● In addition to the spell checking and grammar checking tools that Microsoft Word offers, there is also the Word thesaurus we can take advantage of to improve our documents ● Using the thesaurus, you can find synonyms (different words with the same meaning) and antonyms (words with the opposite meaning) ● In Microsoft Office Word you can look up a word quickly if you right-click anywhere in your document, and then click Synonym on the shortcut menu Command to use Thesaurus tool ( shortcut key: shift + F7). Command to use Thesaurus tool ( shortcut key: shift + F7).