Read all Installed Dictionaries

Guest · External Since: Oct 18, 2005 Posts: 1

Hello together.
I have a problem. Is
it possible to read
all installed
dictionaries from
word with macros,
vba or ole?

If its possible can
someone help me i
don't know how.

thanks

Jay Freedman · External Since: Sep 16, 2003 Posts: 2317

What do you mean by "read"? If you're trying to get a list of all the words
in the dictionary, forget it. For the most part, Word's dictionary format
doesn't contain complete words; it contains roots, prefixes, suffixes, and
rules for combining them in valid ways, plus lists of exceptions and
irregularities.

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Guest wrote:
> Hello together.
> I have a problem. Is
> it possible to read
> all installed
> dictionaries from
> word with macros,
> vba or ole?
>
> If its possible can
> someone help me i
> don't know how.
>
> thanks

Doug Potter [MSFT] · External Since: Oct 21, 2004 Posts: 13

Actually, it does contain all the words - but the word list is intellectual
property and is not available separately.

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"Jay Freedman" <jay.freedman RemoveThis @verizon.net> wrote in message
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> What do you mean by "read"? If you're trying to get a list of all the
> words
> in the dictionary, forget it. For the most part, Word's dictionary format
> doesn't contain complete words; it contains roots, prefixes, suffixes, and
> rules for combining them in valid ways, plus lists of exceptions and
> irregularities.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Jay Freedman
> Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
>
> Guest wrote:
>> Hello together.
>> I have a problem. Is
>> it possible to read
>> all installed
>> dictionaries from
>> word with macros,
>> vba or ole?
>>
>> If its possible can
>> someone help me i
>> don't know how.
>>
>> thanks
>
>