Exclusion Dictionary in Word 2007

I created an exclusion dictionary for Word 2007. However, the dictionary
does not flag words if they are in all UPPERCASE where it flags the same
words if they are in mixed or lower case. Previously in Word 2003 I was able
to flag words no matter what case they are in. Does anyone else have this
problem?
--
--David

Hi David,

I created an exclusion dictionary for Word 2007. However, the dictionary
does not flag words if they are in all UPPERCASE where it flags the same
words if they are in mixed or lower case. Previously in Word 2003 I was able
to flag words no matter what case they are in. Does anyone else have this
problem?

Have you checked that "Ignore words in UPPERCASE" is not activated in the Word
Options, Proofing tab?

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005)
http://www.word.mvps.org

This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply
in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-)

"CaptionEditor" wrote:

I created an exclusion dictionary for Word 2007. However, the dictionary
does not flag words if they are in all UPPERCASE where it flags the same
words if they are in mixed or lower case. Previously in Word 2003 I was able
to flag words no matter what case they are in. Does anyone else have this
problem?
--
--David

Sorry about that blank reply.

I was wondering how you got the ExcludeDictionary to work. When I try to
add it to the Custom Dictionaries...it wants to add a .dic extention to the
..lex extension.
I googled all over and I can't seem to find any help on this.

Thanks!


"CaptionEditor" wrote:

I created an exclusion dictionary for Word 2007. However, the dictionary
does not flag words if they are in all UPPERCASE where it flags the same
words if they are in mixed or lower case. Previously in Word 2003 I was able
to flag words no matter what case they are in. Does anyone else have this
problem?
--
--David

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/Ex...ordFromDic.htm

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Ken Y." wrote in message
...
Sorry about that blank reply.

I was wondering how you got the ExcludeDictionary to work. When I try to
add it to the Custom Dictionaries...it wants to add a .dic extention to
the
.lex extension.
I googled all over and I can't seem to find any help on this.

Thanks!


"CaptionEditor" wrote:

I created an exclusion dictionary for Word 2007. However, the dictionary
does not flag words if they are in all UPPERCASE where it flags the same
words if they are in mixed or lower case. Previously in Word 2003 I was
able
to flag words no matter what case they are in. Does anyone else have
this
problem?
--
--David

Hi, Ken. Thanks for replying.
If you are in Word 2007, go to:

C:\Documents and Settings\captionuser\Application Data\Microsoft\UProof

Underneath the CUSTOM.DIC you should see

ExcludeDictionaryEN0409.lex

Open this file using a text editor, such as Notepad.

Enter any words you want Spellcheck to flag, such as "pubic" in lower case,
each word followed by a hard return.

To my understanding, Spellcheck will recognize any instance of each word in
the list irrespective of case. For instance, it should flag "pubic,"
"Pubic," and "PUBIC."
It does this in my Word 2003 fine. However, I've found in my Word 2007 that
it doesn't catch the uppercase instances. And, yes, I have un-checked
(un-ticked) the "Ignore Uppercase" box in Word 2007's Spellcheck options. I
am at a loss for a solution.

Thank you!

David, the Captioner
--
--D


"Ken Y." wrote:

Sorry about that blank reply.

I was wondering how you got the ExcludeDictionary to work. When I try to
add it to the Custom Dictionaries...it wants to add a .dic extention to the
.lex extension.
I googled all over and I can't seem to find any help on this.

Thanks!


"CaptionEditor" wrote:

I created an exclusion dictionary for Word 2007. However, the dictionary
does not flag words if they are in all UPPERCASE where it flags the same
words if they are in mixed or lower case. Previously in Word 2003 I was able
to flag words no matter what case they are in. Does anyone else have this
problem?
--
--David

Please see the referenced article at
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/Ex...ordFromDic.htm. The exclusion
dictionary must have an .exc extension.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"CaptionEditor" wrote in message
...
Hi, Ken. Thanks for replying.
If you are in Word 2007, go to:

C:\Documents and Settings\captionuser\Application Data\Microsoft\UProof

Underneath the CUSTOM.DIC you should see

ExcludeDictionaryEN0409.lex

Open this file using a text editor, such as Notepad.

Enter any words you want Spellcheck to flag, such as "pubic" in lower
case,
each word followed by a hard return.

To my understanding, Spellcheck will recognize any instance of each word
in
the list irrespective of case. For instance, it should flag "pubic,"
"Pubic," and "PUBIC."
It does this in my Word 2003 fine. However, I've found in my Word 2007
that
it doesn't catch the uppercase instances. And, yes, I have un-checked
(un-ticked) the "Ignore Uppercase" box in Word 2007's Spellcheck options.
I
am at a loss for a solution.

Thank you!

David, the Captioner
--
--D


"Ken Y." wrote:

Sorry about that blank reply.

I was wondering how you got the ExcludeDictionary to work. When I try to
add it to the Custom Dictionaries...it wants to add a .dic extention to
the
.lex extension.
I googled all over and I can't seem to find any help on this.

Thanks!


"CaptionEditor" wrote:

I created an exclusion dictionary for Word 2007. However, the
dictionary
does not flag words if they are in all UPPERCASE where it flags the
same
words if they are in mixed or lower case. Previously in Word 2003 I
was able
to flag words no matter what case they are in. Does anyone else have
this
problem?
--
--David

Hi and thank you for the reply!

