Heenan, Lambert
Lambert.Heenan at aig.com
Mon Apr 7 14:04:44 CDT 2014
Within Word (2010 for example) go to File/Options. Select the Proofing tab. Click the Custom Dictionaries button and you get a dialog which tells you where the text file of the custom dictionary is, and has an Edit Word List button. Lambert -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Arthur Fuller Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2014 3:02 PM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: [dba-Tech] Just curious: How does Word implement its "Add to Dictionary" feature? 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 _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com