what do I do when the custom dictionary is full?

[Guest]

I am getting a message that my custom dictionary is full and I am unable to
add additional words. How does one get around this. If I add additional
custom dictionaries, are all consulted or just the default? In other words,
if I create a second customary dictionary and make it my default, will Word
still consult the first one?

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

You can have more than one custom dictionary. As long as they're all loaded
(activated, checked), they'll all be consulted, I believe. It's not clear
from Help what setting one as the default does, but perhaps if there are
conflicts the default one is preferred over the others.

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

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[Bob S]

You can have more than one custom dictionary. As long as they're all loaded
(activated, checked), they'll all be consulted, I believe. It's not clear
from Help what setting one as the default does, but perhaps if there are
conflicts the default one is preferred over the others.

If you use "Add" from the foreground spell checker, the word goes into
the default custom dictionary. That is the only distinction that I
know of. I haven't tried creating conflicting custom dictionaries; my
guess would be that Word would use the first match, and that the
search order might not always be predictable.

Bob S

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Thanks for the confirmation.

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

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