[Robert M. Franz (RMF)]

Hi n

n wrote:
does Word use any built in database to look for possible matches?

the relevant information is stored in spell check files.


is the database stored in a file which is copied to the user's disk
during installation?

Yes. Can usually be found somehere along the lines of:

\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Proof\


what may happen if i find this file and delete it?

I've never felt the urge to mess with any files in there, but you can
safely try this out (by, say, renaming a folder or a file there and
starting Word afterwards).

HTH
Robert
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