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Entry: Custom Dictionary - A10125613
Author: matgreener - U3057603

save time with word & custom dictionaries

I use this in work - developed the idea myself & find it a huge help

This is really useful!

Does it work in other software? If not, or you don't know, I'd suggest you change the title to something like the subtitle that you have, and add 'Creating' and 'Microsoft' ie - 'Creating Custom Dictionaries in Microsoft Word' so everyone knows that the entry is about.

thanks - it does work in all of the microsoft office suite - but it would mainly be used in word - so your comment was useful

Glad to help.

Good idea - it'll come in really useful.

...you shall no longer balk at the resisitivity of constantan! You shall know that that is what I meant!....

oooooooh new toy!

Hiya, fellow researcher!

You may want to add a caveat to the entry.

Everytime you add to the Custom Dictionary, you slightly reduce its ability to spot misspelled words, because it now knows more 'correct' spelling for words.

E.G.: If I add the abbreviation len (for length), because I'm typing lot of formulas, the dictionary will not highlight len when I mean to type pen.

Just a thought.

matgreener, are you still around? This is short, but I don't think it needs to be long!

I use the custom dictionary too and i dont think he been around for a month

According to his space:

Last posted: Mar 17, 2006

3 months

was not around for a while (finishing off my college work but back now)

your back now

Yes

Hi matgreener

You should probably mention that this will work for all Office programs, but do they all draw from the Word dictionaries or do dictionaries have to be added to each individual program that uses them?

For the sake of completeness you should also include FordsTowel's suggestion that this will reduce the effectiveness overall of the standard dictionary and how.

As a stand-alone guide entry, it does feel a bit short. While an explanation of the dictionary feature doesn't require additional explanation, are there any other little-known features of Word or Office that would merit inclusion, to expand the focus of the entry? Would you be interested in doing that, or are you happy with this just as it stands?

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Seconded. I'll see if I can't figure out how to add it to the database.