While using MS WORD for creating professional documents , you have ti encountered with a problem that is the MS WORD underlines some words or change some words because they are not present in the default dictionary.Then you have two option to get rid of this situation.

First is:

Add these words in the default dictionary.

And second is:

Create a custom dictionary.

You can do second option in MS WORD 2007. To create a custom dictionary follow these steps:

  • Open the Notepad
  • Type one word per line
  • Click ' Edit | Save As' to save the file
  • Select the ' All Files' from the ' Save As Type ' drop down list
  • Type the file name with " .dic " extension
  • Select 'Unicode' from 'Encoding' drp down list and save the file.

Now your custom dictionary is ready. To use this dictionary follow these steps:

  • Start the MS WORD 2007. Click on the 'Office Button'
  • Select the 'Word Option' button appearing at the foot of the drop down list.
  • Click the ' Proofing' tab from the left side panel 'Word Option' dialog box
  • Click on the 'Custom Dictionaries...' button appearing under the 'When correcting spelling in Microsoft office Programs' section of dialog box
  • Click the 'add' button from the 'custom dictionaries' dialog box
  • Browse for the saved "*.dic" file and click 'open'
  • Once the file appears in the 'custom dictionaries' , make sure that the check box against the file entry is checked on
  • Click 'OK' to close 'custom dictionaries' dialog box
  • Click 'OK' to close the 'Word option' dialog box

Now your custom dictionary is added.


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