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How to edit a wrong spelling suggestion if right-clicking a word?
I mistakenly added Winnepesauke to my dictionary when the correct spelling is
Winnepesaukee. I have fixed the dictionary by deleting the one with the wrong word and reinstalling the dictionary from the program CD. However, if I mispell the word as Winnepesaukii and get the red squiggle underline, right-clicking on the word still offers Winnepesauke as a suggested spelling. How do I edit the list of suggested spellings? Adding this misspelling to my dictionary is one click I really regret. You can add whatever you want to the dictionary, and you can struggle to get the words out, but I can't see any way to correct the suggested incorrect spelling that comes up with a right-click on a mispelled word. I have added auto-correction for Winnepesauke to change it to Winnepesaukee, but really, why can't I edit the spelling suggestions? A copy of your reply to would be appreciated. |
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I checked this again (maybe for the fourth time today) and the misspelled
word, Winnepesauke, does not appear in the custom dictionary. I am still looking for a solution. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: I suspect the dictionary you replaced was not Custom.dic, which is where the spelling is stored. See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/EditCustomDic.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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Possibly you have more than one custom dictionary?
-- 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. "Gail Devoid" wrote in message ... I checked this again (maybe for the fourth time today) and the misspelled word, Winnepesauke, does not appear in the custom dictionary. I am still looking for a solution. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: I suspect the dictionary you replaced was not Custom.dic, which is where the spelling is stored. See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/EditCustomDic.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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No, there is only one custom.dic.
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Possibly you have more than one custom dictionary? -- 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. |
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Then perhaps the spelling you're trying to remove is actually in the Word
spelling 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. "Gail Devoid" wrote in message ... No, there is only one custom.dic. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Possibly you have more than one custom dictionary? -- 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. |
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How to edit a wrong spelling suggestion if right-clicking a wo
I created the file mssp3en.exc, included the misspelling, and put the file
in the Proof folder this afternoon. That did not correct the situation. I am really stumped with this one. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Then perhaps the spelling you're trying to remove is actually in the Word spelling 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. "Gail Devoid" wrote in message ... No, there is only one custom.dic. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Possibly you have more than one custom dictionary? -- 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. |
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I'm stumped, too. If you deleted the word from the Custom.dic, saved the
Custom.dic, restarted Word (and Windows, if necessary)...I can't think of anything else that might be required. -- 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. "Gail Devoid" wrote in message ... I created the file mssp3en.exc, included the misspelling, and put the file in the Proof folder this afternoon. That did not correct the situation. I am really stumped with this one. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Then perhaps the spelling you're trying to remove is actually in the Word spelling 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. "Gail Devoid" wrote in message ... No, there is only one custom.dic. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Possibly you have more than one custom dictionary? -- 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. |
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How to edit a wrong spelling suggestion if right-clicking a wo
I think the only solution would be to uninstall Word, and reinstall it;
however, I have customized it so much that I will not do that. The best solution I have is to autocorrect Winnepesauke to Winnepesaukee. At least if I misspell the word, autocorrect will catch it first. But if I spell it Winnipesaukee, the wrong spelling is still a suggestion. Either the Lake in New Hampshire needs to be renamed, or MS Word needs to correct a deficiency in the area of spelling suggestions. Of course I have spelled it so many time the last few days, I may not misspell it in the future. smile Thanks for your suggestions. I know more about dictionaries than I ever did. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: I'm stumped, too. If you deleted the word from the Custom.dic, saved the Custom.dic, restarted Word (and Windows, if necessary)...I can't think of anything else that might be required. -- 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. "Gail Devoid" wrote in message ... I created the file mssp3en.exc, included the misspelling, and put the file in the Proof folder this afternoon. That did not correct the situation. I am really stumped with this one. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Then perhaps the spelling you're trying to remove is actually in the Word spelling 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. "Gail Devoid" wrote in message ... No, there is only one custom.dic. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Possibly you have more than one custom dictionary? -- 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. |
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How to edit a wrong spelling suggestion if right-clicking a wo
If I type "Winnepesaukee," I get two suggested corrections: "Winnipesaukee"
