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megaman · 10-26-2008, 11:41 AM

Excuse me, for I have not explained the issue as clearly as it should. I bought the Oxford dictionary of chemistry, in which you can find from A to Z definitions with drawings and such (sort of like an encyclopedia). Let's say that I wanted to find the word "reduction" for instance to see the description, examples, drawings,etc. The only thing I can do is flip page by page until I get to such word entry, which is extremely time wasting, since the dictionary is very large. This is why this Oxford dictionary of chemistry has an index page with three entries:

1) Look up a word or term
2) Look up an abbreviation
3) Look up a person

Whichever I choose I get a "Indexes not supported in this version" window from my cybook in response. This way, the dictionary is 100% USELESS, since there's no practical way to browse in order to find the words you need! Am I right?

Thanks.

10-26-2008, 11:41 AM	#5
megaman Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2008 Device: cybok	Excuse me, for I have not explained the issue as clearly as it should. I bought the Oxford dictionary of chemistry, in which you can find from A to Z definitions with drawings and such (sort of like an encyclopedia). Let's say that I wanted to find the word "reduction" for instance to see the description, examples, drawings,etc. The only thing I can do is flip page by page until I get to such word entry, which is extremely time wasting, since the dictionary is very large. This is why this Oxford dictionary of chemistry has an index page with three entries: 1) Look up a word or term 2) Look up an abbreviation 3) Look up a person Whichever I choose I get a "Indexes not supported in this version" window from my cybook in response. This way, the dictionary is 100% USELESS, since there's no practical way to browse in order to find the words you need! Am I right? Thanks.