Exclusion dictionary in Office 2007

John Doue · External Since: Dec 20, 2004 Posts: 38

Is there a way to change the default location of the exclusion
dictionary in Word 07? I did not any key in the registry to do that.
Thanks
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Jay Freedman · External Since: Mar 17, 2004 Posts: 2955

The exclusion dictionary must be in the same folder as the main
dictionary for the language you're using -- see
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/ExcludeWordFromDic.htm.

It appears that you can change that location, for _both_ files, by
creating a TOOLS-PATH entry in the registry key
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Word\Options (for
example, see http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=212242). The
description Microsoft gives is a bit confusing, so I'm not sure
setting that entry will really make Word look in that location unless
you move the main dictionary at the same time.

Come back and let us know, if you try this, whether it works or not.

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On Mon, 05 Mar 2007 14:47:40 +0200, John Doue <notwobe.RemoveThis@yahoo.com>
wrote:

>Is there a way to change the default location of the exclusion
>dictionary in Word 07? I did not any key in the registry to do that.
>Thanks

John Doue · External Since: Dec 20, 2004 Posts: 38

Jay Freedman wrote:
> The exclusion dictionary must be in the same folder as the main
> dictionary for the language you're using -- see
> http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/ExcludeWordFromDic.htm.
>
> It appears that you can change that location, for _both_ files, by
> creating a TOOLS-PATH entry in the registry key
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Word\Options (for
> example, see http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=212242). The
> description Microsoft gives is a bit confusing, so I'm not sure
> setting that entry will really make Word look in that location unless
> you move the main dictionary at the same time.
>
> Come back and let us know, if you try this, whether it works or not.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Jay Freedman
> Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
> Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
> newsgroup so all may benefit.
>
> On Mon, 05 Mar 2007 14:47:40 +0200, John Doue <notwobe RemoveThis @yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Is there a way to change the default location of the exclusion
>> dictionary in Word 07? I did not any key in the registry to do that.
>> Thanks

What you are saying about the exclusion dictionary location was true and
worked mainly with Word 2003. I never managed to get it to work with
Word 97. But here, with Word 07, here is what the MS help says about this:

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 or Microsoft Windows XP
C:\Documents and Settings\user name\Application Data\Microsoft\UProof

The reference http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=212242 concerns word 2000.

Sorry, but the information you gave me does not seem to be relevant to
Word 2007.

Regards
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John Doue