Ziptionary - Getting Started - Search Google with a Right Click in Internet Explorer

Getting Started with Ziptionary

The following are a few tips and tricks to help you get the most out of Ziptionary. Please take the 2 minutes needed to review them!

Right Clicking on a Word or Phrase

The most common way to use Ziptionary is to right-click on a word. In this case, we've right clicked on "botulism", and then from the popup menu selected "Search Web".

You can also select a phrase (i.e.we could have selected "Minneapolis Bridge" before right clicking, and that would be our search phrase).

Your Search Results Appear

After we selected the "Search Web" option, the Google Web Search for results for "Botulism" appear.

Repeating Your Search at Other Search Engines

If you don't see a result you like, you can click on the alternate search engines in the Ziptionary bar (the bar on the left). Here you'll find links to other search engines such as Yahoo, Ask.com, and Microsoft's Live.com search. Click on any them, and you'll see the results from that search engine. No need to retype anything, just click away!

Searching Wikipedia's Encyclopedia

There are two ways to get Wikipedia search results for a word or phrase:

Instead of selecting "Search Web" from the menu after you right-click, select "Search Encyclopedia" instead, or
After the Ziptionary bar comes up with your web search results, click the "Wikipedia Encyclopedia" link. Your search will be instantly repeated at Wikipedia.

Searching for Images and More...

After you right-click a word, in addition to the standard "Search Web" and "Search Encyclopedia" commands you'll also find an "Advanced Search" menu. Under that menu you'll find a number of other searches, such as Images, Maps, Patents, and so on. These searches are also available from within the Ziptionary search box.

As an example, let's select the words "Labrador Retriever", right-click it, then pick "Search Images" from the menu:

The Ziptionary window will appear and you're automatically taken to the Google Images search results:

Some Final Tips and Tricks

As shown above with the "Labrador Retriever" search, you can search on a multiple word phrase by selecting it in the browser before right-clicking on it.

If you're searching for a single word, you do not need to pre-select it. Just right click on it, and Ziptionary will figure out what word you clicked on automatically.
You can right click on words within Hyperlinks as well as words within plain text. IE makes selecting just a portion of a hyperlink somewhat difficult, but its possible if you start to select and drag past the end or before the beginning of the link. If that's too cumbersome, consider the next tip:
If you want to bring up the Ziptionary search tool without first right-clicking on anything (ie: so that you can manually type in your search), press CTRL-SHIFT-. (that's control, shift, and then the period key). The Ziptionary search tool will open and you can enter whatever you'd like there.

Bug Reports and Feature Suggestions

With Ziptionary being a free product, I can't offer telephone support. Rest assured, however, that your feedback is important and I do read every one! To report a bug or suggest a new feature, email me at Ziptionary @sammsoft.com

Please be sure to include your Ziptionary version (you can find it below the Ziptionary logo in the Ziptionary search tool) as well as your operating system and Internet Explorer version. If its a bug report, please be sure to include detailed steps on how I can reproduce the problem!

Thanks, and I hope you enjoy Ziptionary!