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Key Details of Desktop Assistant

  • Get instant access to any online application.
  • Last updated on
  • There have been 1 updates
  • Virus scan status:

    Clean (it’s extremely likely that this software program is clean)


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Desktop Assistant 0/1

Editors’ Review

Download.com staff

This browser-based dictionary tool quickly looks up words and phrases, but it may override your default browser.

Desktop Assistant's icon resides in your system tray, where a click or a hot-key combination will quickly launch a small, unobtrusive interface dominated by a field for entering your search phrase. To find a definition, you can enter your word in the search field, or highlight an unknown word from a site or file and hit the defined hot key. From there, this tool finds your entry on The Free Dictionary site (www.thefreedictionary.com) and satisfactorily presents its definitions and synonyms.

Unfortunately, it overrode our settings for our default browser and operated only with Internet Explorer, which may not satisfy some users. There are no features other than word lookups, but it's free and easy to configure and use. All told, Desktop Assistant is handy for folks who write frequently but who don't always trust their word choices.



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Full Specifications

GENERAL
Release
Latest update
Version
1.6.173.0
OPERATING SYSTEMS
Platform
Windows
Operating System
  • Windows 98
  • Windows 98 SE
  • Windows ME
  • Windows XP
  • Windows Vista
  • Windows NT
  • Windows 2000
POPULARITY
Total Downloads
23,213
Downloads Last Week
0

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Developer’s Description

Get instant access to any online application.
Desktop Assistant offers instant alt-click access from almost any application to the free online reference resource with English, Medical, Legal, Financial, and Computer Dictionaries, multiple Encyclopedias, Indexes of Acronyms and Idioms, a Thesaurus, and a Literature Reference Library.

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