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How do I edit the spell-check lexicon to exclude certain words from the
spell-check?

The reason for this is that certain errors are not flagged as errors because
the mis-spelled word is a valid word that's included in the lexicon and
isn't flagged as an error. An example of this is the word 'for' which I
often mis-type as 'fro'. Because 'fro' is a valid word it isn't flagged as
a mistake. However it's a word I'd rarely use, if ever and it would be much
better if I could remove this from the lexicon so my mistyping of the word
'for' would show as a mistake.

JF.

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/Ex...ordFromDic.htm

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Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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How do I edit the spell-check lexicon to exclude certain words from the
spell-check?

The reason for this is that certain errors are not flagged as errors
because
the mis-spelled word is a valid word that's included in the lexicon and
isn't flagged as an error. An example of this is the word 'for' which I
often mis-type as 'fro'. Because 'fro' is a valid word it isn't flagged
as
a mistake. However it's a word I'd rarely use, if ever and it would be
much
better if I could remove this from the lexicon so my mistyping of the word
'for' would show as a mistake.

JF.

[msnews.microsoft.com]

Thanks Suzanne.

That's just what I wanted. I did this on a previous installation and it
didn't work (probably did something wrong), but this time it's spot on!

JF.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/Ex...ordFromDic.htm

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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so
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How do I edit the spell-check lexicon to exclude certain words from the
spell-check?

The reason for this is that certain errors are not flagged as errors
because
the mis-spelled word is a valid word that's included in the lexicon and
isn't flagged as an error. An example of this is the word 'for' which I
often mis-type as 'fro'. Because 'fro' is a valid word it isn't flagged
as
a mistake. However it's a word I'd rarely use, if ever and it would be
much
better if I could remove this from the lexicon so my mistyping of the
word
'for' would show as a mistake.

JF.

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I just noticed that this only appears to work on the Word spellchecker as an
email I just sent had the 'fro' mistake in it.

I thought all Office products shared the spellchecker?

How can I achieve that same thing for spellchecking in Outlook?

JF.

"msnews.microsoft.com" wrote in message
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Thanks Suzanne.

That's just what I wanted. I did this on a previous installation and it
didn't work (probably did something wrong), but this time it's spot on!

JF.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/Ex...ordFromDic.htm

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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so
all may benefit.

"msnews.microsoft.com" wrote in message
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How do I edit the spell-check lexicon to exclude certain words from the
spell-check?

The reason for this is that certain errors are not flagged as errors
because
the mis-spelled word is a valid word that's included in the lexicon and
isn't flagged as an error. An example of this is the word 'for' which I
often mis-type as 'fro'. Because 'fro' is a valid word it isn't flagged
as
a mistake. However it's a word I'd rarely use, if ever and it would be
much
better if I could remove this from the lexicon so my mistyping of the
word
'for' would show as a mistake.

JF.

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

It would appear that perhaps they share the same lexicon (and perhaps
Custom.dic) but not the exclusion dictionary? I don't use the spell checker
in emails, so I wouldn't know.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"msnews.microsoft.com" wrote in message
...
I just noticed that this only appears to work on the Word spellchecker as
an
email I just sent had the 'fro' mistake in it.

I thought all Office products shared the spellchecker?

How can I achieve that same thing for spellchecking in Outlook?

JF.

"msnews.microsoft.com" wrote in message
...
Thanks Suzanne.

That's just what I wanted. I did this on a previous installation and it
didn't work (probably did something wrong), but this time it's spot on!

JF.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/Ex...ordFromDic.htm

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup
so
all may benefit.

"msnews.microsoft.com" wrote in message
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How do I edit the spell-check lexicon to exclude certain words from
the
spell-check?

The reason for this is that certain errors are not flagged as errors
because
the mis-spelled word is a valid word that's included in the lexicon
and
isn't flagged as an error. An example of this is the word 'for' which
I
often mis-type as 'fro'. Because 'fro' is a valid word it isn't
flagged
as
a mistake. However it's a word I'd rarely use, if ever and it would
be
much
better if I could remove this from the lexicon so my mistyping of the
word
'for' would show as a mistake.

JF.

[msnews.microsoft.com]

Thanks Suzanne.

I do use the spellchecker for emails. In fact it's a great pity that Word
can't invoke this automatically when a document is closed in the same way
Outlook does when a message is sent. It's saved me so many mistakes it's
difficult to see why this isn't on by default or, indeed, why anybody would
want to disable it.

What you've suggested is a fair explanation of why it doesn't work, but I
can't help but think that such behaviour is by design. Much more likely
that it's been overlooked and remains broken because most people just put up
with it and haven't bothered to complain. Is there anything I can do to get
that might help to highlight the problem and get a fix scheduled for some
attention?

JF.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
It would appear that perhaps they share the same lexicon (and perhaps
Custom.dic) but not the exclusion dictionary? I don't use the spell
checker
in emails, so I wouldn't know.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup
so
all may benefit.

"msnews.microsoft.com" wrote in message
...
I just noticed that this only appears to work on the Word spellchecker as
an
email I just sent had the 'fro' mistake in it.

I thought all Office products shared the spellchecker?

How can I achieve that same thing for spellchecking in Outlook?

JF.

"msnews.microsoft.com" wrote in message
...
Thanks Suzanne.

That's just what I wanted. I did this on a previous installation and
it
didn't work (probably did something wrong), but this time it's spot on!

JF.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/Ex...ordFromDic.htm

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup
so
all may benefit.

"msnews.microsoft.com" wrote in message
...
How do I edit the spell-check lexicon to exclude certain words from
the
spell-check?

The reason for this is that certain errors are not flagged as errors
because
the mis-spelled word is a valid word that's included in the lexicon
and
isn't flagged as an error. An example of this is the word 'for'
which
I
often mis-type as 'fro'. Because 'fro' is a valid word it isn't
flagged
as
a mistake. However it's a word I'd rarely use, if ever and it would
be
much
better if I could remove this from the lexicon so my mistyping of the
word
'for' would show as a mistake.

JF.