Microsoft KB Archive/46430

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 * Microsoft Word for the Macintosh, versions 3.0, 3.01, 3.02, 4.0, 5.0, 5.1

SUMMARY
The following table lists the approximate number of words contained in the dictionaries that shipped with Word versions 3.x, 4.0, and 5.X:

Approximate Ver. Dictionary Name          Root Words   Number of Words

3.X  Main Dictionary                          80,000

4.0  MS Dictionary              56,000       130,000 Microlytics WordFinder Thesaurus       220,000

5.X  Based on the American Heritage Dictionary US English Dictionary     88,000       106,000 US English Thesaurus      24,000       200,000
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Last reviewed: July 30, 1997

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