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Editing spell-check lexicon
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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Editing spell-check lexicon
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. |
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Editing spell-check lexicon
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. |
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Editing spell-check lexicon
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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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