Microsoft KB Archive/28518

Spell Correct Command Doesn’t List Word in Update Dictionary

PSS ID Number: Q28518 Article last modified on 11-02-1994

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A word added to the update dictionary, UPDAT-AM.CMP, does not appear when the Library Spell Correct command is chosen to correct a similar misspelled word.

For example, suppose the word “electrochemist” is added to the update dictionary. When spell checking the document again with “electrochemist” misspelled as “electrochemis,” the correct spelling does not appear when the Correct command is chosen.

The only words that are listed as alternative corrections are words found in the main dictionary, which is a binary file. Words entered in the text dictionaries (i.e., the update, user, or document dictionaries) are scanned when a misspelled word is found, but do not appear as alternatives to a misspelled word.

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