Custom Dictionary

[shanemac]

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

I'm repeatedly getting the following dialog box:
The custom dictionary "Custom Dictionary" is not available.

I've tried everything I can think of to fix this. Can you help. I've read posts and tried highlighting the custom dictionary, setting the language to "none", etc.

Thanks,
Shane

 

[Corentin Cras-Méneur]

I'm repeatedly getting the following dialog box:
The custom dictionary "Custom Dictionary" is not available.

Can you try opening the custom dictionary in Word directly?? How doe it
look??

If it looks OK, try modifying one word and saving it to see if it
corrects the problem.

Corentin

 

[shanemac]

Corentin, thanks for the quick response. I tried your suggestion but when I try to open the "Custom Dictionary" from Word it is shaded. In other words, I can't open it from Word.

Shane

 

[Corentin Cras-Méneur]

Corentin, thanks for the quick response. I tried your suggestion but
when I try to open the "Custom Dictionary" from Word it is shaded. In
other words, I can't open it from Word.

Well you can't open it from the dialog in the preferences (I should have
given you more details I guess).

Look for it in the Finder and drag it to the icon for Word in the Dock.

Corentin

 

[shanemac]

Done!! You fixed my problem. Thank you very much for your time.
Cheers,
Shane

 

[CyberTaz]

At the bottom of the Open dialog (when you try to open Custom Dictionary
directly) select All Files from the Enable: list or navigate to it,
Control-Click it & select Open With> Microsoft Word.app - either should
work.

 

[Corentin Cras-Méneur]

Done!! You fixed my problem. Thank you very much for your time.
Cheers,
Shane

Very very very good to know.
Thanks a lot for reporting back that it worked.


Corentin

 

[Seraph]

I still have this problem after trying the above remedies?

 

[CyberTaz]

Regardless of how similar the symptoms may appear to be, if the solution
that worked for others *didn't* work for you it should be obvious that your
situation is *different* in some way - Please post it as a NEW message &
give all your particulars including your Office version, your OS X version &
your flavor of Mac. Otherwise nobody has any idea what to suggest.

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