Microsoft KB Archive/78274

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 * Microsoft Word for Windows versions 2.0, 2.0a, 2.0a-CD, 2.0b, 2.0c

SUMMARY
The following flow charts show the order in which Microsoft Word for Windows version 2.0 searches its dictionaries when you run the spelling checker.

MORE INFORMATION
No          =     Word did not find the word in the dictionary.

Yes         =     Word found the word in the dictionary.

Custom Dict. =    In all of the charts Custom Dict. means that Word looks through each one of the active custom dictionaries until it finds the word, or until it has exhausted all custom dictionaries.

Case I - Main Dictionary Active
Word |                    Main Dictionary /      \                       No       Yes /          \                  Prompt        Get Next User          Word

Case II - Main Dictionary and Custom Dictionaries Active
Word |                    Main Dictionary /       \                      No        Yes /           \               Custom Dict. Get Next /     \        Word No     Yes /         \             Prompt       Get Next User         Word

Case III - Main Dictionary and Exclude Dictionary Active
Word |                    Exclude dictionary /          \                      No           Yes /              \               Main Dictionary      Prompt /       \           User No       Yes /           \            Prompt        Get Next User          Word

Case IV - Main, Exclude, and Custom Dictionaries Active
Word |                   Exclude dictionary /            \                    No             Yes /                \           Main Dictionary        Custom Dict. /       \                /   \           No        Yes            No    Yes /           \            /       \     Custom Dict. Get Next  Prompt    Get Next /      \          Word      User       Word No      Yes /          \ Prompt        Get Next User          Word

Case IV - Main, Exclude, and Custom Dictionaries Active
Versions 2.0a-cd, 2.0b and 2.0c: Word |                   Exclude dictionary /         \                    No          Prompt /            User Main Dictionary /       \           No        Yes /           \     Custom Dict. Get Next /     \          Word No      Yes /          \ Prompt        Get Next User          Word Note: If the same word is in both the exclude dictionary and the custom dictionary, the word is considered to be spelled incorrectly when you run the spelling checker. This is a change in functionality from versions 2.0 and 2.0a Versions 2.0 and 2.0a:

Word |                   Exclude dictionary /            \                    No             Yes /                \            Main Dictionary        Custom Dict. /       \               /   \           No        Yes            No    Yes /          \            /       \     Custom Dict. Get Next  Prompt    Get Next /      \          Word      User       Word No      Yes /          \ Prompt        Get Next User          Word Note: If the same word is entered into both the exclude dictionary and the custom dictionary in versions 2.0 and 2.0a, the word is considered to be spelled correctly when you run the spelling checker. Reference(s):

&quot;Microsoft Word for Windows User's Guide,&quot; pages 281-283
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Last reviewed: July 30, 1997

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