Hi all

Am using Word 2000 with all latest updates on W98.

I needed to exclude one word from the spell and followed all the
instructions. The main dictionary file (Australian) was in

C;\programfiles\common files\microsoft shared\PROOF

so I put my *.exc file there too. All was OK.

Then I dragged the new file from explorer to the desktop, and added two
new words. Now nothing works, even the first word (that did before). I
have deleted from the desktop (which seemed to cause the problem) and
then deleted under explorer and started all over again. Nothing works.
Any ideas?

Re: Exclusion spell file by Charles

Charles
Wed Apr 19 14:49:14 CDT 2006

The location of the file matters. You don't need it on your desktop to edit
it.
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/general/ExcludeWordFromDic.htm
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<aalaan@tpg.com.au> wrote in message news:444682F1.F566470B@tpg.com.au...
> Hi all
>
> Am using Word 2000 with all latest updates on W98.
>
> I needed to exclude one word from the spell and followed all the
> instructions. The main dictionary file (Australian) was in
>
> C;\programfiles\common files\microsoft shared\PROOF
>
> so I put my *.exc file there too. All was OK.
>
> Then I dragged the new file from explorer to the desktop, and added two
> new words. Now nothing works, even the first word (that did before). I
> have deleted from the desktop (which seemed to cause the problem) and
> then deleted under explorer and started all over again. Nothing works.
> Any ideas?
>



Re: Exclusion spell file by aalaan

aalaan
Wed Apr 19 15:24:44 CDT 2006

Hi Charles

Thank you for replying. I gathered that, but even after starting all over
again it doesn't work now. I'll try again. BTW, it was convenient to access
it from the desktop - I suppose I could make the desktop location simply a
short-cut?


Charles Kenyon wrote:

> The location of the file matters. You don't need it on your desktop to edit
> it.
> http://word.mvps.org/faqs/general/ExcludeWordFromDic.htm
> --
> Charles Kenyon
>
> Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word
>
> Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
> Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide
>
> See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!
>
> My criminal defense site: http://addbalance.com
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> <aalaan@tpg.com.au> wrote in message news:444682F1.F566470B@tpg.com.au...
> > Hi all
> >
> > Am using Word 2000 with all latest updates on W98.
> >
> > I needed to exclude one word from the spell and followed all the
> > instructions. The main dictionary file (Australian) was in
> >
> > C;\programfiles\common files\microsoft shared\PROOF
> >
> > so I put my *.exc file there too. All was OK.
> >
> > Then I dragged the new file from explorer to the desktop, and added two
> > new words. Now nothing works, even the first word (that did before). I
> > have deleted from the desktop (which seemed to cause the problem) and
> > then deleted under explorer and started all over again. Nothing works.
> > Any ideas?
> >




Re: Exclusion spell file by Charles

Charles
Wed Apr 19 15:31:55 CDT 2006

You might double-check your custom dictionary as well. I don't know what
happens if the same word is in the custom dictionary and the exclude list.
--
Charles Kenyon

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

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!

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<aalaan@tpg.com.au> wrote in message news:44469C8C.2804D139@tpg.com.au...
> Hi Charles
>
> Thank you for replying. I gathered that, but even after starting all over
> again it doesn't work now. I'll try again. BTW, it was convenient to
> access
> it from the desktop - I suppose I could make the desktop location simply a
> short-cut?
>
>
> Charles Kenyon wrote:
>
>> The location of the file matters. You don't need it on your desktop to
>> edit
>> it.
>> http://word.mvps.org/faqs/general/ExcludeWordFromDic.htm
>> --
>> Charles Kenyon
>>
>> Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word
>>
>> Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
>> Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide
>>
>> See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!
>>
>> My criminal defense site: http://addbalance.com
>> --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
>> This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies
>> and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn
>> from my ignorance and your wisdom.
>>
>> <aalaan@tpg.com.au> wrote in message news:444682F1.F566470B@tpg.com.au...
>> > Hi all
>> >
>> > Am using Word 2000 with all latest updates on W98.
>> >
>> > I needed to exclude one word from the spell and followed all the
>> > instructions. The main dictionary file (Australian) was in
>> >
>> > C;\programfiles\common files\microsoft shared\PROOF
>> >
>> > so I put my *.exc file there too. All was OK.
>> >
>> > Then I dragged the new file from explorer to the desktop, and added two
>> > new words. Now nothing works, even the first word (that did before).
>> > I
>> > have deleted from the desktop (which seemed to cause the problem) and
>> > then deleted under explorer and started all over again. Nothing works.
>> > Any ideas?
>> >
>
>
>