and "Winnipesauke." If the lake in New Hampshire ("Winnepesaukee") is the only spelling you will ever use, then the solution is to add that spelling to your custom.dic. Create an exclusion dictionary and add "Winnipesaukee" and "Winnipesauke." Make sure that "Suggest from main dictionary only" is not checked. That should ensure that whatever spelling you use, "Winnepesaukee" would be the only suggestion. This is a baseline suggestion: what you would do with Word out of the box. In your case, however, it seems that you're getting "Winnepesauke" suggested as a correction? I don't see how that can possibly be happening unless that spelling is either in the main lexicon or in Custom.dic. If you are confident that you have removed it from Custom.dic *and* you have added it to the exclusion dictionary, then I really don't see how it can possibly be popping up as a suggestion. FWIW, if I google for "Winnepesaukee," Google asks if I mean "Winnipesaukee." Although there are many hits for "Winnepesaukee" that refer to the lake in New Hampshire, there are many more for "Winnipesaukee," including http://www.winnipesaukee.com/, the official home page for the lake in question. Are you positive that your spelling is correct? -- 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. "Gail Devoid" wrote in message ... I think the only solution would be to uninstall Word, and reinstall it; however, I have customized it so much that I will not do that. The best solution I have is to autocorrect Winnepesauke to Winnepesaukee. At least if I misspell the word, autocorrect will catch it first. But if I spell it Winnipesaukee, the wrong spelling is still a suggestion. Either the Lake in New Hampshire needs to be renamed, or MS Word needs to correct a deficiency in the area of spelling suggestions. Of course I have spelled it so many time the last few days, I may not misspell it in the future. smile Thanks for your suggestions. I know more about dictionaries than I ever did. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: I'm stumped, too. If you deleted the word from the Custom.dic, saved the Custom.dic, restarted Word (and Windows, if necessary)...I can't think of anything else that might be required. -- 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. "Gail Devoid" wrote in message ... I created the file mssp3en.exc, included the misspelling, and put the file in the Proof folder this afternoon. That did not correct the situation. I am really stumped with this one. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Then perhaps the spelling you're trying to remove is actually in the Word spelling 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. "Gail Devoid" wrote in message ... No, there is only one custom.dic. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Possibly you have more than one custom dictionary? -- 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. |
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First, as you pointed out, the correct spelling is Winnipesaukee. Therefore,
I started all over again and did this: Edited mssp3en.exc to include these words: wineepesaukee winneepesaukee winneepeesaukee winnepeesaukee winnepesaukee winnipesauke winnipeesauke winnipeesaukee I then added Winnipesaukee to my custom.dic file, and made sure "Suggest from the main dictionary only" was unchecked. I rebooted. Winnipesauke was still a suggested correction and I am not sure if it was because of the capital letter. So, I edited mssp3en.exc and added Winnipesauke. The suggested spellings are still Winnipesauke and Winnipesaukee. I left the autocorrect for Winnipesauke set to Winnipesaukee. It seems to me that Winnipesauke is in the main dictionary, but excluding winnipesauke or Winnipesauke does not work for some reason. "Suggest from the main dictionary only" unchecked would still have the program suggest Winnipesauke. Perhaps the problem is that mssp3en.exc ignores words with capital letters and the correction comes up because of the capital? For instance, I typed: I love winnipesauke and got a squiggled red line under the word winnipesauke. The correction listed is Winnipesauke and Winnipesaukee. If the exclusion file will not work with capitalized letters, then there is no way to exclude Winnipesauke, only winnipesauke. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: If I type "Winnepesaukee," I get two suggested corrections: "Winnipesaukee" and "Winnipesauke." If the lake in New Hampshire ("Winnepesaukee") is the only spelling you will ever use, then the solution is to add that spelling to your custom.dic. Create an exclusion dictionary and add "Winnipesaukee" and "Winnipesauke." Make sure that "Suggest from main dictionary only" is not checked. That should ensure that whatever spelling you use, "Winnepesaukee" would be the only suggestion. This is a baseline suggestion: what you would do with Word out of the box. In your case, however, it seems that you're getting "Winnepesauke" suggested as a correction? I don't see how that can possibly be happening unless that spelling is either in the main lexicon or in Custom.dic. If you are confident that you have removed it from Custom.dic *and* you have added it to the exclusion dictionary, then I really don't see how it can possibly be popping up as a suggestion. FWIW, if I google for "Winnepesaukee," Google asks if I mean "Winnipesaukee." Although there are many hits for "Winnepesaukee" that refer to the lake in New Hampshire, there are many more for "Winnipesaukee," including http://www.winnipesaukee.com/, the official home page for the lake in question. Are you positive that your spelling is correct? -- 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. "Gail Devoid" wrote in message ... I think the only solution would be to uninstall Word, and reinstall it; however, I have customized it so much that I will not do that. The best solution I have is to autocorrect Winnepesauke to Winnepesaukee. At least if I misspell the word, autocorrect will catch it first. But if I spell it Winnipesaukee, the wrong spelling is still a suggestion. Either the Lake in New Hampshire needs to be renamed, or MS Word needs to correct a deficiency in the area of spelling suggestions. Of course I have spelled it so many time the last few days, I may not misspell it in the future. smile Thanks for your suggestions. I know more about dictionaries than I ever did. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: I'm stumped, too. If you deleted the word from the Custom.dic, saved the Custom.dic, restarted Word (and Windows, if necessary)...I can't think of anything else that might be required. -- 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. "Gail Devoid" wrote in message ... I created the file mssp3en.exc, included the misspelling, and put the file in the Proof folder this afternoon. That did not correct the situation. I am really stumped with this one. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Then perhaps the spelling you're trying to remove is actually in the Word spelling 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. "Gail Devoid" wrote in message ... No, there is only one custom.dic. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Possibly you have more than one custom dictionary? -- 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. |
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I have it working!!!
