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Excluding words from Dictionary
I want to exclude some words from the MS Word dictionary. I found this topic
in the MS Word Help "Specify a preferred spelling for a word" and followed it but it did not work. Can someone tell me what I need to do? System details: MS Word 2002, UK region -- Simon 1972 |
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Excluding words from Dictionary
On Fri, 11 Nov 2005 13:04:06 -0800, "Simon 1972"
wrote: I want to exclude some words from the MS Word dictionary. I found this topic in the MS Word Help "Specify a preferred spelling for a word" and followed it but it did not work. Can someone tell me what I need to do? System details: MS Word 2002, UK region Try http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Genera...ordFromDic.htm. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org |
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Excluding words from Dictionary
Jay, hi there,
Thank you for the link. I followed that (couldn't see any major difference from the MS Word Help, though). I have two folders containing the Word dictionary (MS Word came as part of MS Works Suite 2003): C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Proof C:\Program Files\Microsoft Works So just in case: a) I put the .EXC file in both folders, b) I restarted my PC. Still no luck. MS Word still accepts the word "thx" . I must be doing something wrong but I cannot see what. -- Simon 1972 "Jay Freedman" wrote: On Fri, 11 Nov 2005 13:04:06 -0800, "Simon 1972" wrote: I want to exclude some words from the MS Word dictionary. I found this topic in the MS Word Help "Specify a preferred spelling for a word" and followed it but it did not work. Can someone tell me what I need to do? System details: MS Word 2002, UK region Try http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Genera...ordFromDic.htm. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org |
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Excluding words from Dictionary
I think you misread the article. The path you cite is the one for the .lex
file; the only reason you are looking for that is to determine its name. Your .exc file must be in the same location as your Custom.dic and must have the same prefix as the .lex file. For example, my exclusion dictionary (which works) is Mssp3en.exc and is in C:\Documents and Settings\Suzanne S. Barnhill\Application Data\Microsoft\Proof. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Simon 1972" wrote in message ... Jay, hi there, Thank you for the link. I followed that (couldn't see any major difference from the MS Word Help, though). I have two folders containing the Word dictionary (MS Word came as part of MS Works Suite 2003): C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Proof C:\Program Files\Microsoft Works So just in case: a) I put the .EXC file in both folders, b) I restarted my PC. Still no luck. MS Word still accepts the word "thx" . I must be doing something wrong but I cannot see what. -- Simon 1972 "Jay Freedman" wrote: On Fri, 11 Nov 2005 13:04:06 -0800, "Simon 1972" wrote: I want to exclude some words from the MS Word dictionary. I found this topic in the MS Word Help "Specify a preferred spelling for a word" and followed it but it did not work. Can someone tell me what I need to do? System details: MS Word 2002, UK region Try http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Genera...ordFromDic.htm. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org |
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Excluding words from Dictionary
Besides Suzanne's advice, I think you're going after the wrong mechanism.
The word "thx" is not included in the main dictionary in any version of Word, so there shouldn't be anything to exclude. That misspelling is probably in your custom dictionary, where it might have been placed by mistakenly clicking Add instead of Ignore during a spelling check. Go to Tools Options Spelling & Grammar. Click the Custom Dicitionaries button. In the next dialog, you'll probably see only one custom dictionary in the list, Custom.dic. Click the Modify button. If you see "thx" in the list, select it and click the Delete button. Click OK, OK, Check Document, OK. The spell checker should now flag "thx" as a misspelling. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: I think you misread the article. The path you cite is the one for the .lex file; the only reason you are looking for that is to determine its name. Your .exc file must be in the same location as your Custom.dic and must have the same prefix as the .lex file. For example, my exclusion dictionary (which works) is Mssp3en.exc and is in C:\Documents and Settings\Suzanne S. Barnhill\Application Data\Microsoft\Proof. "Simon 1972" wrote in message ... Jay, hi there, Thank you for the link. I followed that (couldn't see any major difference from the MS Word Help, though). I have two folders containing the Word dictionary (MS Word came as part of MS Works Suite 2003): C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Proof C:\Program Files\Microsoft Works So just in case: a) I put the .EXC file in both folders, b) I restarted my PC. Still no luck. MS Word still accepts the word "thx" . I must be doing something wrong but I cannot see what. -- Simon 1972 "Jay Freedman" wrote: On Fri, 11 Nov 2005 13:04:06 -0800, "Simon 1972" wrote: I want to exclude some words from the MS Word dictionary. I found this topic in the MS Word Help "Specify a preferred spelling for a word" and followed it but it did not work. Can someone tell me what I need to do? System details: MS Word 2002, UK region Try http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Genera...ordFromDic.htm. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org |
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Suzanne,
You were right. I had mis-read the article and had put the .EXC file in the same place as the main dictionary. I have now put it alongside the custom dictionaries and the words in it are excluded. @Jay Yes, I was surprised that "thx" was allowed. I have double-checked the custom dictionaries and they do not contain the word "thx". So that is a mystery. Anyway I added "thx" to the .EXC file and it is now reported as a spelling error. Just what I wanted to do. Thank you both. -- Simon 1972 "Simon 1972" wrote: I want to exclude some words from the MS Word dictionary. I found this topic in the MS Word Help "Specify a preferred spelling for a word" and followed it but it did not work. Can someone tell me what I need to do? System details: MS Word 2002, UK region -- Simon 1972 |
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FWIW, thx is allowed here, too.
-- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Simon 1972" wrote in message ... Suzanne, You were right. I had mis-read the article and had put the .EXC file in the same place as the main dictionary. I have now put it alongside the custom dictionaries and the words in it are excluded. @Jay Yes, I was surprised that "thx" was allowed. I have double-checked the custom dictionaries and they do not contain the word "thx". So that is a mystery. Anyway I added "thx" to the .EXC file and it is now reported as a spelling error. Just what I wanted to do. Thank you both. -- Simon 1972 "Simon 1972" wrote: I want to exclude some words from the MS Word dictionary. I found this topic in the MS Word Help "Specify a preferred spelling for a word" and followed it but it did not work. Can someone tell me what I need to do? System details: MS Word 2002, UK region -- Simon 1972 |
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Excluding words from Dictionary
I have been trying to build an exclude dictionary with the help instructions
in Word 2003 and the file http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Genera...ordFromDic.htm, but so far I cannot get it to work. I have placed my file of words to exclude, called MSSP3EN.exc, into the folder C:\Documents and Settings\(myname)\Application Data\Microsoft\Proof. (The file custom.dic is clearly there as well.) When I close Word, reopen it, and type a document with the excluded words, none of them are picked up. If I type a few nonsense words, they are picked up as always. I'm guessing there's something simple that I'm doing wrong but I absolutely cannot figure out what! Any thoughts as to what I should check? Thanks! ================ "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: I think you misread the article. The path you cite is the one for the .lex file; the only reason you are looking for that is to determine its name. Your .exc file must be in the same location as your Custom.dic and must have the same prefix as the .lex file. For example, my exclusion dictionary (which works) is Mssp3en.exc and is in C:\Documents and Settings\Suzanne S. Barnhill\Application Data\Microsoft\Proof. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Simon 1972" wrote in message ... Jay, hi there, Thank you for the link. I followed that (couldn't see any major difference from the MS Word Help, though). I have two folders containing the Word dictionary (MS Word came as part of MS Works Suite 2003): C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Proof C:\Program Files\Microsoft Works So just in case: a) I put the .EXC file in both folders, b) I restarted my PC. Still no luck. MS Word still accepts the word "thx" . I must be doing something wrong but I cannot see what. -- Simon 1972 "Jay Freedman" wrote: On Fri, 11 Nov 2005 13:04:06 -0800, "Simon 1972" wrote: I want to exclude some words from the MS Word dictionary. I found this topic in the MS Word Help "Specify a preferred spelling for a word" and followed it but it did not work. Can someone tell me what I need to do? System details: MS Word 2002, UK region Try http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Genera...ordFromDic.htm. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org |
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Excluding words from Dictionary
I assume you have quit and restarted Word since creating the exclusion
dictionary? -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "gingerpeach123" wrote in message news I have been trying to build an exclude dictionary with the help instructions in Word 2003 and the file http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Genera...ordFromDic.htm, but so far I cannot get it to work. I have placed my file of words to exclude, called MSSP3EN.exc, into the folder C:\Documents and Settings\(myname)\Application Data\Microsoft\Proof. (The file custom.dic is clearly there as well.) When I close Word, reopen it, and type a document with the excluded words, none of them are picked up. If I type a few nonsense words, they are picked up as always. I'm guessing there's something simple that I'm doing wrong but I absolutely cannot figure out what! Any thoughts as to what I should check? Thanks! ================ "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: I think you misread the article. The path you cite is the one for the .lex file; the only reason you are looking for that is to determine its name. Your .exc file must be in the same location as your Custom.dic and must have the same prefix as the .lex file. For example, my exclusion dictionary (which works) is Mssp3en.exc and is in C:\Documents and Settings\Suzanne S. Barnhill\Application Data\Microsoft\Proof. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Simon 1972" wrote in message ... Jay, hi there, Thank you for the link. I followed that (couldn't see any major difference from the MS Word Help, though). I have two folders containing the Word dictionary (MS Word came as part of MS Works Suite 2003): C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Proof C:\Program Files\Microsoft Works So just in case: a) I put the .EXC file in both folders, b) I restarted my PC. Still no luck. MS Word still accepts the word "thx" . I must be doing something wrong but I cannot see what. -- Simon 1972 "Jay Freedman" wrote: On Fri, 11 Nov 2005 13:04:06 -0800, "Simon 1972" wrote: I want to exclude some words from the MS Word dictionary. I found this topic in the MS Word Help "Specify a preferred spelling for a word" and followed it but it did not work. Can someone tell me what I need to do? System details: MS Word 2002, UK region Try http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Genera...ordFromDic.htm. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org |
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