Instead of clicking the Modify button in the Custom Dictionaries dialog,
make a note of the file path shown below the list box. If it looks like
C:\...\Application Data\Microsoft\Proof\Custom.dic, then the actual path is
C:\Documents and Settings\your login name\Application
Data\Microsoft\Proof\Custom.dic. Close down Word.
In order to see this file in Windows Explorer, you have to use the Explorer
menu item Tools Folder Options and click "Show hidden folders and files".
Then go to that file and open it with Notepad (it's just a text file with a
different extension). Delete all the contents (these are only the words you
added, not anything in the main dictionary) and save the empty file. Close
Notepad and reopen Word.
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Briaela wrote:
Hi,
I know that I can go in and delete them one by one and then save, but
that would take a long time. Is there any other way to delete all of
my entries without deleting the whole dictionary? Thanks
"Jay Freedman" wrote:
See http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/EditCustomDic.htm.
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Briaela wrote:
I have added terms to the dictionary. I want to delete all of those
terms and go back to the default dictionary. What is the easiest way
to do this?