Delete a word from the standard (not custom) MSWord dictionary

[Rich A.]

Is it possible to delete a word from the standard (not custom) MSWord dictionary so it will appear as misspelled every time it is typed

As an example, I want the word “brain†to be tagged as misspelled by the spell checker every time it is spelled ‘correctly’

I use Word as my Outlook editor and my goal is for Outlook spell check to catch certain words which are spelled correctly, but are not the words I mean to use due to a slight dyslexic tendency (I often spell “Brain†when I mean to spell “Brianâ€). This way, I can catch these faux pas before they occur.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/ExcludeWordFromDic.htm

Is it possible to delete a word from the standard (not custom) MSWord

dictionary so it will appear as misspelled every time it is typed?

As an example, I want the word “brain†to be tagged as misspelled by the

spell checker every time it is spelled ‘correctly’.

I use Word as my Outlook editor and my goal is for Outlook spell check to

catch certain words which are spelled correctly, but are not the words I
mean to use due to a slight dyslexic tendency (I often spell “Brain†when I
mean to spell “Brianâ€). This way, I can catch these faux pas before they
occur.

 

[Jay Freedman]

Hi, Rich,

You can't actually delete a word from the dictionary, but you can create an
"exclusion dictionary" that tells Word to flag certain words anyway. See
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/ExcludeWordFromDic.htm.

 

[Graham Mayor]

You could setup an autocorrect entry, or you could use the 'exclude
dictionary'. If you check Word help for 'exclude dictionary' the process is
described in detail.

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[Rich A.]

Thank you very much Suzanne, Jay and Graham! I appreciate your help!