Depending on the client, I have to switch Word (2000) between American and British English (the Oxford Spellchecker and Dictionary helps). In setting up a document, I go to Tools>Language>Set Language, then scroll down to the list of English choices.
Ohhh! Jamaican? Caribbean? Canadian? Oh, the list goes on. Is there a way I can compare the standard American English dictionary file to the other language dictionaries? I’d love to find out how Irish English differs.
MS Access is available if I need to import the lists and run a query.
Or is there an easier way?
Thanks,
Rhythm
The short answer is that you can’t do this.
Answer To a similar question on the MS Office Site Forum
If the above does not pull back the thread, go to:
http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx
Search on “dictionary” in “Word General Questions”
The thread you want is “How do I browse the installed spelling dictionary?”
Basically:
- The dictionaries that come with Office are binary files
- They are not actually lists of words, they a set of bases, prefixes, roots, and a rules data set which is used by office programs to do the spell check.
- Hi Opal.
You can ultimately create your own combo dictionary via judicious use of exclude and custom dictionary files. The thread I referenced has a couple of links to how some of that works. Poking around the Office site will yield others.
Hope that helps, though it was probably not what you wanted to hear.