Excel: Changing Text file into Valid Custom Dictionary

• Microsoft Excel for the Macintosh, version 4.0

SUMMARY

To create a user dictionary in Microsoft Excel for the Macintosh, each unique word must be in a separate paragraph, and the file must be saved in Text Only format. The words must be sorted in two sections. The first section must be all words that begin with a capital letter, the second section must be all words that begin with a lowercase letter. Save the file to the System Folder:Extensions:Microsoft:Spelling (System 7) or System Folder:Microsoft:Spelling (System 6).

Once the text file is created in the above manner, do the following to convert it to a user dictionary:

1. Start any desk accessory (DA) or application that can change the Type and Creator attributes of a file; for example, ResEdit, Desktop, Filetools, FileManger, and so on.



2. Change the Type attribute to WDCD.



3. Change the Creator attribute to MSSP.



4. Quit the application or DA and save the changes.

Additional query words: 4.00 custom spell check spellcheck

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Last Reviewed: March 26, 1999