view (not edit) .lex file ???

Michael Yorke · External Since: Feb 18, 2005 Posts: 8

Hi,

We are looking at creating a custom dictionary and exclusion list before we
rollout Office 2003. One thing which would be hepful is to be able to view
the default UK english dictionary which Word uses to check against. I
understand its a .lex file which is a compressed binary file.

I don't want to edit it but viewing it would be handy. Is this possible with
any type of editor/file viewer?

thanks

Michael

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

Michael Yorke wrote:

> Hi,
>
> We are looking at creating a custom dictionary and exclusion list before we
> rollout Office 2003. One thing which would be hepful is to be able to view
> the default UK english dictionary which Word uses to check against. I
> understand its a .lex file which is a compressed binary file.
>
> I don't want to edit it but viewing it would be handy. Is this possible with
> any type of editor/file viewer?
>
> thanks
>
> Michael

I guess your real question is, will I make any sense out of what I'll
see ... No one can prevent you from opening any file with a hex editor ...

--
John Doue

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

No, the spelling list is considered intellectual property. So we don't
provide a way for you to dump the lex.

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"Michael Yorke" <MichaelYorke.DeleteThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> We are looking at creating a custom dictionary and exclusion list before
> we
> rollout Office 2003. One thing which would be hepful is to be able to
> view
> the default UK english dictionary which Word uses to check against. I
> understand its a .lex file which is a compressed binary file.
>
> I don't want to edit it but viewing it would be handy. Is this possible
> with
> any type of editor/file viewer?
>
> thanks
>
> Michael