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I am trying to move my custom Word dictionary to a new computer so I will not
have to retrain Word on my new laptop. How do I go about doing that?
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Trantor wrote:
I am trying to move my custom Word dictionary to a new computer so I
will not have to retrain Word on my new laptop. How do I go about
doing that?


See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/FilesToBackup.htm, in the section
"Custom spelling dictionaries". Copy the document from the old computer and
drop it in the same folder on the new computer.

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Unless you renamed it, your custom dictionary is named custom.dic. It's
location can be found in the dialog box at:
Tools Options Spelling and Grammar (tab) Dictionaries New

See http://addbalance.com/word/movetotemplate.htm for step-by-step
instructions on moving / sharing / copying / backing-up customizations
including AutoText, AutoCorrect, keyboard assignments, toolbars, macros,
etc.
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Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
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See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!
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Jay,

I need this infomation too. But I'm using Word 2007 and your suggested link
pertains to an older version of Word. How does one get to
Tools/Options/Spelling and Grammar in the new GUI in Word 2007?

paul

"Jay Freedman" wrote:

Trantor wrote:
I am trying to move my custom Word dictionary to a new computer so I
will not have to retrain Word on my new laptop. How do I go about
doing that?


See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/FilesToBackup.htm, in the section
"Custom spelling dictionaries". Copy the document from the old computer and
drop it in the same folder on the new computer.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
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All versions of Word (including Word 2007) use Custom.dic.

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Jay,

I need this infomation too. But I'm using Word 2007 and your suggested
link
pertains to an older version of Word. How does one get to
Tools/Options/Spelling and Grammar in the new GUI in Word 2007?

paul

"Jay Freedman" wrote:

Trantor wrote:
I am trying to move my custom Word dictionary to a new computer so I
will not have to retrain Word on my new laptop. How do I go about
doing that?


See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/FilesToBackup.htm, in the section
"Custom spelling dictionaries". Copy the document from the old computer
and
drop it in the same folder on the new computer.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup
so
all may benefit.








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Thank you Charles and Suzanne. The answer I was seeking was that the
Tools/Options functon in Word 2007 is now located at the bottom of the Office
Button page.

Paul

"Charles Kenyon" wrote:

Unless you renamed it, your custom dictionary is named custom.dic. It's
location can be found in the dialog box at:
Tools Options Spelling and Grammar (tab) Dictionaries New

See http://addbalance.com/word/movetotemplate.htm for step-by-step
instructions on moving / sharing / copying / backing-up customizations
including AutoText, AutoCorrect, keyboard assignments, toolbars, macros,
etc.
--

Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!
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