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MS Office Forum / Word / Spelling and Grammar / April 2004Exclude dictionary doesn't work in Word 97
Hello! I can't get my exclude dictionaries to work. I'm running Win98SE and Word97 (Russian). I've followed the instructions found at http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/ExcludeWordFromDic.htm as well as searched the MS Knowledge Base for this and have read the article 78340 "Words in Exclude Dictionary Not Flagged as Incorrect" and related info. The reasons listed there don't apply to my case - my files have correct names and extension, no double extensions (Mssp2_en.exc - for English and mssp_ru.exc - for Russian), saved as ansi-text-only, sitting right beside Mssp2_en.lex and mssp_ru.lex in the same folder - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Proof, which is also set as dictionaries location in Word's settings (Options-Tools-File locations). I've restarted Word, rebooted and even ran a SR-2 pack (and rebooted again) and tried to re-create the .exc files several times. Still no joy. At first I thought that might be the quirk of the Russian version but I asked my friend with an English Windows and Word97 to try it (the English part) and it didn't work either. I'll be very grateful for any help with this. Thanks! Constantine > I can't get my exclude dictionaries to work. I'm running Win98SE and > Word97 (Russian). 8<snip! > sitting right beside Mssp2_en.lex and mssp_ru.lex in the same folder - > C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Proof, which is also > set as dictionaries location in Word's settings (Options-Tools-File > locations). I've restarted Word, rebooted and even ran a SR-2 pack Despite what the instructions may say, the file location is wrong. Try putting the exclusion dictionary in the same folder as your custom dictionary (custom.dic). This is how it must be in WinXP/Office XP. It may work for your setup.  SignatureBob Kanyak's Doghouse http://kanyak.com > > I can't get my exclude dictionaries to work. I'm running Win98SE and > > Word97 (Russian). [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > dictionary (custom.dic). This is how it must be in WinXP/Office XP. It may > work for your setup. My custom.dic is sitting right there as well. Still doesn't work. Is there a bug? Hello Constantine et al I use Word-2000 under Windows-2000-Prof. My exclude dictionary WAS a very valuable tool in my work. It had several hundred entries. And I know it was in the right place because it used to work. But I lost use of it several months ago and I've not managed to find out why nor have I managed to get it going again - despite the knowledge base and despite tips offered in this group. I wish there were a specific entry in the registry dedicated to the exclude dictionary - but there's not. I can't help but I can understand your frustration. Best regards from Ray When I followed the mvps site instructions as well, at first I couldn' get it to work either (I am using word 97 at work and 2000 at home, an it now works on both). The problem I had was that I changed the fil from a .txt to a .ecx file, thinking this was a necessary step. I should really be mssp2_en.ecx.txt, even if it doesn't appear that wa in Explorer. Note that custom.dic is still a text file, even though i appears that .dic is the extension in Explorer. The important thing i that the exclude dictionary file should have the same text file icon a the custom.dic file, as this will indicate that it's the right type. I this was your problem, try creating a new .txt file in Notepad, save i as mssp2_en.exc in the custom.dic file's folder, then leave it alone and hopefully it will work the next time you load Word. I hope that this was your problem and you can now fix it; otherwise have no clue what it could be. Cclia When I followed the mvps site instructions as well, at first I couldn' get it to work either (I am using word 97 at work and 2000 at home, an it now works on both). The problem I had was that I changed the fil from a .txt to a .ecx file, thinking this was a necessary step. I should really be mssp2_en.ecx.txt, even if it doesn't appear that wa in Explorer. Note that custom.dic is still a text file, even though i appears that .dic is the extension in Explorer. The important thing i that the exclude dictionary file should have the same text file icon a the custom.dic file, as this will indicate that it's the right type. I this was your problem, try creating a new .txt file in Notepad, save i as mssp2_en.exc in the custom.dic file's folder, then leave it alone and hopefully it will work the next time you load Word. I hope that this was your problem and you can now fix it; otherwise have no clue what it could be. Cclia |
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