Product/Link: Atomica
Synopsis: Search multiple information sources simultaneously by clicking on a word on your screen.
Requirements: Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000. And like they all say..."Macintosh version coming soon."
Price: Free for individual users.
Rating: One of the few really useful free downloads.
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Downloading and installing the free 970KB Atomica software will cause an icon to be placed in your system tray.
The icon:
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The icon in system tray:
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With that accomplished you may now search multiple sources to find relevant information about any word on your computer screen. Perhaps you're using a word but you're not sure of the correct spelling. Hold down the "Alt"
key on your keyboard and click on the word in question. Atomica will open a window confirming your spelling or displaying the correct spelling. (This is assuming your spelling is close to correct).
For example if I misspell "relevant" as "relavant" and then click on the misspelling I get the following window...
How about this? Let's block out George W. Bush with our mouse and then click on it...
Other possibilities include:
Clicking on a URL address and bringing up Google links.
Clicking on a stock symbol and bringing up quotes, charts, news & links.
Clicking on the name of a state and bringing up The Concise Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia.
I suspect we've only scratched the surface of what Atomica can do. You might want to check it out for yourself.
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