ID: Q83070
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Microsoft Word version 6.0 for Windows cannot use the Word version 1.x for Windows dictionary or the Microsoft Word for MS-DOS dictionary. If you try to use one of these dictionaries in Word version 6.0 for Windows, one of the following error messages will be displayed:
C:\WINWORD\LEX-AM.DLL is not a valid Spelling dll.
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Word Cannot Start The Speller
Microsoft Word version 2.0 for Windows cannot use the Word version 1.x for Windows dictionary or the Microsoft Word for MS-DOS dictionary. If you try to use one of these dictionaries in Word version 2.0 for Windows, one of the following error messages will be displayed:
Word cannot open the spelling file
C:\WINWORD\SP_AM.LEX for English (US)
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Word Cannot Start The Speller
Word version 1.x for Windows can use the Word for MS-DOS English, British, legal, and medical dictionaries. Word version 1.x for Windows cannot use the Word version 2.0 or 6.0 for Windows dictionary. If you try to use the version 2.0 or 6.0 dictionary in version 1.x, the error message "Out of local memory" will be displayed.
English dictionary files for Word version 5.5 for MS-DOS and Word version 1.1a for Windows are titled as follows:
Word 5.5 for MS-DOS: SPELL-AM.LEX
Word 1.1a for Windows: LEX-AM.DLL
"Microsoft Word for Windows User's Guide," version 2.0, pages 275-283
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Version : 2.x 6.0 6.0a 6.0c
Platform : WINDOWSLast Reviewed: February 6, 1998