Dear Cindy,

My Word does not create a single custom dictionary by default! Whether an
English one, a German one or a Danish one.

Rgds,
Bjarne

"Cindy M -WordMVP-" skrev:

Hi Bjarne,

Maybe my question was a bit unclear. The basic problem is, of course, why
the program's dictionaries not will be listed at all. Or: Where can I find
them?

Office products work with two kinds of dictionary:

1. The custom dictionary, to which you can add terms. These are what you access via
Tools/OPtions/Spelling and Grammar/Custom Dictionaries. By default, Word should
create a single custom dictionary (custom.dic for English versions; Benutzer.dic
for German; the Danish name I don't know :-)). You can create as many custom
dictionaries as you wish, language-independent or -specific.

2. The main dictionaries. These are "closed". You can't look at what they contain,
nor may you edit them. If you want to find them on your machine, search for *.lex
files. But you won't be able to do anything with them...

I have problems when spell checking (Word/Office2003). I can delete and also
replace, but not add a word. The language syandard setting is correct
(Danish). Under Tools/Options/Spelling and Grammar/Custom Dictionaries no
dictionaries are listed at all.

If no custom dictionaries are listed at all, then I'd say the problem is here.
Try ADDing a dictionary and set the language to "no language". Can you add new
words now?


Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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