

- #HOW TO MAKE NEW CUSTOM DICTIONARY FOR MAC MOVIE#
- #HOW TO MAKE NEW CUSTOM DICTIONARY FOR MAC WINDOWS#
I create a nice hash table, specify the letters in order, and boom! They become jumbled.Ī 28 Ordered dictionary objects to the rescue You don’t get it? Here is an example (a non-sorted hash table, not a soggy sandwich)…
#HOW TO MAKE NEW CUSTOM DICTIONARY FOR MAC MOVIE#
Well, maybe it is not THE most frustrating thing in the world, but it is right up there with cold popcorn at a movie or a soggy sandwich on an airplane.

#HOW TO MAKE NEW CUSTOM DICTIONARY FOR MAC WINDOWS#
One of the most frustrating things in the world is the way that nice, pretty, well-organized Windows PowerShell hash tables randomly seem to become jumbled up.

Note For a good overview of the ordered dictionary in Windows PowerShell, refer to this Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog post by June Blender: ConvertTo-OrderedDictionary. The difference is that it maintains its order. Basically, an ordered dictionary works like a Windows PowerShell hash table. One of the really cool things that was introduced in Windows PowerShell 3.0, is that I can create an ordered dictionary.

Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Note 2: If you are in an organization, your network administrator can choose to deploy a CUSTOM.DIC file which for instance already includes some words which are not in any default dictionary such as the company name and internal abbreviations.Summary : Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell to create an ordered dictionary. Note 1: The name of the folder for CUSTOM.DIC is different because since Outlook/Office 2007 the CUSTOM.DIC file is saved in Unicode where the previous versions of Outlook/Office used the ANSI format. The Custom Dictionaries dialog reveals the location of your dictionary files except for RoamingCustom.dic. Within this folder, you’ll find a subfolder representing each language that you have installed for Office.įor example, the default.dic file for United States English is stored in:Ĭ:\Users\%username%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Spelling\en-US\ Language specific default.dic files are stored in the same basis location as above but the folder is called Spelling instead of UProof or Proof. Folder location of CUSTOM.DIC and DEFAULT.DICīy default the CUSTOM.DIC file is kept in a folder called UProof (for Outlook 2007 and later) or Proof (for Outlook 2003 and previous) and can be found in the following location Ĭ:\Users\%username%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Ĭ:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Application Data\Microsoft\ Editing is possible via the Notepad method (except for the RoamingCustom.dic file) when you open the file from the location below. You’ll need to remove it and add the corrected word again. Note: You can’t actually edit a word via the above dialog. Tools-> Options-> tab Spelling-> section: Edit custom dictionary-> button Edit…Įditing the RoamingCustom.dic word list within Outlook. Tools-> Options…-> tab Mail Format-> button Editor Options…-> section: Proofing-> button Custom Dictionaries…-> button Edit Word List… Outlook 2003 and previous Outlook 2010 and Outlook 2013įile-> Options-> section Mail-> button Editor Options…-> section: Proofing-> button Custom Dictionaries…-> button Edit Word List… Outlook 2007 Language specific dictionary files are called default.dic by default and can only be edited by opening the file in Notepad and not from within Outlook. In this case, you can only edit it from within Outlook itself as it is not saved as an editable file on your computer. When you are using Outlook 2013 or Outlook 2016 and are logged in with a Microsoft Account via File-> Office Account, then this file is called RoamingCustom.dic and is part of your cloud based Office profile. You can edit it from within Outlook or by directly opening it in Notepad. The default dictionary where you store your own words in is in a file called CUSTOM.DIC. I've added a couple of wrongly spelled words to the custom dictionary by mistake.
