Microsoft KB Archive/102824

Mac Works: Excel Custom Dictionary Overwrites Custom Dictionary

PSS ID Number: Q102824 Article last modified on 10-22-1998

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MACINTOSH

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The Microsoft Works custom dictionary disappears when Microsoft Excel 4.0 is installed on a Macintosh already running Works. This behavior occurs because Works and Excel place their custom dictionaries in the same location:

System Folder:Extensions:Microsoft:Spelling

This is only a problem if the Works custom dictionary’s creation date is earlier than April 28, 1992. Dictionaries with later creation dates do not exhibit this problem.

= WORKAROUND =


 * 1) Before installing Excel, move the Works custom dictionary file out of the Spelling folder.
 * 2) Install Excel.
 * 3) Return the Works custom dictionary to the Spelling folder after the installation of Excel is complete.

KBCategory: KBOTHER KBSubcategory: macworkskb

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