How to get spotlight/Dictionary to show All, not just Dictionary

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How to get spotlight/Dictionary to show All, not just Dictionary

I'm a late Snow Leopard adopter, and I see that when I use Spotlight to look up a word, Dictionary always switches to the "Dictionary" tab, regardless of what my previous setting was. This is a pain because whenever I look up a word, I always want the Thesaurus to show too. I couldn't find a setting in its preferences. Any help would be great.

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.5)

Posted on Feb 25, 2011 7:42 AM

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baltwo

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Feb 25, 2011 11:35 AM in response to matthewcornell

AFAICT, there's no way to select All when the Dictionary pops up using Spotlight. All you can do is reorder the items so Thesaurus is the default instead of Dictionary.

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Feb 28, 2011 7:25 AM in response to matthewcornell

Thank you, baltwo. I'm too lazy to go through that, and my expectations are low, but I found a work-around: Command-0 (zero) shows All. It's an extra step compared to Leopard, but hey - life's not perfect.

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baltwo

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Feb 28, 2011 3:49 PM in response to matthewcornell

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