Spell check won't work in Excel

[jerickso]

I just upgraded to Office Mac 2004 and was hoping I could use the spell
check function. It did not work in my older version of Office Mac. When
I try to spell check in Excel I get the message "Invalid custom
dictionary." I tried help and went to my custom dictionary in Word.
Spell check works fine in Word, so how do I fix this.

I'm not real computer savvy so please explain things to me step by
step.

Thanks,

Judy

 

[John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macintosh]]

Hi Judy:

Did you run the Remove Office tool to remove your previous version? If not,
it will have gotten a little confused

Close ALL Microsoft Office applications and have a look here:
<User>:Libraryreferences:Microsoft:

There should be a file named "Custom Dictionary"

Open it in Text Edit and see what's in it. If it's not there, create a
blank text file simply named "Custom Dictionary" (with the capital letters).

The content should be a single column of words. If you see any numbers or
funny characters in there, delete them, then save the file.

It should work now

Cheers

I just upgraded to Office Mac 2004 and was hoping I could use the spell
check function. It did not work in my older version of Office Mac. When
I try to spell check in Excel I get the message "Invalid custom
dictionary." I tried help and went to my custom dictionary in Word.
Spell check works fine in Word, so how do I fix this.

I'm not real computer savvy so please explain things to me step by
step.

Thanks,

Judy

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