Office: Using Thesaurus - how handy is the tool

Thesaurus is the first choice for searching synonyms and word suggestions. Due to its importance, Thesaurus is even implemented in Microsoft Office. Read how to use the tool.

With Thesaurus support, the right synonyms are always at your fingertips.

Some synonyms are obvious, others require some assistance. That's exactly what Thesaurus is for.

Office: Access Thesaurus with a few clicks

Thesaurus is included in all Office applications. So you can use it equally in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Co. It can always be found in the same place:

1. Open the "Review" tab in the Office document.
2. On the top left in the "Document Review" area you will see the "Thesaurus" button.

The Thesaurus bar appears on the right side of the document. When using it, you have two options:

• You first highlight a word and then click on "Thesaurus" to get matching synonyms displayed.
• Clicking on the "Thesaurus" button without having highlighted a word allows you to enter any terms to get synonyms.

In both ways, Thesaurus leads you quickly to your goal. Synonyms are important to increase text quality by preventing or minimizing word repetition. This improves the readability and style of the content; especially in important documents (such as scientific papers), thesaurus can thus be very important.