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Mac Forum / Applications / Word / May 2008Adding a Word to the Dictionary (Mac Office 2008, UK dictionary)
I've just switched the Word spell checker to use a UK dictionary - and now I am no longer able to add words. The 'Add' option is greyed out... Michael Foord http://www.ironpythoninaction.com/ Hi fuzzyman - I would tend to think that's because your Custom Dictionary - to which words are added - may be defined by the language you were previously using. If so there are two choices: One would be to go to Word Preferences> Spelling & Grammar - Dictionaries, select your custom Dictionary & set the language to None. This should allow you to accumulate terms of any language in the same Custom Dictionary. The other would be to go to the same dialog but create a *new* (additional) Custom Dictionary & define it for English (UK) if you want to keep those entries separate from the others. You might find the following page helpful in several regards: http://word.mvps.org/Mac/SpellCheck.html HTH |:>) Bob Jones [MVP] Office:Mac On 5/10/08 9:49 AM, in article 5f53374b-efd0-42a8-97f3-80b602a18aa4@8g2000hse.googlegroups.com, "Fuzzyman" <fuzzyman@gmail.com> wrote: > I've just switched the Word spell checker to use a UK dictionary - and > now I am no longer able to add words. The 'Add' option is greyed > out... > > Michael Foord > http://www.ironpythoninaction.com/ > Hi fuzzyman - > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > select your custom Dictionary & set the language to None. This should allow > you to accumulate terms of any language in the same Custom Dictionary. OK - so I go to "Word Preferences-> Spelling & Grammar -> Dictionaries", select custom dictionary (check it) and choose 'English (UK)'. I then select 'OK', go back to the dialog and custom dictionary is unchecked and back to 'English (AUS)' - which I have *never* chosen! Michael Foord http://www.ironpythoninaction.com/ > The other would be to go to the same dialog but create a *new* (additional) > Custom Dictionary & define it for English (UK) if you want to keep those [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > Michael Foord > >http://www.ironpythoninaction.com/ > > Hi fuzzyman - > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > I then select 'OK', go back to the dialog and custom dictionary is > unchecked and back to 'English (AUS)' - which I have *never* chosen! Ok - so I've read through the page you pointed me to properly now. I've set the default language properly and created a custom dictionary with no language. It is still not being used and 'Add' is still grayed out... Michael Foord http://www.ironpythoninaction.com/ > Michael Foordhttp://www.ironpythoninaction.com/ > [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > > Michael Foord > > >http://www.ironpythoninaction.com/ Hi Michael: OK, so your Custom Dictionary has corrupted. Delete it and create a new one. There are some major bugs in the spelling/language mechanisms currently. We are hoping that the first Service Release, which is due out shortly, will resolve some of them. You got English AUS simply because it's the first in the list. Which means things got pretty pooched. Hope this helps On 11/05/08 2:11 AM, in article bbb3d93c-7ea7-4651-9cda-6ac20b1abdf2@m36g2000hse.googlegroups.com, >>> Hi fuzzyman - >> [quoted text clipped - 46 lines] >>>> Michael Foord >>>> http://www.ironpythoninaction.com/  SignatureDon't wait for your answer, click here: http://www.word.mvps.org/ Please reply in the group. Please do NOT email me unless I ask you to. John McGhie, Microsoft MVP, Word and Word:Mac Sydney, Australia. mailto:john@mcghie.name > Hi Michael: > > OK, so your Custom Dictionary has corrupted. Delete it and create a new > one. Nope - Removing them all from the UI (which doesn't delete the actual files!) *and* then deleting the custom dictionary files, followed by creating a new one has the same problem. :-( Michael http://www.ironpythoninaction.com/ > There are some major bugs in the spelling/language mechanisms currently. We > are hoping that the first Service Release, which is due out shortly, will [quoted text clipped - 66 lines] > John McGhie, Microsoft MVP, Word and Word:Mac > Sydney, Australia. mailto:j...@mcghie.name Yeah: It often re-corrupts instantly. We'll just have to wait for the patch. Not long to wait now... On 13/05/08 5:43 AM, in article 9dd2f0f5-8a90-46fe-a8f4-20fc90e6ae3e@i76g2000hsf.googlegroups.com, >> Hi Michael: >> [quoted text clipped - 83 lines] >> John McGhie, Microsoft MVP, Word and Word:Mac >> Sydney, Australia. mailto:j...@mcghie.name SignatureDon't wait for your answer, click here: http://www.word.mvps.org/ Please reply in the group. Please do NOT email me unless I ask you to. John McGhie, Microsoft MVP, Word and Word:Mac Nhulunbuy, NT, Australia. mailto:john@mcghie.name Hello John, I stumbled across this thread and was wondering if you could help. I am trying to create a custom lexicon that is placed in the customs dictionary folder, this part is no problem. After placing the custom dictionary in the correct folder, the custom dictionary window when opened shows the new custom dictionary, however, it is not selected. I would like to create a script or something that will automatically select the added custom dictionary when it is found in the custom dictionary folder. Do you have any ideas on how I could do this? Thanks! You would have to do that in AppleScript, and I have no idea how. Sorry. On 16/05/08 5:13 AM, in article 9D05CEA5-C0FB-4E2B-920C-FC7C0284408A@microsoft.com, "EricEepers108" > Hello John, > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > ideas on how I could do this? > Thanks! SignatureDon't wait for your answer, click here: http://www.word.mvps.org/ Please reply in the group. Please do NOT email me unless I ask you to. John McGhie, Microsoft MVP, Word and Word:Mac Nhulunbuy, NT, Australia. mailto:john@mcghie.name Hi John, Thanks for your help, i will try that! > You would have to do that in AppleScript, and I have no idea how. Sorry. > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > ideas on how I could do this? > > Thanks! |
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