FWIW, thx is allowed here, too.

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"Simon 1972" wrote in message
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Suzanne,

You were right. I had mis-read the article and had put the .EXC file in
the
same place as the main dictionary.

I have now put it alongside the custom dictionaries and the words in it
are
excluded.

@Jay
Yes, I was surprised that "thx" was allowed. I have double-checked the
custom dictionaries and they do not contain the word "thx". So that is a
mystery. Anyway I added "thx" to the .EXC file and it is now reported as a
spelling error.

Just what I wanted to do.
Thank you both.

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Simon 1972


"Simon 1972" wrote:

I want to exclude some words from the MS Word dictionary. I found this
topic
in the MS Word Help "Specify a preferred spelling for a word" and
followed it
but it did not work.

Can someone tell me what I need to do?

System details: MS Word 2002, UK region
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Simon 1972