PhoneWords Help

PhoneWords makes words from a phone number. PhoneWords knows about 527,000 words.

Type a phone number into the edit box, press the return key, and a list of words/digits will appear. The Minimum Word Length spinner sets the minimum length of words considered so as to prevent very short words from cluttering the list.

Double-click a result in the list to copy it to the clipboard, or use menu item Edit->Copy or key combination Command+C.

Checking the Use Large Dictionary checkbox will cause PhoneWords to use a 527,000-word dictionary. This may result in many items in the list, possibly making it hard to find the item you want. The default Small Dictionary has about 122,000 words.

Selecting a Font

To select a font for PhoneWords to use, click menu item Edit→Change Font... and select an application-wide font family, style, weight and point size. Your selection will be retained across PhoneWords runs. (Change Font was moved to the Edit menu because the View menu always has an Enter Full Screen item.)

Log File

If an error occurs it is logged in file "/Users/<your name>/PhoneWords.log"