Tour: Working with the Dictionary

Help text

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OED Online has a comprehensive help system available that you can use whenever you need more information on how to find and view what you want.

The help covers not only information about the Dictionary (such as the meaning of abbreviations), but also about the features of OED Online (such as how to search and control the display of entries).

The help system includes comprehensive links between topics and keywords, so that you can quickly find what you're looking for. The contents of the help are:

What does OED Online contain?
- The contents of the online Dictionary
- Quarterly updates to OED Online
The workplace
- What's happening in the main window?
- What do the buttons mean?
Searching
- How do I find a word?
- How do I use the Results list?
Advanced searching
- What is an Advanced Search?
Tutorial searches
- Example Find Word and Full Text searches
Viewing dictionary entries
- How can I see all the parts of an entry?
- How can I make the most of the entry list?
- How do I follow cross-references?
- Viewing Second Edition, Additions, and New Edition entries
Outputting text
- How can I print an entry or a Results list?
- Mailing an entry
Understanding the OED
- Guide to OED entries
- Key to the pronunciation
- Key to symbols and other conventions
- Bibliography to the Second Edition
Abbreviations
- Abbreviations used in definitions and etymologies
- Abbreviations used in work titles
- Abbreviations of author names
- Shakespearean plays
- Books of the Bible
- Months of the year
- Collation of language names
Technicalities
- How do I quit?
- Browser and hardware requirements
- Check and update your browser
- Reduce screen clutter
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Error messages

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