Excel-custom.DIC

[Elmer Hartnett]

I have inadverdently added new a custom dictionary by
typing a word in the Add words to: box and clicking Add.
Can not find how to delete. Should only have CUSTOM.DIC
there. I now have 4 or 5 others. Can anyone help? Thank
you!

 

[Dave Peterson]

Depending on your upgrade path, I think you can have more than one. But it sure
looks like only one is used (discounting a pc shared with multiple users).

If you search for custom.dic, you can determine the last one updated by the
date. Keep that one and move the others to a nice safe spot (make a note of the
location, just in case you screw it up).

Then start MSWord.
Tools|Options|Spelling and Grammar Tab|Custom dictionaries Tab|Modify button
(delete the words you don't want)

MSOffice applications share this file.


And I guess you could actually have more than one custom.dic. (I would think if
you needed more than one, you'd use a unique name--but you don't have to.) You
could use one custom.dic to contain all your acronyms/jargon for your work
stuff.

Then another for all the family names. You may not want to commingle your
words.

 

[Elmer Hartnett]

Thank you Dave. I don't know why, but I have been unable
to locate custom.dic in the search. It keeps coming up
empty. Could this be something Microsoft keeps hidden?

 

[Dave Peterson]

It's not hidden in win98, but make sure you search through hidden folders and
for hidden files.

(There's an option under the search dialog. You did use the Start
Button|Find|Files and folders to search???)