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Tagging dictionary words as cliches
I'd like to use Word's tools to highlight for me whenever I use certain words
in a document (e.g., "bad" or "evil") so I can be prompted to rethink the use of these words and select alternatives. I don't want automatic replacement, though it might be nice to have suggested alternatives available (thesaurus capability). I've reviewed what I can do with custom dictionaries (operation not supported), autocorrect (too automatic) and the grammer/style checker. The style checker seems like it could do the job, however I can't figure out how to add my list of words/phrases to this. According to Word's Help, the Style checker flags colloquilisms in a document using the dictionary words that are noted as "cliches". But I can't find a way to bring up the dictionary word attributes, so I can't note that my "bad" words are cliches. Does anyone know of a way to do this? Or are there any better ways to do what I want? |
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Tagging dictionary words as cliches
"Tess" wrote:
I'd like to use Word's tools to highlight for me whenever I use certain words in a document (e.g., "bad" or "evil") so I can be prompted to rethink the use of these words and select alternatives. I don't want automatic replacement, though it might be nice to have suggested alternatives available (thesaurus capability). I've reviewed what I can do with custom dictionaries (operation not supported), autocorrect (too automatic) and the grammer/style checker. The style checker seems like it could do the job, however I can't figure out how to add my list of words/phrases to this. According to Word's Help, the Style checker flags colloquilisms in a document using the dictionary words that are noted as "cliches". But I can't find a way to bring up the dictionary word attributes, so I can't note that my "bad" words are cliches. Does anyone know of a way to do this? Or are there any better ways to do what I want? You cannot really customize the grammar part of the dictionary. You can create a custom dictionary or an exclusion dictionary (so that Word flags words that are part of its main dictionary as errors). You may want to use the latter as a way of flagging those cliche words. This way whenever you use them, Word will flag them. Then you can ignore the "error" or replace them with a synonym by doing SHIFT-F7 on the word to display the thesaurus. |
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Tagging dictionary words as cliches
Thanks for the tip. I found the instructions to set up an "exclude
dictionary" and it works pretty well. I also appreciate the thesaurus link - it'll make fixing up my "bad" words a lot easier! "Jean-Guy Marcil" wrote: "Tess" wrote: I'd like to use Word's tools to highlight for me whenever I use certain words in a document (e.g., "bad" or "evil") so I can be prompted to rethink the use of these words and select alternatives. I don't want automatic replacement, though it might be nice to have suggested alternatives available (thesaurus capability). I've reviewed what I can do with custom dictionaries (operation not supported), autocorrect (too automatic) and the grammer/style checker. The style checker seems like it could do the job, however I can't figure out how to add my list of words/phrases to this. According to Word's Help, the Style checker flags colloquilisms in a document using the dictionary words that are noted as "cliches". But I can't find a way to bring up the dictionary word attributes, so I can't note that my "bad" words are cliches. Does anyone know of a way to do this? Or are there any better ways to do what I want? You cannot really customize the grammar part of the dictionary. You can create a custom dictionary or an exclusion dictionary (so that Word flags words that are part of its main dictionary as errors). You may want to use the latter as a way of flagging those cliche words. This way whenever you use them, Word will flag them. Then you can ignore the "error" or replace them with a synonym by doing SHIFT-F7 on the word to display the thesaurus. |
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