How to add Unicode word to Custom Dictionary?

[Scott Steinkerchner]

I just got Office 2004 (Macintosh), which is supposed to "fully"
support Unicode, but I can't seem to add a word to my custom
dictionary that uses "non-roman" characters. How do I do this? (This
is the whole point of using unicode... to use non-roman characters).

If I can't, is there any way of having Word use Spell Catcher instead
of its own internal spelling checker? Spell Catcher supports unicode.

 

[John McGhie]

Well, I just managed to add Uãicode to my Custom Dictionary in Word 2004, so
I am not sure what your problem is.

Type the word you want, including the Unicode characters. When it shows up
as a spelling error, choose Add...

That's all there is to it...

I just got Office 2004 (Macintosh), which is supposed to "fully"
support Unicode, but I can't seem to add a word to my custom
dictionary that uses "non-roman" characters. How do I do this? (This
is the whole point of using unicode... to use non-roman characters).

If I can't, is there any way of having Word use Spell Catcher instead
of its own internal spelling checker? Spell Catcher supports unicode.

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John McGhie <[email protected]>
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[Scott Steinkerchner]

Please tell me more. I did this and got the error message that it cannot be
done because "either your word contains non-roman characters or your
custom dictionary is full." I was trying to add words with characters such as
? (an "a" with a bar over it, used in transliterated Sanskrit, made on the
Apple US Extended keyboard with <option-a> followed by <a>).

I spent an hour with Microsoft on the telephone, and they concluded that it
could not be done and was indeed not supported. The custom dictionary
can only contain words rendered in ASCII (the characters you can make with
the US Standard keyboard). So if your experience is different, what gives? I
am using Mac OS 10.3.3 and Word 2004 (just purchased).

 

[John McGhie]

I have replied direct to Scott. He has found a bug: the macron-a won't save
to the custom dictionary. Other Unicode characters *will*. The issue does
not seem to be Unicode, but whether or not the system "thinks" the character
is legal or not.

I have raised a bug report on this, and am waiting for the developers to get
back to me. The bad news is likely to be that this is an expensive problem
and our chances of getting it fixed are close to nil.

Cheers

Please tell me more. I did this and got the error message that it cannot be
done because "either your word contains non-roman characters or your
custom dictionary is full." I was trying to add words with characters such as
? (an "a" with a bar over it, used in transliterated Sanskrit, made on the
Apple US Extended keyboard with <option-a> followed by <a>).

I spent an hour with Microsoft on the telephone, and they concluded that it
could not be done and was indeed not supported. The custom dictionary
can only contain words rendered in ASCII (the characters you can make with
the US Standard keyboard). So if your experience is different, what gives? I
am using Mac OS 10.3.3 and Word 2004 (just purchased).

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Please reply to the newsgroup to maintain the thread. Please do not email
me unless I ask you to.

John McGhie <[email protected]>
Consultant Technical Writer
Sydney, Australia +61 4 1209 1410