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Chapter 5
User dictionaries 101
User dictionaries
Dictionaries are used to assist recognition and provide suggestions
during proofing. A
user dictionary is a personal dictionary that you
build and customize, to supplement a built-in main dictionary.
Entries for a user dictionary must consist of 2 to 32 characters,
without spaces or control characters, such as tabs. The program is
supplied with one empty user dictionary, named User Dictionary.
t To create or edit a user dictionary:
 Choose User Dictionaries... in the Edit menu. The User
Dictionaries dialog box lists all user dictionary files.
 Do one of the following:
• Select a file and click
Open to edit an existing user dictionary.
• Click New to create a new user dictionary. Enter a name in the
dialog box that appears and click
New.
The Edit User Dictionary dialog box appears.
 Add or delete words as desired:
• Type a word in the New Word edit box and click Add to add it.
• Select a word in the list box and click Delete to delete it.
• Click Delete All to remove all words from the dictionary.
• Click Import... to add all words from a specified plain text file,
with each word on a separate line.
The words in an existing user
dictionary appear in the list
box. No words are listed for a
new dictionary.