Does anyone know what file, and where it is located, actually changes to
record new entries into our MS Word Custom Dictionary?

I had to reinstall my WinXP operating system and MS Word, and all of my
Custom Dictionary changes are no longer present in MS Word. Is there a file I
can go back to from my previous boot drive files (which I still have) that I
can copy into a new location so that I have all of my previous custom words
back in operation?

papa john wrote:
Does anyone know what file, and where it is located, actually changes
to record new entries into our MS Word Custom Dictionary?

I had to reinstall my WinXP operating system and MS Word, and all of
my Custom Dictionary changes are no longer present in MS Word. Is
there a file I can go back to from my previous boot drive files
(which I still have) that I can copy into a new location so that I
have all of my previous custom words back in operation?

Yes, it's a file named Custom.dic. As it says in
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/FilesToBackup.htm:

You can find out where your dictionary file is stored by selecting Tools +
Options + Spelling and Grammar + Dictionaries + New. The default path
varies, depending on your operating system and which version of Word you are
using.


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