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delete words from dictionary
Its not my dictionary, its called CUSTOM.DIC, but from what I can tell its
Microsoft Word's dictionary of words I have told it to add to its dictionary. Now I want to delete these words from its dictionary. Does anyone know how to do that? |
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LittleLamb wrote:
Its not my dictionary, its called CUSTOM.DIC, but from what I can tell its Microsoft Word's dictionary of words I have told it to add to its dictionary. Now I want to delete these words from its dictionary. Does anyone know how to do that? You can go the official route: Tools Options Spelling & Grammar Custom Dictionaries Modify. Or, since Custom.dic is just a plain-text file, you can simply edit it in NotePad. You should find it in the folder C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Microsoft\Proof. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org |
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LittleLamb wrote:
Its not my dictionary, its called CUSTOM.DIC, but from what I can tell its Microsoft Word's dictionary of words I have told it to add to its dictionary. Now I want to delete these words from its dictionary. Does anyone know how to do that? You can go the official route: Tools Options Spelling & Grammar Custom Dictionaries Modify. Or, since Custom.dic is just a plain-text file, you can simply edit it in NotePad. You should find it in the folder C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Microsoft\Proof. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org |
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its not a text document. when i open it by
toolsoptionsSpelling&GrammarCustom Dictionariesdictionaries then highlight the dictionary and click edit, I'm not able to edit this one. I can any of the ones I ahve actually added, but this one is there already. these words "came into being" by doing a spell check and then clicking "add" instead of "change" and so now they are there and I need to delete them. "Jay Freedman" wrote: LittleLamb wrote: Its not my dictionary, its called CUSTOM.DIC, but from what I can tell its Microsoft Word's dictionary of words I have told it to add to its dictionary. Now I want to delete these words from its dictionary. Does anyone know how to do that? You can go the official route: Tools Options Spelling & Grammar Custom Dictionaries Modify. Or, since Custom.dic is just a plain-text file, you can simply edit it in NotePad. You should find it in the folder C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Microsoft\Proof. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org |
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its not a text document. when i open it by
toolsoptionsSpelling&GrammarCustom Dictionariesdictionaries then highlight the dictionary and click edit, I'm not able to edit this one. I can any of the ones I ahve actually added, but this one is there already. these words "came into being" by doing a spell check and then clicking "add" instead of "change" and so now they are there and I need to delete them. "Jay Freedman" wrote: LittleLamb wrote: Its not my dictionary, its called CUSTOM.DIC, but from what I can tell its Microsoft Word's dictionary of words I have told it to add to its dictionary. Now I want to delete these words from its dictionary. Does anyone know how to do that? You can go the official route: Tools Options Spelling & Grammar Custom Dictionaries Modify. Or, since Custom.dic is just a plain-text file, you can simply edit it in NotePad. You should find it in the folder C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Microsoft\Proof. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org |
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In recent Word buttons there's a Modify... button when you click on the
Custom.dic in Tools | Options | Spelling and Grammar | Custom Dictionaries. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "LittleLamb" wrote in message ... its not a text document. when i open it by toolsoptionsSpelling&GrammarCustom Dictionariesdictionaries then highlight the dictionary and click edit, I'm not able to edit this one. I can any of the ones I ahve actually added, but this one is there already. these words "came into being" by doing a spell check and then clicking "add" instead of "change" and so now they are there and I need to delete them. "Jay Freedman" wrote: LittleLamb wrote: Its not my dictionary, its called CUSTOM.DIC, but from what I can tell its Microsoft Word's dictionary of words I have told it to add to its dictionary. Now I want to delete these words from its dictionary. Does anyone know how to do that? You can go the official route: Tools Options Spelling & Grammar Custom Dictionaries Modify. Or, since Custom.dic is just a plain-text file, you can simply edit it in NotePad. You should find it in the folder C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Microsoft\Proof. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org |
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In recent Word buttons there's a Modify... button when you click on the
Custom.dic in Tools | Options | Spelling and Grammar | Custom Dictionaries. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "LittleLamb" wrote in message ... its not a text document. when i open it by toolsoptionsSpelling&GrammarCustom Dictionariesdictionaries then highlight the dictionary and click edit, I'm not able to edit this one. I can any of the ones I ahve actually added, but this one is there already. these words "came into being" by doing a spell check and then clicking "add" instead of "change" and so now they are there and I need to delete them. "Jay Freedman" wrote: LittleLamb wrote: Its not my dictionary, its called CUSTOM.DIC, but from what I can tell its Microsoft Word's dictionary of words I have told it to add to its dictionary. Now I want to delete these words from its dictionary. Does anyone know how to do that? You can go the official route: Tools Options Spelling & Grammar Custom Dictionaries Modify. Or, since Custom.dic is just a plain-text file, you can simply edit it in NotePad. You should find it in the folder C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Microsoft\Proof. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org |
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I actually figured it out be accident. The problem was that this dictionary
was listed as the first one on the list and until I unchecked it, I couldn't change it. Wierd, but then I was able to get ride of those odd words I had and now everythings fine. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: In recent Word buttons there's a Modify... button when you click on the Custom.dic in Tools | Options | Spelling and Grammar | Custom Dictionaries. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "LittleLamb" wrote in message ... its not a text document. when i open it by toolsoptionsSpelling&GrammarCustom Dictionariesdictionaries then highlight the dictionary and click edit, I'm not able to edit this one. I can any of the ones I ahve actually added, but this one is there already. these words "came into being" by doing a spell check and then clicking "add" instead of "change" and so now they are there and I need to delete them. "Jay Freedman" wrote: LittleLamb wrote: Its not my dictionary, its called CUSTOM.DIC, but from what I can tell its Microsoft Word's dictionary of words I have told it to add to its dictionary. Now I want to delete these words from its dictionary. Does anyone know how to do that? You can go the official route: Tools Options Spelling & Grammar Custom Dictionaries Modify. Or, since Custom.dic is just a plain-text file, you can simply edit it in NotePad. You should find it in the folder C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Microsoft\Proof. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org |
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I actually figured it out be accident. The problem was that this dictionary
was listed as the first one on the list and until I unchecked it, I couldn't change it. Wierd, but then I was able to get ride of those odd words I had and now everythings fine. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: In recent Word buttons there's a Modify... button when you click on the Custom.dic in Tools | Options | Spelling and Grammar | Custom Dictionaries. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "LittleLamb" wrote in message ... its not a text document. when i open it by toolsoptionsSpelling&GrammarCustom Dictionariesdictionaries then highlight the dictionary and click edit, I'm not able to edit this one. I can any of the ones I ahve actually added, but this one is there already. these words "came into being" by doing a spell check and then clicking "add" instead of "change" and so now they are there and I need to delete them. "Jay Freedman" wrote: LittleLamb wrote: Its not my dictionary, its called CUSTOM.DIC, but from what I can tell its Microsoft Word's dictionary of words I have told it to add to its dictionary. Now I want to delete these words from its dictionary. Does anyone know how to do that? You can go the official route: Tools Options Spelling & Grammar Custom Dictionaries Modify. Or, since Custom.dic is just a plain-text file, you can simply edit it in NotePad. You should find it in the folder C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Microsoft\Proof. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org |
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