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switch from yahoo to different word find when highlighting and right clincking on word in text

timj1385
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If i want to get the definition of a word say when reading text on a website I can highlight the word and right click and go to search yahoo for word. How am I able to switch yahoo to say google or some other search engine or better yet is their a dictionary i can download for this?

If i want to get the definition of a word say when reading text on a website I can highlight the word and right click and go to search yahoo for word. How am I able to switch yahoo to say google or some other search engine or better yet is their a dictionary i can download for this?

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nevermind i figured it out

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nevermind i figured it out

jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
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Firefox normally uses your default search engine. If you do not want to change your default search engine, you can use an add-on like the following to display more choices on the right-click context menu:

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/context-search/