Microsoft KB Archive/76175

= Works: How to Add Words to the Custom Dictionary =

Article ID: 76175

Article Last Modified on 11/16/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Works 2.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Works 3.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Works 4.5 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Works 4.5a
 * Microsoft Works 4.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Works 4.0a

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This article was previously published under Q76175



SUMMARY
You can add words to the Microsoft Works for Windows custom dictionary by typing a list of the words you want to add into the Works Word Processor and then spell checking the entire document. If the spelling checker does not recognize the word, it will prompt you to change, ignore, suggest a replacement, or add the word to the user dictionary.

In Works 4.0, 4.5, and 4.5a, you can also add words to the custom dictionary if you click Edit Custom Dictionary in the Spelling dialog box, type the word you want to add in the Word text box, and then click Add.



MORE INFORMATION
When words are added to the user dictionary through the spelling checker, they are added to the custom dictionary file Custom.dic in the Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Proof folder, (Windows\Msapps\Proof directory in Works 3.0).

This file is an ASCII file and can be viewed in the Works Word Processor or any other text editor. Words may be deleted from this file as long as the file is saved as an ASCII text file. To save the file as an ASCII text file, choose Save As from the File menu and select Text (DOS) in the Save File As Type list box. (&quot;Text&quot; alone is ANSI text, not ASCII.)

Do not add words to the Custom.dic file directly. The words in this file are sorted in ASCII alphabetical order; only use the procedures above to add words to the custom dictionary.

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