Unfortunately I did try un-clicking "Ignore words in UPPERCASE" and the
problem still persists. I've tried many rational and irrational variations
of the Spellcheck preferences and still nothing. Strangely, the Spellchecker
will flag uppercase words that are truly mispelled, for instance "PUBCI," but
it won't catch "PUBIC" if I've entered it into my Exclusion Dictionary.

The purpose of this project is to easily catch common English words that in
context could be deamed profanity by broadcasting censors for closed
captioning, words like "COME," "EAT," "GOD" and so on. And our captioning
style is in all UPPERCASE words for dialogue.

Thanks again!

David
--
--D


"Cindy M." wrote:

Hi David,

I created an exclusion dictionary for Word 2007. However, the dictionary
does not flag words if they are in all UPPERCASE where it flags the same
words if they are in mixed or lower case. Previously in Word 2003 I was able
to flag words no matter what case they are in. Does anyone else have this
problem?

Have you checked that "Ignore words in UPPERCASE" is not activated in the Word
Options, Proofing tab?

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005)
http://www.word.mvps.org

This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply
in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-)

Hi, Suzanne, and thanks for the speed-of-light reply!

I have seen the page linked below. In fact that's the one I used to set up
an Exclusioin Dictionary in my Word 2003. Thank you for the very clear
explanation!

I'm now trying to set this up in Word 2007, which has a whole new and
different look and file structure. The Exclusion Dictionary in this version
is called "ExcludeDictionaryEN0409.lex" and seems to work just like
"MSSP3EN.EXC," and it's in a slightly different location:

C:\Documents and Settings\captionuser\Application Data\Microsoft\UProof

instead of

C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Proof

Are you familiary with Word 2007 and its quirks?

Thanks!

David
--
--D


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Please see the referenced article at
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/Ex...ordFromDic.htm. The exclusion
dictionary must have an .exc extension.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"CaptionEditor" wrote in message
...
Hi, Ken. Thanks for replying.
If you are in Word 2007, go to:

C:\Documents and Settings\captionuser\Application Data\Microsoft\UProof

Underneath the CUSTOM.DIC you should see

ExcludeDictionaryEN0409.lex

Open this file using a text editor, such as Notepad.

Enter any words you want Spellcheck to flag, such as "pubic" in lower
case,
each word followed by a hard return.

To my understanding, Spellcheck will recognize any instance of each word
in
the list irrespective of case. For instance, it should flag "pubic,"
"Pubic," and "PUBIC."
It does this in my Word 2003 fine. However, I've found in my Word 2007
that
it doesn't catch the uppercase instances. And, yes, I have un-checked
(un-ticked) the "Ignore Uppercase" box in Word 2007's Spellcheck options.
I
am at a loss for a solution.

Thank you!

David, the Captioner
--
--D


"Ken Y." wrote:

Sorry about that blank reply.

I was wondering how you got the ExcludeDictionary to work. When I try to
add it to the Custom Dictionaries...it wants to add a .dic extention to
the
.lex extension.
I googled all over and I can't seem to find any help on this.

Thanks!


"CaptionEditor" wrote:

I created an exclusion dictionary for Word 2007. However, the
dictionary
does not flag words if they are in all UPPERCASE where it flags the
same
words if they are in mixed or lower case. Previously in Word 2003 I
was able
to flag words no matter what case they are in. Does anyone else have
this
problem?
--
--David

Sorry,

The locations for Word 2007 is (including the username)

C:\Documents and Settings\(your username)\Application
Data\Microsoft\UProof\ExcludeDictionaryEN0409.lex

Thanks!
David

--
--D


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Please see the referenced article at
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/Ex...ordFromDic.htm. The exclusion
dictionary must have an .exc extension.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"CaptionEditor" wrote in message
...
Hi, Ken. Thanks for replying.
If you are in Word 2007, go to:

C:\Documents and Settings\captionuser\Application Data\Microsoft\UProof

Underneath the CUSTOM.DIC you should see

ExcludeDictionaryEN0409.lex

Open this file using a text editor, such as Notepad.

Enter any words you want Spellcheck to flag, such as "pubic" in lower
case,
each word followed by a hard return.

To my understanding, Spellcheck will recognize any instance of each word
in
the list irrespective of case. For instance, it should flag "pubic,"
"Pubic," and "PUBIC."
It does this in my Word 2003 fine. However, I've found in my Word 2007
that
it doesn't catch the uppercase instances. And, yes, I have un-checked
(un-ticked) the "Ignore Uppercase" box in Word 2007's Spellcheck options.
I
am at a loss for a solution.

Thank you!

David, the Captioner
--
--D


"Ken Y." wrote:

Sorry about that blank reply.

I was wondering how you got the ExcludeDictionary to work. When I try to
add it to the Custom Dictionaries...it wants to add a .dic extention to
the
.lex extension.
I googled all over and I can't seem to find any help on this.

Thanks!


"CaptionEditor" wrote:

I created an exclusion dictionary for Word 2007. However, the
dictionary
does not flag words if they are in all UPPERCASE where it flags the
same
words if they are in mixed or lower case. Previously in Word 2003 I
was able
to flag words no matter what case they are in. Does anyone else have
this
problem?
--
--David