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"Proofing tool cannot write to custom dictionary"
I am using Word 2007 and imported my custom dictionary from Word 2003 (from
another computer) and am not able to add words to the custom dictionary. When I right click the word the "add to dictionary" button is greyed out, and if i go into the proofing tool and try to manually add it to the dictionary, it says "Proofing tool cannot write to custom dictionary." I have checked and the custom dictionary is set to All Languages, and I checked the properties of Custom.dic and it is not set to read only. Is there a way to fix this? |
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"Proofing tool cannot write to custom dictionary"
On Tue, 10 Feb 2009 19:30:00 -0800, Amber E. Amber
wrote: I am using Word 2007 and imported my custom dictionary from Word 2003 (from another computer) and am not able to add words to the custom dictionary. When I right click the word the "add to dictionary" button is greyed out, and if i go into the proofing tool and try to manually add it to the dictionary, it says "Proofing tool cannot write to custom dictionary." I have checked and the custom dictionary is set to All Languages, and I checked the properties of Custom.dic and it is not set to read only. Is there a way to fix this? Word 2003 and earlier used a plain-text ("Windows encoding") file for custom dictionaries, but Word 2007 uses a Unicode encoding. If you were to create a plain-text file, give it a .dic extension, and try to activate it with the Add button in the Custom Dictionaries dialog, you would get a message that you must save the file in Unicode format first. By copying the Word 2003 Custom.dic file, though, you bypassed that warning. Word 2007 is able to read the file and use it to check spelling, but it won't write to the file. To fix this, open the file in Notepad. Click File Save As, change the encoding dropdown from ANSI to Unicode, click OK, and say yes when asked whether to replace the existing file. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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"Proofing tool cannot write to custom dictionary"
Oh, ouch. Guess I'd better add that caveat to my article at
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/MasterSpellCheck.htm -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Jay Freedman" wrote in message ... On Tue, 10 Feb 2009 19:30:00 -0800, Amber E. Amber wrote: I am using Word 2007 and imported my custom dictionary from Word 2003 (from another computer) and am not able to add words to the custom dictionary. When I right click the word the "add to dictionary" button is greyed out, and if i go into the proofing tool and try to manually add it to the dictionary, it says "Proofing tool cannot write to custom dictionary." I have checked and the custom dictionary is set to All Languages, and I checked the properties of Custom.dic and it is not set to read only. Is there a way to fix this? Word 2003 and earlier used a plain-text ("Windows encoding") file for custom dictionaries, but Word 2007 uses a Unicode encoding. If you were to create a plain-text file, give it a .dic extension, and try to activate it with the Add button in the Custom Dictionaries dialog, you would get a message that you must save the file in Unicode format first. By copying the Word 2003 Custom.dic file, though, you bypassed that warning. Word 2007 is able to read the file and use it to check spelling, but it won't write to the file. To fix this, open the file in Notepad. Click File Save As, change the encoding dropdown from ANSI to Unicode, click OK, and say yes when asked whether to replace the existing file. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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