If you upgraded in place, Word will have preserved all your customizations.
If you're moving to a new computer, see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/FilesToBackup.htm

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
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"Ron" wrote in message
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I upgrade to a diffferent version of word but yet did not back-up
additions
made to my custom dictionary file. I need to know if I can retrieve that
file
or is it completely lost?