Custom Dictionaries

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We have a text file with medical terms (9000 words) which we add as a custom dictionary to Word, we have provided this to a specific user base in our organisation

We have now been given an updated version of the file with 90000 (10 times) words. Initial attempts to use this file failed and we have since found that the limit is 10000 words in each custom dictionary

My question, is it ok to add 9 separate custom dictionaries to Word, will it cause any problems? Are there any alternatives

All suggestions welcome

N.B. Word is version 97

 

[Mike Williams [MVP]]

We have a text file with medical terms (9000 words) which we add as a
custom dictionary to Word, we have provided this to a specific user
base in our organisation.

We have now been given an updated version of the file with 90000 (10
times) words. Initial attempts to use this file failed and we have
since found that the limit is 10000 words in each custom dictionary.

My question, is it ok to add 9 separate custom dictionaries to Word,
will it cause any problems? Are there any alternatives?

All suggestions welcome.

N.B. Word is version 97

You are advised to purchase or create a proper custom lexicon, rather than
using Word's custom dictionary mechanism, which will not support so many
files simultaneously.

How do I create my own (.lex) file?
Microsoft has published this article:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;262605

I draw your attention to this section:

Third parties that are interested in implementing only an add-in lexicon
(such as medical, legal, or technical terms) but not an engine only require
specific tools to convert their lexicon into the appropriate format and
should be aware that this is only supported for English and CSAPI is not
required.


There are plenty of third-party lexicon file services provided for the
medical community too. Google for "medical spellcheckers" for a sample.

Mike Williams - Office MVP http://www.mvps.org/faq/

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[Cindy M -WordMVP-]

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We have a text file with medical terms (9000 words) which we add as a custom dictionary to Word, we have provided this to a specific user base in our organisation.

We have now been given an updated version of the file with 90000 (10 times) words. Initial attempts to use this file failed and we have since found that the limit is 10000 words in each custom dictionary.

My question, is it ok to add 9 separate custom dictionaries to Word, will it cause any problems?

This would be the correct approach, yes.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Sep 30 2003)
http://www.mvps.org/word

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[Doug Potter [MSFT]]

The article refers to Word 2000/XP - not to Word 97, which this poster says
he is using.

You may be able to find some Inso tools for Word 97. Inso was the vendor
that provided the speller up through that version of Word. However Inso was
gobbled up by L&H which went bankrupt so I'm not sure what the status of
those tools is or where you can get them.

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