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Index

A | B | C | D | E |
F | G | H | I | J |
K | L | M | N | O |
P | Q | R | S | T |
U | V | W | X | Y | Z

A

abbreviations
accented characters
Additions: displaying
Advanced searching
authors: searching

B

bibliography
Boolean searching
browsing the Dictionary
buttons

C

case
changing display
changing display: results list
changing display: pronunciations, spellings, etymology, Additions
changing display: quotations
character classes
cross-references

D

dates: displaying in a chart
dates: ordering results by date
dates: ordering the entry list by date
dates: searching
definitions: searching
display options
displaying: Additions
displaying: cross-references
displaying: entries
displaying: etymology
displaying: pronunciation
displaying: quotations
displaying: results list
displaying: spellings

E

earliest (first cited) author
earliest (first cited) date
earliest (first cited) work
entries: bottom of
entries: changing display
entries: finding
entries: mailing
entries: map
entries: printing
entries: returning to results
entries: returning to top
entries: Second and New Edition
entries: structure of
entries: understanding
entry list
error messages
etymologies: displaying
etymologies: searching
exact character searching
example searches
exiting

F

Find Word search
Find Word search: results list
finding a word
first cited author
first cited date
first cited work
Full Text search
Full Text search: results list

G

Greek characters
guide to the OED

H

hardware requirements
home page (of the Help text)
hyphens

L

language names
lemmas: searching
lists: displaying results by entry date
lists: displaying results by entry name
lists: displaying results by quotation date
lists: entry list and results lists

M

mailing an entry
main window
map

N

New Edition entries

O

ordering lists

P

part of speech filter
phrases: finding
printing
pronunciation
proximity searching

Q

quick search
quitting
quotations: displaying
quotations: searching

R

restricting a search to the results of a previous search
restricting a search to entries with a particular part of speech
results list: changing display
results list: Find Word search
results list: Full Text search
results list: number of results on screen
results list: printing
results list: viewing results
returning to the top of an entry

S

saving an entry
searching: Boolean searching
searching: case-sensitive searching
searching: exact character searching
searching: example searches
searching: Find Word search
searching: Full Text search
searching: phrases
searching: pronunciations
searching: proximity searching
searching: quick search
searching: restricting to results of a previous search
searching: restricting to entries with a particular part of speech
searching: search areas
searching: wildcards
Second Edition entries
signing out
special characters
spellings: displaying
structure of an entry
subjects
symbols

T

tutorials

V

variant spellings: displaying
viewing: entries
viewing: map of an entry
viewing: results
viewing: versions of an entry

W

what's new
wildcards
work titles