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Why does the dictionary lookup not work in Firefox or other applications (old MS Office version)?

April 26, 2017applications dictionary firefox lookup MS Office version

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Why does the dictionary lookup not work in Firefox or other applications (old MS Office version)?

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The global lookup hotkey (⌃⌘D) works only in native Mac OS X applications (Cocoa). Firefox and some other applications are based on different technologies and only look like a native Mac application. For Firefox there exist some add-ons like Look Up in Dictionary or Mac OS X Dictionary Add-On, which add a special command to the context menu.