I think a spellchecker/dictionary update should be included in the
office/microsoft updates. The dictionary does not include recent words added
to the american standardized dictionary. This fuction should be available
without having to add custom dictionaries.

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Office 2003 includes the research task pane. One of the choices in that task pane is to use the MS Encarta World dictionary online
from inside of the application, although it doesn't add to the spellcheck database.

You might want to use the link below to also post this in the Word Spelling & Grammar newsgroup. Some of the MS folks who manage
those types of tools visit there from time to time.

You might want to include, when posting there, some of the words you think need to be added.

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"SWTCC_TECH" wrote in message ...
I think a spellchecker/dictionary update should be included in the
office/microsoft updates. The dictionary does not include recent words added
to the american standardized dictionary. This fuction should be available
without having to add custom dictionaries.
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Please let us know if this has helped,

Bob Buckland ?:-)
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends

LINKS
A. Specific newsgroup/discussion group mentioned in this message:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...elling.grammar
or via browser:
http://microsoft.com/communities/new...elling.grammar

B. MS Office Community discussion/newsgroups via Web Browser
http://microsoft.com/office/communit...s/default.mspx
or
Microsoft hosted newsgroups via Outlook Express/newsreader
news://msnews.microsoft.com