Re: add multiple words to custom dictionary Microsoft Word
- From: "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2006 17:41:22 -0600
The message is bogus. See “You receive an error message when you add a word
to the custom dictionary in Word 2003”
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=813996
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Magoo" <Magoo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> You say there's no limit, but I keep getting a message that the dictionary
is
> full (Office2003). I tried creating a custom2.dic, that didn't work. I
> tried making custom2.dic the default dictionary, that didn't work. So
then I
> tried opening a different Word document. It appears to be document
specific.
> If I open a second document, I can add a word to the dictionary (whether
or
> not the first document is open at the same time. But I can't add anything
> from the document that I'm in. I've exited and restarted Word, same
problem.
> Haven't tried rebooting yet. Any idea what the message and inability to
add
> a word is all about? Thanks.
>
> "Bob S" wrote:
>
> > On Sat, 29 Jan 2005 18:22:47 -0000, "TF"
> > <terryfarrell%40%6d%73%6e%2ecom> wrote:
> >
> > >The Custom Dictionary is just a list of words in plain text. Simply
open
> > >custom.dic and paste in a list of Words and sort into alphabetical
order.
> > >However, don't exceed the 1000 entry file size.
> >
> > Comments below apply to the English spell checker for Word 2000 and
> > later; others may differ...
> >
> > There is no limit in Word 2000 and later. One user reported using a
> > custom dictionary containing over 160,000 words.
> >
> > When adding words, you should generally use lower case. If you use any
> > capital letters in the entry, the entry will match only text words
> > with the same capital letters.
> >
> > It is possible to add plural forms of initialisms (acronyms) to the
> > custom dictionary, e.g. "PDFs". This is the only way to keep them from
> > being flagged.
> >
> > Adding hyphenated words is tricky. If Word thinks that some of the
> > pieces are correctly-spelled words, it will probably not allow you to
> > add the entire hyphenated "word". If none of the pieces are
> > recognized, it may allow you to add the item.
> >
> > The dictionary will also accept words with slashes or with straight
> > apostrophes. Other punctuation may or may not work.
> >
> > Avoid any characters not in the code page 1252.
> >
> > A word may not contain more than 64 characters.
> >
> > Sorting is not required and duplicate entries do not hurt; the next
> > time that you add a word using Word's dialogs, the list will be sorted
> > and duplicates will be eliminated by Word.
> >
> > Bob S
> >
> >
> >
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