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Adding a shortcut on your smartphone

The website, ordbøkene.no, has a responsive design. This means that the dictionary content adapts to screens of all sizes. If you wish to have a shortcut to Bokmålsordboka and Nynorskordboka on your smartphone, search for ordbøkene.no in the browser and place it as an icon on the screen. The icon looks like an app, and you can click right into the website without opening your browser.

  • Open the welcome page of ordbokene.no in the browser.

  • Safari (iPhone) Safari browser logo for iPhone instructions

    1. Select the share icon in the browser Share icon.
    2. From the double row of sub-options, select the icon "Add to Home Screen" Add to Home Screen icon with a plus sign inside a rectangle You may need to drag the row from the right to get to the icon.

  • Chrome Chrome browser logo for Android instructions

    1. Open the main menu in the browser: Three vertical dots icon
    2. A list of options appears. Select "Add to home page", a little down the list: Arrow pointing to a mobile screen, Add to Home Page icon
    3. A new window appears asking you to add ordbøkene.no to your home screen. Click "Add".

  • Samsung Internet Samsung Internet browser logo for instructions

    1. Open the main menu in the browser: Three horizontal lines, Samsung browser menu icon
    2. Click "Add page to" at the top right in the menu: Large plus sign, Add Page icon
    3. Choose "Home screen" in the window that appears.

The icon Ordbøkene.no logo, icon for home screen shortcut is now on your home screen, and you can access the dictionary page directly by clicking on it.