Addition to std French dictionary

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There are some very basic French words missing from the dictionary: e.g.
"reflection" (it was suggested that I replace it with "reflexion", which my
top-level French dictionary gives as an "inferior" alternative)

The French Thesaurus is also fairly dodgy, giving many results as "Aakey"
whatever that's supposed to mean...

 

[Cindy M -WordMVP-]

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There are some very basic French words missing from the dictionary: e.g.
"reflection" (it was suggested that I replace it with "reflexion", which my
top-level French dictionary gives as an "inferior" alternative)

In order to add a word that's missing and marked as incorrect, right-click the
word and choose "Add" to add it to your custom dictionary.

The French Thesaurus is also fairly dodgy, giving many results as "Aakey"
whatever that's supposed to mean...

This sounds like a problem in the thesaurus engine. Which version of Word do
you have? If it's 2003, I suggest you go to the word.spelling.grammar
newsgroup and ask there. Be sure to specify the version of Word, and give a
couple of examples what you see in the thesaurus. There are a couple of
Microsoft people that monitor that group, and they can pass the problem along
to the group in France responsible for the proofing tools.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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