Custom Dictionary not available

[drawbridge35]

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: intel

When I open Word 2008 it says custom dictionary not available or full and will not let me correct or add words. Please advise

 

[John McGhie]

You have set a "Language" on your custom dictionary, and that is not the
language your text is in.

Set your Custom Dictionary to "No Language".

If that doesn't cure it, come back: there is a bug that corrupts the custom
dictionaries, and we need to get serious with it.

Cheers

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: intel

When I open Word 2008 it says custom dictionary not available or full and will
not let me correct or add words. Please advise

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[The.Zollers]

You have set a "Language" on your custom dictionary, and that is not the
language your text is in.

Set your Custom Dictionary to "No Language".

If that doesn't cure it, come back: there is a bug that corrupts the custom
dictionaries, and we need to get serious with it.

Cheers




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Don't wait for your answer, click here:http://www.word.mvps.org/

Please reply in the group. Please do NOT email me unless I ask you to.

John McGhie, Consultant Technical Writer
McGhie Information Engineering Pty Ltdhttp://jgmcghie.fastmail.com.au/
Sydney, Australia. S33°53'34.20 E151°14'54.50
+61 4 1209 1410, mailto:[email protected]

I have the same problem mentioned above. Using an Intel macbook with
Leopard and Office 2008. I have created a custom dictionary being sure
to set it to "no language." It works fine, adding words and
remembering them until I quit word. When I start the program again
once more I get the message: "The custom dictionary "New Custom
Dictionary" is not available." I then go into the preferences once
again and "New Custom Dictionary" is selected, it shows there is "no
language" connected to it and when I then close the preferences again
I get the "not available" warning. The "New Custom Dictionary" file is
still there and can be accessed. I have now deleted the custom
dictionary and created a new one several times using different names
for the file and also linking it to a specific language but the
results are the same. I have also followed the indications given in on
www.word.mvps.org but this has no results either and really does not
address this particular problem. Please advise. Thank you.

 

[CyberTaz]

Unfortunately there isn't much more to advise you *of* - it sounds like
you've done all there is and done it as right as you could:-( The problem
with custom dictionaries is something which has been brought to the
attention of MacBU but as yet there is no fix. It is reportedly something
which is random & hard to reproduce. Until they are able to isolate a cause
it's virtually impossible to formulate a cure.

One suggestion that has been made in this group is to navigate to the
dictionary file in Finder & drag it to the Word icon in the Dock. This seems
to provide relief for some, but whether it's permanent I don't know. Those
to whom it's been suggested haven't bothered to report back (AFAIK).

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[danfrydman]

I had the same problem, but changing the Custom Dictionary language to
none seems to have done the job for me.

Dan