Use reference tools

The Toolbox contains Reference Tools, Scrapbook, and the Compatibility Report in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Each of these Office for Mac applications also has additional, specific tools in the Toolbox. For example, the Word Toolbox contains Styles and the Excel Toolbox contains the Formula Builder. Reference tools provide access to thesaurus, dictionary, and translation information.

Important

Office must be able to connect to the Internet to use Reference Tools. The first time you use Reference Tools you are asked to Click here to allow access to online Reference Tools.

Do any of the following:

Look up a synonym in the thesaurus

Look up a definition in the dictionary

Find a word in another language

Translate text from another language

Look up a word on the Internet

Hide the dictionary or other reference tool

Show or hide the Toolbox

Change display settings for the Toolbox