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Word Cannot Find the Word Forms File MSWDS_EN.LEX

Article ID: 132047

Article Last Modified on 8/16/2005



APPLIES TO

  • Microsoft Word 95 Standard Edition



This article was previously published under Q132047

SYMPTOMS

When you use the Find command on the Edit menu and select the Find All Word Forms option, you may receive the error message:

Word cannot find the Word Forms File MSWDS_EN.LEX for English(US).

CAUSE

When you perform a Typical setup of Word or Office, the file Mswds_en.lex is not installed. This file is required for the Find All Word Forms feature to work.

You may also receive this error message if the file Mswds_en.lex is damaged or missing.

RESOLUTION

Rerun Office (or Word) setup in maintenance mode, and do the following:

  1. Click the Add/Remove button.
  2. Select Office Tools if you are running Office Setup (or Word Tools if you are running Word Setup).
  3. Click the Change Option button.
  4. Select the Find All Word Forms check box.
  5. Click OK.
  6. Click Continue



Additional query words: word95 7.0 word forms editfind edit find word7 winword word97

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