[dba-Tech] Just curious: How does Word implement its "Add to Dictionary" feature?

My custom dictionary for Office 2010 is in:

C:\Users\Stuart\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\UProof

It's a plain text file called Custom.dic


On 6 Apr 2014 at 15:02, Arthur Fuller wrote:

> I'm guessing that it's some sort of text file stored somewhere on my
> hard disk, and assuming that I'm correct, could I edit this file
> directly and add the numerous differences between American and correct
> spelling (i.e. Canadian and English) of words such as "color" vs.
> "colour", "honor" vs. "honour", and so on. I chose simple examples but
> the problem grows rapidly more complex as one progresses to larger
> words.
> 
> Does anyone have any insights as to how MS does it inside Word and the
> other Office apps?
> 
> -- 
> Arthur
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