Dictionary button not working, sometimes grayed out

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Janet, the writer's geek - 05 Aug 2006 06:45 GMT

Hi,

I can add the "Dictionary" button (it's under Tools) to a toolbar, but
clicking it does nothing. Some of the time it is greyed out. I've tried
this on three machines, with and without text selected. I'm running
Word 2002, and have checked it on machines with and without Service
Pack 1.

Is anyone else able to make this button work?

THANKS!

-- Janet

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Janet, the writer's geek - 05 Aug 2006 06:55 GMT

(For the record, all my custom dictionaries are set to "All
Languages.")

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Cindy M -WordMVP- - 05 Aug 2006 10:17 GMT

Hi Janet,,

> I can add the "Dictionary" button (it's under Tools) to a toolbar, but
> clicking it does nothing. Some of the time it is greyed out. I've tried
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> Is anyone else able to make this button work?

What do you expect the button to do?

And could you please be much more specific about where you found it?
"Tools" is a rather large area to cover...

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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Janet, the writer's geek - 06 Aug 2006 00:33 GMT

When customizing the toolbar, I find the Dictionary command 7th on the
list in the Tools category, near the end of the spelling and grammar
section. The description says it "Activates, creates, edits, adds, or
removes custom dictionaries that Word uses to correct spelling." I'm
assuming that this button is a short cut to opening the Custom
Dictionaries dialogue box, which can also be opened by clicking "Custom
Dictionaries" on the Spelling & Grammar options dialogue box (Tools |
Options | Spelling & Grammar tab).

Thanks in advance for any help anyone can offer!

-- Janet

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Cindy M. - 07 Aug 2006 14:22 GMT

Hi Janet,,

> When customizing the toolbar, I find the Dictionary command 7th on the
> list in the Tools category, near the end of the spelling and grammar
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> Dictionaries" on the Spelling & Grammar options dialogue box (Tools |
> Options | Spelling & Grammar tab).

Here, in Word 2003 it's always grayed out. Looking in the Macro dialog
box, a the list of "Word commands" it says "Translates selected word". My
best guess would be that it's something old that's been disconnected (and
falsely labelled) or something that never got connected.

FWIW, I've never been able to find a good way to open the Dictionaries
dialog box directly. Best I've ever been able to do was use Send Keys to
get there, with varying results.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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Janet, the writer's geek - 07 Aug 2006 20:44 GMT

Thanks! That's what I was afraid of. Is anyone else willing to see if
they can make it work, especially in a more recent version of Word?

-- Janet

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