

You can see your word history and revisit definitions, or make your own list of favourite words to help build up your vocabulary. The speech function helps provide the correct pronunciation. Definitions include synonyms and antonyms which allows the dictionary to also serve as a thesaurus.

Wildcard characters can be used to help with word games like crosswords and scrabble where only some of the letters are known, or you have to find an anagram, or with spelling. Then you can follow the links in the definition page to get more word definitions. As you type, Dictionary homes in on the word you are looking for. The home page contains a randomly selected word cloud which will pique your curiosity and help you improve your vocabulary, while the search box allows you to find specific words easily. The dictionary definitions are stored locally, and because it's ad-free there's no need for a network connection. Dictionary is ideal for both native English speakers and English learners or people studying the English language. If you need hard copies of your important dates, there's also a very easy to use print option for calendar data.Although it's not necessary, there's also a world clock screen saver that shows your computer's system time, plus five major time zones around the world.Dictionary is a free offline English dictionary containing over 200,000 words and definitions and no ads. There are several options for changing calendar icons, fonts and colors, marking weekdays of choice and marking dates with notes and/or alarms.If you find the calendar is running slowly or slowing your system down, you can also revert to a text only version of the calendar. It also integrates with Outlook so that your appointments and tasks are displayed clearly on your desktop.You can even make it synchronize with your PDA via Outlook. One of the best features about this calendar is that it allows you to share dates and data with others on your network. Active Desktop Calendar is a fully customizable calendar which features notes, tasks, alarms, and merges neatly into whatever desktop wallpaper you have. One thing that Windows lacks is decent calendar. Customizable PIM on your desktop wallpaper
