I'm in exactly the same boat - driving me bonkers. I update automatically and
dictionary not working properly in word and not at all in Excel. HElp!
cmdphot wrote:
Hi John, <br>thanks again for your thorough response.
12-Jan-10
Hi John, <br>
thanks again for your thorough response. I changed my language to English in
the system preferences - I did not realize that I had so many other languages
checked. I also changed my language to standard in the word preferences and
double checked to see if I have the most recent version of excel (I get
updates automatically, but checked anyway) Still, the spell check in excel
refers to a custom spelling dictionary (that I have no idea where it is lodged
in my system). It is definitely frustrating. I use excel often, but since I
can not check the spelling, I am going to try the mac version of excel -
numbers. I will see if that program has a spelling glitch. <br><br>Thanks
again for your time, <br>
Cheryl
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spell check for excel 2008 - not working
Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard)
Processor: Intel
I am using excel 2008. I can not use spell check. I get the following message,
"The word does not exist in the custom dictionary. The word contains
invalid characters." <br><br>When I go to tools>I select language and it
is English. I am not in a custom dictionary - or if I am I do not know how to
get out of it. Any advise would be appreciated. <br>
CMD
The Custom Dictionary for all Office applications is created and maintainedin
The Custom Dictionary for all Office applications is created and maintained
in Word. Check in the Word Help and delete your custom dictionary.
Then follow the instructions in the Word help to create a new one, and all
should be well.
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Thanks for your response.
Thanks for your response. The forum was down for a few days otherwise I would
have thanked you sooner. I went ahead and deleted the custom dictionary in
word. Then created a new one in word. Still, I can not spell check in excel.
If I do not add the custom dictionary to word or when I do, in either case,
spell check in excel tells me the custom dictionary message. <br><br>For some
reason I can not override this. Any other ideas? <br><br>Happy New Year, <br>
Cheryl
This can be a very irritating error to track down.
This can be a very irritating error to track down.
There are 29 versions of "English", each is an individual "language" (that is
what controls which dictionary to use). Which one are you using?
For most English-language users, the custom dictionary should be set to "no
language" so it works with all flavours of English. If the custom
dictionary has a language specified, you must then create and maintain a
separate custom dictionary for every kind of English you expect to have sent
to you. it is a lot: use "no language".
Excel picks up the language it is using from the Operating System on
startup. Check which Language you are specifying in your System
Preferences.
The spelling checker has had various bugs fixed since 2008 went on sale.
Make sure both OS X and Office have all the latest updates applied.
Hope this helps
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[email protected]
Hi John, <br>thanks again for your thorough response.
Hi John, <br>
thanks again for your thorough response. I changed my language to English in
the system preferences - I did not realize that I had so many other languages
checked. I also changed my language to standard in the word preferences and
double checked to see if I have the most recent version of excel (I get
updates automatically, but checked anyway) Still, the spell check in excel
refers to a custom spelling dictionary (that I have no idea where it is lodged
in my system). It is definitely frustrating. I use excel often, but since I
can not check the spelling, I am going to try the mac version of excel -
numbers. I will see if that program has a spelling glitch. <br><br>Thanks
again for your time, <br>
Cheryl
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