Microsoft KB Archive/204535

= WD2000: Solutions or Macros That Reference, Create, or Modify Custom Dictionaries No Longer Work =

Article ID: 204535

Article Last Modified on 12/7/2000

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q204535





SYMPTOMS
When you upgrade to Microsoft Word 2000, existing solutions or macros that reference, create, or modify custom dictionaries may no longer work.



CAUSE
This behavior can occur because in Microsoft Office 2000, the custom dictionaries are now located in the Application Data\Microsoft\Proof folder. Existing solutions or macros that reference, create, or modify custom dictionaries generally assume that the custom dictionaries are in the Proofing Tools folder. If Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) and WordBasic commands still point to the old location, existing macros do not work.



WORKAROUND
To work around this issue, modify your existing solutions or macros so that they point to the new, correct location of the custom dictionaries.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Microsoft Word 2000.



MORE INFORMATION
By default, Word creates the proof folder in one of the following default locations, (depending on your operating system):  In Microsoft Windows 2000:

C:\Documents and Settings\ \Application Data\Microsoft\Proof

 In Microsoft Windows NT:

C:\WINNT\Profiles\ \Application Data\Microsoft\Proof

 In Microsoft Windows 98 or Windows 95:

C:\Windows\Application Data\Microsoft\Proof

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C:\Windows\Profiles\ \Application Data\Microsoft\Proof



