Re: Publisher can't load the dictionary and reinstalling doesn't w

Hey Phil, glad you are up and running... Thanks for sharing your experience, it will
help others.
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"Phil Ardussi" <PhilArdussi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> It worked! Apparently the Custom dictionary was damaged. I renamed it old,
> created a new one, renamed old to txt, opened txt in Notepad, copied it to
> Word, got rid of all the extra spaces, did a spell check which I used to
> selectively import the words from the damaged dict into the new one. It was
> amazing how many misspelled words I had in the old dict.
>
> Should probably periodically do an import like this just to clean out the
> bad stuff.
>
> Thanks for your help and for hanging in there with me.
>
> Tell them to double your salary!
>
> Phil
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> "Mary Sauer" wrote:
>
>> Although your are not getting an error, I would do what this article is advising,
>> you
>> may have a corrupt custom dictionary and/or spell check.
>> You receive an error message when you add a word to the custom dictionary in Word
>> 2003
>> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;813996
>>
>>
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>> http://msauer.mvps.org/
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>> "Phil Ardussi" <PhilArdussi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:13E37DDE-BF29-405C-85DE-C114EF70FF21@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > Did that just now as you instructed. No change.
>> >
>> > Publisher says it cannot load the speller or dictionary and continues, "To
>> > install the Spell Checker and Hyphenation dictionary, run Publisher setup
>> > again and choose custom installation. For information on running setup, press
>> > F1."
>> >
>> > I am guessing the dictionary is somewhere on my HD but the apps are not
>> > pointing to that location.
>> >
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>> > "Mary Sauer" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Might be the dictionary was not installed, go to the control panel, Add or
>> >> Remove
>> >> Programs, scroll down to Office, click change...
>> >>
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>> >> "Phil Ardussi" <PhilArdussi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> >> news:D83338C6-A706-48D6-A106-5845AAB678A5@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >> > Sorry. I stand corrected. Dictionary is not present in Word either, i.e.,
>> >> > "Add to Dictionary" is grayed out.
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>> >> > "Phil Ardussi" wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> Not using custom dictionary. Word dictionary works. -->strange.
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>> >> >>
>> >> >> "Mary Sauer" wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> > Are you getting an error? Is it the custom dictionary? Publisher and Word
>> >> >> > use
>> >> >> > the
>> >> >> > same dictionary, can you use the dictionary in Word?
>> >> >> >
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>> >> >> > Mary Sauer MSFT MVP
>> >> >> > http://office.microsoft.com/
>> >> >> > http://msauer.mvps.org/
>> >> >> > news://msnews.microsoft.com
>> >> >> > "Phil Ardussi" <PhilArdussi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> >> >> > news:CB2B251E-24C3-4F87-9202-2AE099DEFF2F@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >> >> > > Just reinstalled Office Professional Edition and the dictionary didn't
>> >> >> > > load.
>> >> >> > >
>> >> >> > > Should I remove MSFT Pub and reinstall it?
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>> >> >> > > departments
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>> >> >> >
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>> >> >> >
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