002 - DVD Edition
  • Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia Standard 2006
  • Microsoft Encarta Premium 2006
  • Microsoft Student 2006
  • Microsoft Encarta 2006
This article was previously published under Q305299

SUMMARY

When you use the mouse pointer to navigate through the multimedia section of any of the Microsoft Encarta programs listed in the "Applies to" section, you can double-click a word to open a dictionary window, which provides the definition of that word, or the closest word that the dictionary contains.

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By design, Encarta allows you to double-click any given word as a method of bringing up the dictionary. Typically, there are restrictions to this functionality (to prevent the dictionary from opening when you double-click in restricted areas): in photo credits, captions, and titles. However, these restrictions do not apply in the programs listed in the "Applies to" section. Therefore, if you double-click in a photo credit, caption, or title, the dictionary unexpectedly opens.

In some situations, if you click a caption after you click someplace in the text of the multimedia items description, the dictionary opens to the last cursor position in the items description. For example, this behavior may occur if you perform the following procedure:
  1. Open a picture or an item that includes a description in the caption.
  2. Click anywhere in the description.
  3. Double-click Credits.
The dictionary opens in the description of the item that you previously clicked.
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:4/18/2006
Keywords:kbinfo KB305299
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