I rebooted, reloaded MS Word, and now the only suggested spelling is Winnipesaukee. I don't know if it was because I added the word with and without a capital, and I really don't care. I am so happy that I won't misspell this word again. I don't know how to thank you for sticking with me through all of this. But thank you, thank you, thank you! Success is sweet. "Gail Devoid" wrote: First, as you pointed out, the correct spelling is Winnipesaukee. Therefore, I started all over again and did this: Edited mssp3en.exc to include these words: wineepesaukee winneepesaukee winneepeesaukee winnepeesaukee winnepesaukee winnipesauke winnipeesauke winnipeesaukee I then added Winnipesaukee to my custom.dic file, and made sure "Suggest from the main dictionary only" was unchecked. I rebooted. Winnipesauke was still a suggested correction and I am not sure if it was because of the capital letter. So, I edited mssp3en.exc and added Winnipesauke. The suggested spellings are still Winnipesauke and Winnipesaukee. I left the autocorrect for Winnipesauke set to Winnipesaukee. It seems to me that Winnipesauke is in the main dictionary, but excluding winnipesauke or Winnipesauke does not work for some reason. "Suggest from the main dictionary only" unchecked would still have the program suggest Winnipesauke. Perhaps the problem is that mssp3en.exc ignores words with capital letters and the correction comes up because of the capital? For instance, I typed: I love winnipesauke and got a squiggled red line under the word winnipesauke. The correction listed is Winnipesauke and Winnipesaukee. If the exclusion file will not work with capitalized letters, then there is no way to exclude Winnipesauke, only winnipesauke. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: If I type "Winnepesaukee," I get two suggested corrections: "Winnipesaukee" and "Winnipesauke." If the lake in New Hampshire ("Winnepesaukee") is the only spelling you will ever use, then the solution is to add that spelling to your custom.dic. Create an exclusion dictionary and add "Winnipesaukee" and "Winnipesauke." Make sure that "Suggest from main dictionary only" is not checked. That should ensure that whatever spelling you use, "Winnepesaukee" would be the only suggestion. This is a baseline suggestion: what you would do with Word out of the box. In your case, however, it seems that you're getting "Winnepesauke" suggested as a correction? I don't see how that can possibly be happening unless that spelling is either in the main lexicon or in Custom.dic. If you are confident that you have removed it from Custom.dic *and* you have added it to the exclusion dictionary, then I really don't see how it can possibly be popping up as a suggestion. FWIW, if I google for "Winnepesaukee," Google asks if I mean "Winnipesaukee." Although there are many hits for "Winnepesaukee" that refer to the lake in New Hampshire, there are many more for "Winnipesaukee," including http://www.winnipesaukee.com/, the official home page for the lake in question. Are you positive that your spelling is correct? -- 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. "Gail Devoid" wrote in message ... I think the only solution would be to uninstall Word, and reinstall it; however, I have customized it so much that I will not do that. The best solution I have is to autocorrect Winnepesauke to Winnepesaukee. At least if I misspell the word, autocorrect will catch it first. But if I spell it Winnipesaukee, the wrong spelling is still a suggestion. Either the Lake in New Hampshire needs to be renamed, or MS Word needs to correct a deficiency in the area of spelling suggestions. Of course I have spelled it so many time the last few days, I may not misspell it in the future. smile Thanks for your suggestions. I know more about dictionaries than I ever did. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: I'm stumped, too. If you deleted the word from the Custom.dic, saved the Custom.dic, restarted Word (and Windows, if necessary)...I can't think of anything else that might be required. -- 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. "Gail Devoid" wrote in message ... I created the file mssp3en.exc, included the misspelling, and put the file in the Proof folder this afternoon. That did not correct the situation. I am really stumped with this one. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Then perhaps the spelling you're trying to remove is actually in the Word spelling 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. "Gail Devoid" wrote in message ... No, there is only one custom.dic. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Possibly you have more than one custom dictionary? -- 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. |
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I would suggest adding the capitalized forms as well. Word's dictionary does
