using multiple custom dictionaries with powerpoint

[Steve]

I need to use multiple custom spell-check dictionaries with powerpoint, as I
have a list of well over 5,000 words I need to use, and custom dictionaries
are only "legal" if they are under 5,000 words, according to MS Word's
help-file listing. Also, it seems that I must do the "dictionary
management" in Word, as there does not seem to be a place to do this in
powerpoint, and the ppt help-file says ....

"To broaden the type of text you can check for spelling, PowerPoint uses
dictionaries of other languages as well as supplemental dictionaries when
installed by other programs in Microsoft Office."

.... so, then, to confirm, I must use Word to set up multiple custom
dictionaries, and powerpoint will follow and use whatever collection of
dictionaries I select for use in Word, as well as the selection of the
"default" dictionary, and will recognize the location of all these
dictionaries as set up in MS Word?

Thanks!

 

[Steve]

Uh oh.
I just did a little test - I added a nonsense word to one of my "new"
dictionaries. MS Word saw it as spelled correctly, but powerpoint did not!
What's up?

 

[John Langhans [MSFT]]

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Hello,

PowerPoint doesn't provide the functionality (support for multiple custom
dictionaries) that you are looking for.

If you (or anyone else reading this message) think that it's important that
PowerPoint provide this kind of functionality, don't forget to send your
feedback (in YOUR OWN WORDS, please) to Microsoft at:

http://register.microsoft.com/mswish/suggestion.asp

It's VERY important that, for EACH wish, you describe in detail, WHY it is
important TO YOU that your product suggestion be implemented. A good wish
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working around a specific limitation of the current product, etc. Remember
that Microsoft receives THOUSANDS of product suggestions every day and we
read each one but, in any given product development cycle, there are ONLY
sufficient resources to address the ones that are MOST IMPORTANT to our
customers so take the extra time to state your case as CLEARLY and
COMPLETELY as possible so that we can FEEL YOUR PAIN.

IMPORTANT: Each submission should be a single suggestion (not a list of
suggestions).

John Langhans
Microsoft Corporation
Supportability Program Manager
Microsoft Office PowerPoint for Windows
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