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how to add foreign dictionary
I have word 2003, i have a CD with thousands of words that are middle eastern
mix also this CD is saved in my documents. can i use either one? and then how do i add it to my word dic.? i am editing books which mainly use these persian, arabic, sanskrit, Indian words. thanks. |
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Hi ?B?amVhbm5l?=,
I have word 2003, i have a CD with thousands of words that are middle eastern mix also this CD is saved in my documents. can i use either one? and then how do i add it to my word dic.? i am editing books which mainly use these persian, arabic, sanskrit, Indian words. I'm not 100% clear about what you're asking. (The phrase "also this CD is saved in my documents" is particularly confusing.) Basically, though, you can create a custom dictionary for any language you have active in the Office Language Tools. Go over Tools/Customize/Spelling and Grammar/Custom Dictionaries. Click NEW to define a new dictionary and type in a file name. Now click MODIFY so that you can specify the language. Notice also that you can enter single words through this interface. *.dic files are plain text files, so you can open them in Notepad and edit them (add/delete words). You should also be able to copy/paste them from the CD file. Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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i went to tools, customize, but there is no sp. and gr. under customize.
Please instruck again. what i meant by a CD is that i saved the thousands of words from my special CD into my documents files, so i had wondered if it was better to add them to Word from my documents, or from the CD directly, that's all. They are special words that arent in any microsoft office lang. tools as they are spiritual words. "Cindy M -WordMVP-" wrote: Hi ?B?amVhbm5l?=, I have word 2003, i have a CD with thousands of words that are middle eastern mix also this CD is saved in my documents. can i use either one? and then how do i add it to my word dic.? i am editing books which mainly use these persian, arabic, sanskrit, Indian words. I'm not 100% clear about what you're asking. (The phrase "also this CD is saved in my documents" is particularly confusing.) Basically, though, you can create a custom dictionary for any language you have active in the Office Language Tools. Go over Tools/Customize/Spelling and Grammar/Custom Dictionaries. Click NEW to define a new dictionary and type in a file name. Now click MODIFY so that you can specify the language. Notice also that you can enter single words through this interface. *.dic files are plain text files, so you can open them in Notepad and edit them (add/delete words). You should also be able to copy/paste them from the CD file. Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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Cindy meant Tools, Options.
Terry "jeanne" wrote in message ... :i went to tools, customize, but there is no sp. and gr. under customize. : Please instruck again. : what i meant by a CD is that i saved the thousands of words from my special : CD into my documents files, so i had wondered if it was better to add them to : Word from my documents, or from the CD directly, that's all. : They are special words that arent in any microsoft office lang. tools as : they are spiritual words. : : : : "Cindy M -WordMVP-" wrote: : : Hi ?B?amVhbm5l?=, : : I have word 2003, i have a CD with thousands of words that are middle eastern : mix also this CD is saved in my documents. : can i use either one? and then how do i add it to my word dic.? i am editing : books which mainly use these persian, arabic, sanskrit, Indian words. : : I'm not 100% clear about what you're asking. (The phrase "also this CD is saved : in my documents" is particularly confusing.) : : Basically, though, you can create a custom dictionary for any language you have : active in the Office Language Tools. Go over Tools/Customize/Spelling and : Grammar/Custom Dictionaries. Click NEW to define a new dictionary and type in a : file name. Now click MODIFY so that you can specify the language. Notice also : that you can enter single words through this interface. : : *.dic files are plain text files, so you can open them in Notepad and edit them : (add/delete words). You should also be able to copy/paste them from the CD file. : : Cindy Meister : INTER-Solutions, Switzerland : http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004) : http://www.word.mvps.org : : This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply : in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) : : |
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Besides getting into the right dialog, you need to make sure the words
are in a file that Word can use as a custom dictionary. To repeat what Cindy said, a custom dictionary is a plain text file, not a Word-format file. This implies that if the Middle Eastern words are in a language that requires a special font (Arabic, Hebrew, etc.), there's no way to do that in a custom dictionary. Assuming the words can be represented in a Western font (Times New Roman, for example), if the file of words is in Word format (*.doc) you need to use File Save As and set the file type to Plain Text (*.txt). Then rename the file with a .dic extension. You should be able to open the file in Notepad and see one word per line. Then use Tools Options Spelling & Grammar Custom Dictionaries Add to select the file for use. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org On Sun, 6 Feb 2005 15:24:45 -0000, "TF" terryfarrell%40%6d%73%6e%2ecom wrote: Cindy meant Tools, Options. Terry "jeanne" wrote in message ... :i went to tools, customize, but there is no sp. and gr. under customize. : Please instruck again. : what i meant by a CD is that i saved the thousands of words from my special : CD into my documents files, so i had wondered if it was better to add them to : Word from my documents, or from the CD directly, that's all. : They are special words that arent in any microsoft office lang. tools as : they are spiritual words. : : : : "Cindy M -WordMVP-" wrote: : : Hi ?B?amVhbm5l?=, : : I have word 2003, i have a CD with thousands of words that are middle eastern : mix also this CD is saved in my documents. : can i use either one? and then how do i add it to my word dic.? i am editing : books which mainly use these persian, arabic, sanskrit, Indian words. : : I'm not 100% clear about what you're asking. (The phrase "also this CD is saved : in my documents" is particularly confusing.) : : Basically, though, you can create a custom dictionary for any language you have : active in the Office Language Tools. Go over Tools/Customize/Spelling and : Grammar/Custom Dictionaries. Click NEW to define a new dictionary and type in a : file name. Now click MODIFY so that you can specify the language. Notice also : that you can enter single words through this interface. : : *.dic files are plain text files, so you can open them in Notepad and edit them : (add/delete words). You should also be able to copy/paste them from the CD file. : : Cindy Meister : INTER-Solutions, Switzerland : http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004) : http://www.word.mvps.org : : This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply : in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) : : |
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Hi Jay,
To repeat what Cindy said, a custom dictionary is a plain text file, not a Word-format file. This implies that if the Middle Eastern words are in a language that requires a special font (Arabic, Hebrew, etc.), there's no way to do that in a custom dictionary. I don't think that's true anymore, if you have the newest Windows. From some things Doug Potter [MSFT] has said, "modern" custom dics do support Unicode. This new web interface is not good for people with special problems. This question would really belong in word.spelling.grammar, where Doug would see it... Cindy Meister |
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Thanks, Cindy. I haven't tried Unicode in a custom dictionary before (but
now I will!). -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Cindy M -WordMVP- wrote: Hi Jay, To repeat what Cindy said, a custom dictionary is a plain text file, not a Word-format file. This implies that if the Middle Eastern words are in a language that requires a special font (Arabic, Hebrew, etc.), there's no way to do that in a custom dictionary. I don't think that's true anymore, if you have the newest Windows. From some things Doug Potter [MSFT] has said, "modern" custom dics do support Unicode. This new web interface is not good for people with special problems. This question would really belong in word.spelling.grammar, where Doug would see it... Cindy Meister |
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Hi Jay,
I haven't tried Unicode in a custom dictionary before (but now I will!). Neither have I g So I'll be interested in your results! Cindy Meister |
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