Microsoft KB Archive/26255

MacWord: Printing Dictionaries from Word 3.x, 4.0, and 5.0

PSS ID Number: Q26255 Article last modified on 03-07-1997

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The U.S. English Dictionary (for Word 5.0), the MS Dictionary (for Word 4.0), and the Main Dictionary (for Word version 3.x) are compressed and cannot be printed. You can print user-customized dictionaries by performing the following steps in Microsoft Word for the Macintosh:

Word Version 5.0
In Word 5.0, the default user-customized dictionary is called Custom Dictionary. To print a custom dictionary, follow these steps:


 * 1) From the File Menu, choose Open.
 * 2) From the List Files of Type box, select All Files.
 * 3) Select the dictionary you want to print, and click the Open button.
 * 4) From the File menu, choose Print.

Note: Do NOT save the file when you close it. If you save the file after printing, the dictionary file format is lost and you cannot use the dictionary with the spelling checker.

Word Versions 4.0 and 3.x

 * 1) Hold down the SHIFT key and choose Open from the File menu.
 * 2) From the list box, select the user dictionary you want to print. Click the Open button.
 * 3) From the File menu, choose Print.

Note: Do NOT save the file when you close it. If you save the file after printing, the dictionary file format is lost and you cannot use the dictionary with the spelling checker.

If the user dictionary does not open (because it is already open in the Spelling dialog box), quit Word, restart the program, then follow the instructions above.

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