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Word Custom Dictionary
Hi,
I would like to create a special custom dictionary in Word 2002. This special dictionary will comprise 1000 words and when I use this dictionary to check spellings, any word that is not included in my 1000 words in this special custom dictionary must be flagged as a misspelling. I have tried to create this special custom dictionary, but it picks up words from a database elsewhere (therefore, it does not flag words that are not in my preferred list of 1000 words as being misspellings). I want to make sure that when I spell check my documents, I have only used words from my preferred list of 1000 words. When I try to create a custom dictionary, I can only add one word at a time. I would like to add my 1000 words in one operation. Can anyone help me with this? Thanks and kindest regards, Stan |
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A custom dictionary is just a text file. If you create a list of the Words
in Word, one word to a paragraph, in alpha order, you can copy/paste that into your new custom dictionary. But I don't know of any way to have Words that are not in this dictionary marked as misspellings (short of creating an exclusion dictionary that includes every other word in Word's main lexicon). Sorry. -- 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. wrote in message oups.com... Hi, I would like to create a special custom dictionary in Word 2002. This special dictionary will comprise 1000 words and when I use this dictionary to check spellings, any word that is not included in my 1000 words in this special custom dictionary must be flagged as a misspelling. I have tried to create this special custom dictionary, but it picks up words from a database elsewhere (therefore, it does not flag words that are not in my preferred list of 1000 words as being misspellings). I want to make sure that when I spell check my documents, I have only used words from my preferred list of 1000 words. When I try to create a custom dictionary, I can only add one word at a time. I would like to add my 1000 words in one operation. Can anyone help me with this? Thanks and kindest regards, Stan |
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Writing in English, but marking the text as French or Spanish should produce
red squiggles under everything except the words in the no-language custom dictionary. But then Stan might run into punctuation/spacing annoyances. On 9/8/05 6:49 AM, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: A custom dictionary is just a text file. If you create a list of the Words in Word, one word to a paragraph, in alpha order, you can copy/paste that into your new custom dictionary. But I don't know of any way to have Words that are not in this dictionary marked as misspellings (short of creating an exclusion dictionary that includes every other word in Word's main lexicon). Sorry. -- 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. wrote in message oups.com... Hi, I would like to create a special custom dictionary in Word 2002. This special dictionary will comprise 1000 words and when I use this dictionary to check spellings, any word that is not included in my 1000 words in this special custom dictionary must be flagged as a misspelling. I have tried to create this special custom dictionary, but it picks up words from a database elsewhere (therefore, it does not flag words that are not in my preferred list of 1000 words as being misspellings). I want to make sure that when I spell check my documents, I have only used words from my preferred list of 1000 words. When I try to create a custom dictionary, I can only add one word at a time. I would like to add my 1000 words in one operation. Can anyone help me with this? Thanks and kindest regards, Stan -- Daiya Mitchell, MVP Mac/Word Word FAQ: http://www.word.mvps.org/ MacWord Tips: http://www.word.mvps.org/MacWordNew/ What's an MVP? A volunteer! Read the FAQ: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ |
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That's an interesting idea, though I find that there is enough overlap
between French/Spanish and English to prevent it from being 100% dependable. -- 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. "Daiya Mitchell" wrote in message .. . Writing in English, but marking the text as French or Spanish should produce red squiggles under everything except the words in the no-language custom dictionary. But then Stan might run into punctuation/spacing annoyances. On 9/8/05 6:49 AM, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: A custom dictionary is just a text file. If you create a list of the Words in Word, one word to a paragraph, in alpha order, you can copy/paste that into your new custom dictionary. But I don't know of any way to have Words that are not in this dictionary marked as misspellings (short of creating an exclusion dictionary that includes every other word in Word's main lexicon). Sorry. -- 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. wrote in message oups.com... Hi, I would like to create a special custom dictionary in Word 2002. This special dictionary will comprise 1000 words and when I use this dictionary to check spellings, any word that is not included in my 1000 words in this special custom dictionary must be flagged as a misspelling. I have tried to create this special custom dictionary, but it picks up words from a database elsewhere (therefore, it does not flag words that are not in my preferred list of 1000 words as being misspellings). I want to make sure that when I spell check my documents, I have only used words from my preferred list of 1000 words. When I try to create a custom dictionary, I can only add one word at a time. I would like to add my 1000 words in one operation. Can anyone help me with this? Thanks and kindest regards, Stan -- Daiya Mitchell, MVP Mac/Word Word FAQ: http://www.word.mvps.org/ MacWord Tips: http://www.word.mvps.org/MacWordNew/ What's an MVP? A volunteer! Read the FAQ: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ |
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