Merriam-Webster Dictionary Comes to Firefox

Announcing New Line of Free Merriam-Webster Plug-ins for Firefox Users

SPRINGFIELD, MASS., March 2005 — Merriam-Webster, the country's leading publisher of print and electronic language reference products, has created new online tools specifically for users of Firefox, Mozilla's award-winning Web browser. Users may now customize their Firefox browser with free access to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary through a new line of Merriam-Webster plug-ins and extensions ranging from Search Box to Sidebar.

The Merriam-Webster Search Box Plug-in allows users to look up words instantly from the Merriam-Webster Dictionary from anywhere on the Web. Highlight a word on any Web page, and Merriam-Webster's Right-click Search allows access to words from the right-click context menu. Open a search pane in the Merriam-Webster Sidebar to look up words while browsing, or use the Merriam-Webster's Lookup Button to look up a selected word in a Web page. Additionally, accessing words from any page on the Web is now easier than ever before by adding the Merriam-Webster Search to the Firefox Toolbar extension.

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Merriam-Webster Inc. acquired the rights to revise and publish Noah Webster's dictionaries in 1843. Since then, Merriam-Webster has maintained an ongoing commitment to innovation, scholarship, and love of language. Today, the company continues as the leader in both print and electronic language reference publishing with reference products, learning tools, and word games.

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