I frequently work on proposals from mechanical and electrical engineers and
would like to have an engineering dictionary to use with spellcheck.

If you right-click on a word that has that red line under it you can choose
add to dictionary and it won't show up misspelled anymore.

"Jean S" wrote:

I frequently work on proposals from mechanical and electrical engineers and
would like to have an engineering dictionary to use with spellcheck.

I understand that. What I need is a dictionary that recognizes various
engineering terms or words and provides me with the correct spelling. I've
managed to find a Word dictionary for medical and legal words, but nothing
thus far for engineering.

"Fred Goldman" wrote:

If you right-click on a word that has that red line under it you can choose
add to dictionary and it won't show up misspelled anymore.

"Jean S" wrote:

I frequently work on proposals from mechanical and electrical engineers and
would like to have an engineering dictionary to use with spellcheck.

I tried Googling for "engineering dictionary" and "technical dictionary"
add-ins for Word. Most of the hits were for translation dictionaries. When I
looked for "engineering spell checker," however, I quickly turned up
http://spellex.com/products/tech.htm

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"Jean S" wrote in message
...
I understand that. What I need is a dictionary that recognizes various
engineering terms or words and provides me with the correct spelling.
I've
managed to find a Word dictionary for medical and legal words, but nothing
thus far for engineering.

"Fred Goldman" wrote:

If you right-click on a word that has that red line under it you can
choose
add to dictionary and it won't show up misspelled anymore.

"Jean S" wrote:

I frequently work on proposals from mechanical and electrical
engineers and
would like to have an engineering dictionary to use with spellcheck.

Thanks! This is what I've been looking for!

"Jean S" wrote:

I frequently work on proposals from mechanical and electrical engineers and
would like to have an engineering dictionary to use with spellcheck.