Word 2003 and Stedman medical spellchecker

[Valerie]

I recently got a new computer set-up from work which is using Word
2003. Stedman version 6 medical dictionary and spellchecker are
installed but it isn't interfacing with Word. When I type medical
reports, all my medical terminology is highlighted as misspelled. How
do I get the medical spellchecker to actually interface with Word??

 

[garfield-n-odie]

In Word, click on Tools | Options | Spelling & Grammar | uncheck
the "Suggest from main dictionary only" box | Custom Dictionaries
| check the "Stedmans" box | OK | OK.

 

[Valerie]

OK, that's done except when I go into Custom Dictionaries stedman's
isn't listed there.

 

[garfield-n-odie]

That would explain why Stedmans is not interfacing with Word.
Click on the Add button, and add Stedmans to the list of
available dictionaries.

 

[Valerie]

This is going to sound really stupid, but how do I do that? There are
several different files for Stedman's.

 

[garfield-n-odie]

Hmmm... I would have expected that Stedman's would install a .DIC
file for Microsoft Word, just like it installs a .LEX file for
Corel WordPerfect. But I just read the Stedman's Spellchecker
Plus 2005 users' guide at http://www.stedmans.com/section.cfm/11
, and that does not seem to be the case. The instructions for
Word just say that in Tools | Options | Spelling & Grammar, the
"Always suggest" box should be checked, and the "Suggest from
main dictionary only" box should be unchecked. I think this is
going to be a question you'll have to ask Stedman's. They give
contact information at the link above.

 

[Valerie]

Thanks for your time - I did call them and, duh, the Stedman's
dictionary is not a spellchecker. Sorry for wasting your time. The
hospital put the wrong program on my computer obviously.