include a number of capitalized words that are marked as incorrect when they are spelled with an initial lowercase (because the lowercase form is not in the lexicon), so it would make sense that the capitalized form is the one you need to exclude. We *can* solve this! -- 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. "Gail Devoid" wrote in message ... First, as you pointed out, the correct spelling is Winnipesaukee. Therefore, I started all over again and did this: Edited mssp3en.exc to include these words: wineepesaukee winneepesaukee winneepeesaukee winnepeesaukee winnepesaukee winnipesauke winnipeesauke winnipeesaukee I then added Winnipesaukee to my custom.dic file, and made sure "Suggest from the main dictionary only" was unchecked. I rebooted. Winnipesauke was still a suggested correction and I am not sure if it was because of the capital letter. So, I edited mssp3en.exc and added Winnipesauke. The suggested spellings are still Winnipesauke and Winnipesaukee. I left the autocorrect for Winnipesauke set to Winnipesaukee. It seems to me that Winnipesauke is in the main dictionary, but excluding winnipesauke or Winnipesauke does not work for some reason. "Suggest from the main dictionary only" unchecked would still have the program suggest Winnipesauke. Perhaps the problem is that mssp3en.exc ignores words with capital letters and the correction comes up because of the capital? For instance, I typed: I love winnipesauke and got a squiggled red line under the word winnipesauke. The correction listed is Winnipesauke and Winnipesaukee. If the exclusion file will not work with capitalized letters, then there is no way to exclude Winnipesauke, only winnipesauke. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: If I type "Winnepesaukee," I get two suggested corrections: "Winnipesaukee" and "Winnipesauke." If the lake in New Hampshire ("Winnepesaukee") is the only spelling you will ever use, then the solution is to add that spelling to your custom.dic. Create an exclusion dictionary and add "Winnipesaukee" and "Winnipesauke." Make sure that "Suggest from main dictionary only" is not checked. That should ensure that whatever spelling you use, "Winnepesaukee" would be the only suggestion. This is a baseline suggestion: what you would do with Word out of the box. In your case, however, it seems that you're getting "Winnepesauke" suggested as a correction? I don't see how that can possibly be happening unless that spelling is either in the main lexicon or in Custom.dic. If you are confident that you have removed it from Custom.dic *and* you have added it to the exclusion dictionary, then I really don't see how it can possibly be popping up as a suggestion. FWIW, if I google for "Winnepesaukee," Google asks if I mean "Winnipesaukee." Although there are many hits for "Winnepesaukee" that refer to the lake in New Hampshire, there are many more for "Winnipesaukee," including http://www.winnipesaukee.com/, the official home page for the lake in question. Are you positive that your spelling is correct? -- 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. "Gail Devoid" wrote in message ... I think the only solution would be to uninstall Word, and reinstall it; however, I have customized it so much that I will not do that. The best solution I have is to autocorrect Winnepesauke to Winnepesaukee. At least if I misspell the word, autocorrect will catch it first. But if I spell it Winnipesaukee, the wrong spelling is still a suggestion. Either the Lake in New Hampshire needs to be renamed, or MS Word needs to correct a deficiency in the area of spelling suggestions. Of course I have spelled it so many time the last few days, I may not misspell it in the future. smile Thanks for your suggestions. I know more about dictionaries than I ever did. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: I'm stumped, too. If you deleted the word from the Custom.dic, saved the Custom.dic, restarted Word (and Windows, if necessary)...I can't think of anything else that might be required. -- 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. "Gail Devoid" wrote in message ... I created the file mssp3en.exc, included the misspelling, and put the file in the Proof folder this afternoon. That did not correct the situation. I am really stumped with this one. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Then perhaps the spelling you're trying to remove is actually in the Word spelling 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. "Gail Devoid" wrote in message ... No, there is only one custom.dic. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Possibly you have more than one custom dictionary? -- 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. |
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Glad you finally got it knocked. I knew there had to be a way.
