How are all three marked as "Default"? That could be why you are
encountering this issue - there should only be one default which is the one
Word adds your words to. I suspect Word doesn't know which dictionary to use
for your added words so it offers no option, except the disabled command.
What happens when you remove two of the custom dictionaries, make sure only
one is set as the default, and then add the others back?
Additionally, what if you open the files in the Notepad and copy/paste the
content to create one file out of the the three, and then list only one
custom dictionary?
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"Linda" wrote in message
...
Thanks Beth. I changed the files to open from Word to Notepad. They do
open
and each word is on a separate line. I then set up a new dictionary (a
3rd
custom) and had this open in Notepad. All 3 are marked as default
dictionaries. When I click on spell check, the "add to dictionary" tab
is
still grayed out. I did find a long, long way around to get words added
into
the new custom dic., but this is very time consuming. I still cannot
understand why this tab is grayed out when I have a open custom dictionary
that I know has sufficient space to add words. All three dictionaries are
set to use US(English). Could the language setting be causing some kind
of
problem with this?
Thank you for your help to get this far.
"Beth Melton" wrote:
Can you open the files you copied in the Notepad? If so, is each word on
a
separate line? What are the file names? Have you tried creating a new
custom
dictionary and setting it as your default?
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Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word
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"Linda" wrote in message
...
Beth, I have two custom dictionaries showing in the UProff folder, and
neither of these is a read only file. I copied these from my desktop
Word
'97 to use in my laptop Word 2007. They both show as DIC files. They
may
both be full, and all I really want to do is add words to my spell
check,
but
as stated this is grayed out and I am unable to.
"Beth Melton" wrote:
Typically this is caused by a read only attribute that has been set on
your
Custom Dictionary file or folder it is located in.
First click the Microsoft Office Button, click Word Options and then
click
Proofing. Click the Custom Dictionaries button and verify you have a
custom
dictionary. If so, then select it and note the file path at the bottom
of
the list. Make note of the path (you can also copy the path as well),
locate
the folder and the custom dictionary file and make sure both the
folder
and
file hasn't been set to Read Only.
If that isn't it, how did you import your old custom dictionary? What
steps
did you use?
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assistance by email cannot be acknowledged.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP
Coauthor of Word 2007 Inside Out:
http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/boo...x#AboutTheBook
Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word
TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/
MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/
"Linda" wrote in message
...
I want to add word to custom dictionaries, but the "Add to
Dictionary"
tab
is
grayed out. I have already made sure that the option "Select from
main
dictionary only" is not checked. I really need to add words to my
custom
dictionaries (which I imported from an earlier version of Word).
Can
someone
help.