Microsoft KB Archive/124491

= XL: Suggestions Are Not Made from Custom Dictionary =

Article ID: 124491

Article Last Modified on 8/16/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 95 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Excel 5.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Excel 5.0c
 * Microsoft Excel 5.0 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Excel 5.0a for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Excel 98 for Macintosh

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This article was previously published under Q124491



SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Excel 5.x, when you check spelling in a worksheet, you can add new words to the custom dictionary. When the Spelling tool encounters these added words, it recognizes them and does not flag them as misspelled words. However, if the Spelling tool encounters a word it does not recognize, it will not make suggestions from the custom dictionary.



CAUSE
If Microsoft Word is installed on your computer, Microsoft Excel uses the Microsoft Word spelling tools. When Microsoft Excel uses the Word spelling tool, this problem occurs because, by default, Microsoft Word suggests words from the main dictionary only.

Note that in Microsoft Word, there is a Suggest From The Main Dictionary Only option that you can clear if you want suggestions to come from the custom dictionary. However, this setting does not apply to Microsoft Excel because it is written to the WINWORD.INI file and Microsoft Excel does not have access to this file.



MORE INFORMATION
For more information about Checking Spelling, choose the Search button in Help and type:

spelling