-- 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. "Gail Devoid" wrote in message ... I have it working!!! I rebooted, reloaded MS Word, and now the only suggested spelling is Winnipesaukee. I don't know if it was because I added the word with and without a capital, and I really don't care. I am so happy that I won't misspell this word again. I don't know how to thank you for sticking with me through all of this. But thank you, thank you, thank you! Success is sweet. "Gail Devoid" wrote: First, as you pointed out, the correct spelling is Winnipesaukee. Therefore, I started all over again and did this: Edited mssp3en.exc to include these words: wineepesaukee winneepesaukee winneepeesaukee winnepeesaukee winnepesaukee winnipesauke winnipeesauke winnipeesaukee I then added Winnipesaukee to my custom.dic file, and made sure "Suggest from the main dictionary only" was unchecked. I rebooted. Winnipesauke was still a suggested correction and I am not sure if it was because of the capital letter. So, I edited mssp3en.exc and added Winnipesauke. The suggested spellings are still Winnipesauke and Winnipesaukee. I left the autocorrect for Winnipesauke set to Winnipesaukee. It seems to me that Winnipesauke is in the main dictionary, but excluding winnipesauke or Winnipesauke does not work for some reason. "Suggest from the main dictionary only" unchecked would still have the program suggest Winnipesauke. Perhaps the problem is that mssp3en.exc ignores words with capital letters and the correction comes up because of the capital? For instance, I typed: I love winnipesauke and got a squiggled red line under the word winnipesauke. The correction listed is Winnipesauke and Winnipesaukee. If the exclusion file will not work with capitalized letters, then there is no way to exclude Winnipesauke, only winnipesauke. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: If I type "Winnepesaukee," I get two suggested corrections: "Winnipesaukee" and "Winnipesauke." If the lake in New Hampshire ("Winnepesaukee") is the only spelling you will ever use, then the solution is to add that spelling to your custom.dic. Create an exclusion dictionary and add "Winnipesaukee" and "Winnipesauke." Make sure that "Suggest from main dictionary only" is not checked. That should ensure that whatever spelling you use, "Winnepesaukee" would be the only suggestion. This is a baseline suggestion: what you would do with Word out of the box. In your case, however, it seems that you're getting "Winnepesauke" suggested as a correction? I don't see how that can possibly be happening unless that spelling is either in the main lexicon or in Custom.dic. If you are confident that you have removed it from Custom.dic *and* you have added it to the exclusion dictionary, then I really don't see how it can possibly be popping up as a suggestion. FWIW, if I google for "Winnepesaukee," Google asks if I mean "Winnipesaukee." Although there are many hits for "Winnepesaukee" that refer to the lake in New Hampshire, there are many more for "Winnipesaukee," including http://www.winnipesaukee.com/, the official home page for the lake in question. Are you positive that your spelling is correct? -- 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. "Gail Devoid" wrote in message ... I think the only solution would be to uninstall Word, and reinstall it; however, I have customized it so much that I will not do that. The best solution I have is to autocorrect Winnepesauke to Winnepesaukee. At least if I misspell the word, autocorrect will catch it first. But if I spell it Winnipesaukee, the wrong spelling is still a suggestion. Either the Lake in New Hampshire needs to be renamed, or MS Word needs to correct a deficiency in the area of spelling suggestions. Of course I have spelled it so many time the last few days, I may not misspell it in the future. smile Thanks for your suggestions. I know more about dictionaries than I ever did. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: I'm stumped, too. If you deleted the word from the Custom.dic, saved the Custom.dic, restarted Word (and Windows, if necessary)...I can't think of anything else that might be required. -- 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. "Gail Devoid" wrote in message ... I created the file mssp3en.exc, included the misspelling, and put the file in the Proof folder this afternoon. That did not correct the situation. I am really stumped with this one. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Then perhaps the spelling you're trying to remove is actually in the Word spelling 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. "Gail Devoid" wrote in message ... No, there is only one custom.dic. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Possibly you have more than one custom dictionary? -- Suzanne S. 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