Microsoft KB Archive/68350

WinWord: Adding Capitalized Words to STDUSER.DIC PSS ID Number: Q68350 Article last modified on 07-14-1994

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Summary:

When a word with only the first letter capitalized is added to STDUSER.DIC, the capitalized letter will be converted to lowercase. When a word with more than one capital letter is added, the capitalization will be retained.

For example, if you add the Words “Dianne McUser” to the STDUSER.DIC, the name “Dianne” will be stored as “dianne” but “McUser” will be properly stored with the capital letters intact.

Thus, the spelling checker will not catch future miscapitalized occurrences of an added word that began with a capital letter.

More Information:

To check spelling for miscapitalized occurrences of an added word that begins with a capital, edit the STDUSER.DIC file:


 * 1) Open the STDUSER.DIC file in Notepad or Word for Windows (STDUSER.DIC is a text file).
 * 2) Find the word that should be capitalized and change the first letter to a capital.
 * 3) Capitalized words are listed first in the file, so the word will have to be moved to the capitalized section of the file (if you do not move the word, the spelling checker will not recognize that the word is in the file at all).
 * 4) Save the file. If the file was opened in Word, be sure to save it as a “text only” file.

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in version 1.0, 1.1, and 1.1a. This problem was corrected in Word for Windows version 2.0. New or updated Microsoft products can be obtained from Microsoft Sales and Service by calling (800) 426-9400. If you are calling from outside the United States, contact Microsoft International Customer Service at (206) 936-8661.

Additional reference words: w4wproof spellchecker dictionary supplemental winword 1.0 1.1 1.1a 1.00 1.10 1.10a 2.0 2.00

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