![]() ![]() You cannot have two words on one line (that includes compound words with a hyphen). ![]() The main thing to remember is that each word MUST go on its own line. However, I started by creating a new (blank) custom dictionary in Word because I wanted to sort them and run a macro to check for duplicates. And make sure you specific the Encoding as Unicode, not the default ANSI.īecause *.dic files are just text files, you can also use a text editor to create a new dictionary file. Just make sure you save the file with the *.dic file extension, not *.txt. Once you’ve opened a *.dic file in a text editor, you can add, edit, or delete entries. Notepad I use EditPlus because it has a ‘sort’ option, but Notepad works fine). This means you can open them in a text editor (e.g. Now, *.dic files are just text files with a different file extension. (Note: Follow these instructions if you can’t see the AppData folder.) By default, the Office dictionary files (Office 2010 to 365, at least) are stored in C:\Users\\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\UProof and have a *.dic file extension. I use Word for Windows, so this information is for Windows. The first thing was to find out where the dictionary files are stored. I wanted a special dictionary file that I could copy and use on other computers, and turn off if I no longer needed it, so I didn’t want these words added to my default dictionary. I had 4000 Latin and common species names I’d gathered from public lists that I wanted to add to a unique dictionary so that Word didn’t flag them as spelling errors, except if they really were spelling errors or if they were species I hadn’t included in my species dictionary. ![]() ![]() I had such a situation a few months ago, but neglected to write up what I did. But what if you have thousands? Doing it one word at a time using the usual methods is painfully slow and not ergonomically sound. But most assume you only have a few words to add to that dictionary. There are plenty of websites that tell you how to create a custom dictionary in Microsoft Word. ![]()
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