Word should have sub-dictionaries for specific professions, etc.

[tothebeans]

Word should have extra dictionaries beyond the normal one. They could team
up with industry leaders [such as teaming up with the American Psychological
Association for Psychology] and have a dictionary made up specifically for
that discipline or profession. The reason for doing this is because I am a
student and often Word does not recognize words that we often use in
Psychology [and it would be nice to know if I am spelling them right]. They
could sell these for a cheap cost or for free [because they will not take
great deals of effort to incorporate into their current system. Going
through and adding specific words to each dictionary on each computer I ever
use is tiresome and boring.

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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

You can create your own custom dictionary and copy it from one machine to
another. You can have as many custom dictionaries as desired on any machine.

Word should have extra dictionaries beyond the normal one. They could team
up with industry leaders [such as teaming up with the American Psychological
Association for Psychology] and have a dictionary made up specifically for
that discipline or profession. The reason for doing this is because I am a
student and often Word does not recognize words that we often use in
Psychology [and it would be nice to know if I am spelling them right]. They
could sell these for a cheap cost or for free [because they will not take
great deals of effort to incorporate into their current system. Going
through and adding specific words to each dictionary on each computer I ever
use is tiresome and boring.

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[tothebeans]

Good comment, but I guess this is not the point of it all. The point is that
creating your own custom dictionary [that encompasses all the commonly used
words in your profession] would take a great deal of time. If Microsoft
hired someone to do this they could greatly improve their services,
personalization of software, and at minimal cost.

You can create your own custom dictionary and copy it from one machine to
another. You can have as many custom dictionaries as desired on any machine.

Word should have extra dictionaries beyond the normal one. They could team
up with industry leaders [such as teaming up with the American Psychological
Association for Psychology] and have a dictionary made up specifically for
that discipline or profession. The reason for doing this is because I am a
student and often Word does not recognize words that we often use in
Psychology [and it would be nice to know if I am spelling them right]. They
could sell these for a cheap cost or for free [because they will not take
great deals of effort to incorporate into their current system. Going
through and adding specific words to each dictionary on each computer I ever
use is tiresome and boring.

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[Jezebel]

Where do you get 'minimal cost' from? How many lexicographers do you know?
Harmless drudges they may be (pace the good doctor), but cheap they are not.

Good comment, but I guess this is not the point of it all. The point is
that
creating your own custom dictionary [that encompasses all the commonly
used
words in your profession] would take a great deal of time. If Microsoft
hired someone to do this they could greatly improve their services,
personalization of software, and at minimal cost.

You can create your own custom dictionary and copy it from one machine to
another. You can have as many custom dictionaries as desired on any
machine.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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Word should have extra dictionaries beyond the normal one. They could team
up with industry leaders [such as teaming up with the American Psychological
Association for Psychology] and have a dictionary made up specifically
for
that discipline or profession. The reason for doing this is because I
am a
student and often Word does not recognize words that we often use in
Psychology [and it would be nice to know if I am spelling them right]. They
could sell these for a cheap cost or for free [because they will not
take
great deals of effort to incorporate into their current system. Going
through and adding specific words to each dictionary on each computer I ever
use is tiresome and boring.

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[Jay Freedman]

The point of it is that there are hundreds of specialties and thousands of
organizations that don't agree with each other on terminology; that's
compounded by dozens of languages and dialects. Microsoft would go broke
trying to compile all those dictionaries and keep them current and correct.

If the organizations you mentioned wanted to perform a service for their
members, they could compile custom dictionaries -- which are, after all,
only plain text files containing one word per line -- and distribute them to
members and students. Depending on the specialty in question, you may
already find these files (which may be called something like "word lists" or
"terminology" instead of "dictionaries") on the web sites of those
organizations.

If you don't find what you want, consider it an entreprenurial opportunity.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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Good comment, but I guess this is not the point of it all. The point
is that creating your own custom dictionary [that encompasses all the
commonly used words in your profession] would take a great deal of
time. If Microsoft hired someone to do this they could greatly
improve their services, personalization of software, and at minimal
cost.

You can create your own custom dictionary and copy it from one
machine to another. You can have as many custom dictionaries as
desired on any machine.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so all may benefit.

Word should have extra dictionaries beyond the normal one. They
could team
up with industry leaders [such as teaming up with the American Psychological
Association for Psychology] and have a dictionary made up
specifically for that discipline or profession. The reason for
doing this is because I am a
student and often Word does not recognize words that we often use in
Psychology [and it would be nice to know if I am spelling them
right]. They
could sell these for a cheap cost or for free [because they will
not take great deals of effort to incorporate into their current
system. Going through and adding specific words to each dictionary
on each computer I ever
use is tiresome and boring.

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and then click "I Agree" in the message pane.

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[Charles Kenyon]

There often are dictionaries available commercially.
--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
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