Is there a way to create a list of words in MS Word, so when spell check is
performed it will catch those words.

Or is there a way to create a list of words not to use when typing a word
document.

Thanks

> Is there a way to create a list of words in MS Word, so when spell
> check is performed it will catch those words.
>
> Or is there a way to create a list of words not to use when typing a
> word document.
>
> Thanks

Create a new user dictionary?

Olivia,

I am not sure if you can do that with the spellchecker. You could create a
macro to check the document for bad or inappropriate words.

I haven't thought about this in great detail so there could be a much better
way, but basically you would create a collection of the bad words with a key
(the key is the same word repeated) then you attempt to add each word in the
document to the collection. If the word is a bad word already in your
collection then you can trap the error to process the bad word.

Sub FlagBadWords()
Dim colBadWords As Collection
Dim oWord As Range
Set colBadWords = New Collection
'Create your collection of bad words
With colBadWords
.Add "booger", "booger"
.Add "poop", "poop"
End With
For Each oWord In ActiveDocument.Words
On Error GoTo Err_Handler
colBadWords.Add LCase(Trim(oWord)), LCase(Trim(oWord))
colBadWords.Remove LCase(Trim(oWord))
Err_ReEntry:
On Error GoTo 0
Next
Exit Sub
Err_Handler:
If Err.Number = 457 Then
MsgBox oWord & " is a bad word and will be flagged."
If oWord.Characters.Last = " " Then oWord.MoveEnd wdCharacter, -1
oWord.HighlightColorIndex = wdBrightGreen
Resume Err_ReEntry
Else
MsgBox Err.Number & " " & Err.Description
End If
End Sub


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Greg Maxey - Word MVP

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Olivia wrote:
> Is there a way to create a list of words in MS Word, so when spell
> check is performed it will catch those words.
>
> Or is there a way to create a list of words not to use when typing a
> word document.
>
> Thanks

Yes. What you want is called an Exclusion Dictionary. You add your "not to
use" words in it and Word will flag those words as spelling errors.

If you need specifics on how to create this please let us know the version
of Word you are using.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP
https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Melton

What is a Microsoft MVP? http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/gp/mvpfaqs

"Olivia" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:27D1A28D-3C42-41FC-B700-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Is there a way to create a list of words in MS Word, so when spell check
> is
> performed it will catch those words.
>
> Or is there a way to create a list of words not to use when typing a word
> document.
>
> Thanks

Yes, see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/Ex...ordFromDic.htm

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Olivia" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:27D1A28D-3C42-41FC-B700-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Is there a way to create a list of words in MS Word, so when spell check
> is
> performed it will catch those words.
>
> Or is there a way to create a list of words not to use when typing a word
> document.
>
> Thanks
>