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Making Custom Dictionaries More Accessible?
I work with Latin texts and want to add works to my customized Latin
dictionary. I know of only one way to access this dictionary (i.e., Tools menu, click Options, and then click the Spelling & Grammar tab etc). Is there a way I can set up a button the tool bar or create a macro to access this immediately without this 5 step process? I have looked at the customization feature in Word and have not figured this out. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thank you |
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Making Custom Dictionaries More Accessible?
I don't know of a way to make the actual dictionary more accessible, but
it's pretty simple to make it easier to add words. If you temporarily make it your default custom dictionary, then every time you right-click on a "misspelled" word and chose Add to Dictionary, it will be added to that dictionary. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "e125" wrote in message ... I work with Latin texts and want to add works to my customized Latin dictionary. I know of only one way to access this dictionary (i.e., Tools menu, click Options, and then click the Spelling & Grammar tab etc). Is there a way I can set up a button the tool bar or create a macro to access this immediately without this 5 step process? I have looked at the customization feature in Word and have not figured this out. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thank you |
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Making Custom Dictionaries More Accessible?
Thank you for the response. I am still having some difficulty though, Word
2003 has my Latin dictionary and my custom_002 dictionary set as the default simultaneously. I think your suggestion will work, the trick is getting Word to think that Latin alone is the default dictionary temporarily, as you suggested. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: I don't know of a way to make the actual dictionary more accessible, but it's pretty simple to make it easier to add words. If you temporarily make it your default custom dictionary, then every time you right-click on a "misspelled" word and chose Add to Dictionary, it will be added to that dictionary. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "e125" wrote in message ... I work with Latin texts and want to add works to my customized Latin dictionary. I know of only one way to access this dictionary (i.e., Tools menu, click Options, and then click the Spelling & Grammar tab etc). Is there a way I can set up a button the tool bar or create a macro to access this immediately without this 5 step process? I have looked at the customization feature in Word and have not figured this out. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thank you |
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Making Custom Dictionaries More Accessible?
I wasn't aware that you could make more than one dictionary the *default*
dictionary. Indeed, I don't believe you can. The green check mark means a dictionary is in use. But there should be only one with "(default)" beside it. BTW, one (slight) shortcut for getting to Tools | Options | Spelling & Grammar is to put Options on a toolbar; I actually have it on my menu bar because I have to refer to it constantly in answering NG posts. Once you've done that, it will display the last-used tab every time you open it. Any even slicker trick would be to open your dictionary file manually (it's just a text file, and you can navigate to the folder where it's stored and open it just as you would any other file), then add it to the Work menu (see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/WorkMenu.htm if you're not already using the Work menu). That's still two clicks, but it gets you right to it. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "e125" wrote in message ... Thank you for the response. I am still having some difficulty though, Word 2003 has my Latin dictionary and my custom_002 dictionary set as the default simultaneously. I think your suggestion will work, the trick is getting Word to think that Latin alone is the default dictionary temporarily, as you suggested. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: I don't know of a way to make the actual dictionary more accessible, but it's pretty simple to make it easier to add words. If you temporarily make it your default custom dictionary, then every time you right-click on a "misspelled" word and chose Add to Dictionary, it will be added to that dictionary. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "e125" wrote in message ... I work with Latin texts and want to add works to my customized Latin dictionary. I know of only one way to access this dictionary (i.e., Tools menu, click Options, and then click the Spelling & Grammar tab etc). Is there a way I can set up a button the tool bar or create a macro to access this immediately without this 5 step process? I have looked at the customization feature in Word and have not figured this out. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thank you |
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Making Custom Dictionaries More Accessible?
Ms. Barnhill:
Thank you for your assistance. You have been very helpful. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: I wasn't aware that you could make more than one dictionary the *default* dictionary. Indeed, I don't believe you can. The green check mark means a dictionary is in use. But there should be only one with "(default)" beside it. BTW, one (slight) shortcut for getting to Tools | Options | Spelling & Grammar is to put Options on a toolbar; I actually have it on my menu bar because I have to refer to it constantly in answering NG posts. Once you've done that, it will display the last-used tab every time you open it. Any even slicker trick would be to open your dictionary file manually (it's just a text file, and you can navigate to the folder where it's stored and open it just as you would any other file), then add it to the Work menu (see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/WorkMenu.htm if you're not already using the Work menu). That's still two clicks, but it gets you right to it. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "e125" wrote in message ... Thank you for the response. I am still having some difficulty though, Word 2003 has my Latin dictionary and my custom_002 dictionary set as the default simultaneously. I think your suggestion will work, the trick is getting Word to think that Latin alone is the default dictionary temporarily, as you suggested. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: I don't know of a way to make the actual dictionary more accessible, but it's pretty simple to make it easier to add words. If you temporarily make it your default custom dictionary, then every time you right-click on a "misspelled" word and chose Add to Dictionary, it will be added to that dictionary. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "e125" wrote in message ... I work with Latin texts and want to add works to my customized Latin dictionary. I know of only one way to access this dictionary (i.e., Tools menu, click Options, and then click the Spelling & Grammar tab etc). Is there a way I can set up a button the tool bar or create a macro to access this immediately without this 5 step process? I have looked at the customization feature in Word and have not figured this out. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thank you |
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Making Custom Dictionaries More Accessible?
Glad I could help.
-- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "e125" wrote in message ... Ms. Barnhill: Thank you for your assistance. You have been very helpful. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: I wasn't aware that you could make more than one dictionary the *default* dictionary. Indeed, I don't believe you can. The green check mark means a dictionary is in use. But there should be only one with "(default)" beside it. BTW, one (slight) shortcut for getting to Tools | Options | Spelling & Grammar is to put Options on a toolbar; I actually have it on my menu bar because I have to refer to it constantly in answering NG posts. Once you've done that, it will display the last-used tab every time you open it. Any even slicker trick would be to open your dictionary file manually (it's just a text file, and you can navigate to the folder where it's stored and open it just as you would any other file), then add it to the Work menu (see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/WorkMenu.htm if you're not already using the Work menu). That's still two clicks, but it gets you right to it. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "e125" wrote in message ... Thank you for the response. I am still having some difficulty though, Word 2003 has my Latin dictionary and my custom_002 dictionary set as the default simultaneously. I think your suggestion will work, the trick is getting Word to think that Latin alone is the default dictionary temporarily, as you suggested. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: I don't know of a way to make the actual dictionary more accessible, but it's pretty simple to make it easier to add words. If you temporarily make it your default custom dictionary, then every time you right-click on a "misspelled" word and chose Add to Dictionary, it will be added to that dictionary. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "e125" wrote in message ... I work with Latin texts and want to add works to my customized Latin dictionary. I know of only one way to access this dictionary (i.e., Tools menu, click Options, and then click the Spelling & Grammar tab etc). Is there a way I can set up a button the tool bar or create a macro to access this immediately without this 5 step process? I have looked at the customization feature in Word and have not figured this out. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thank you |
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