In addition to switching between British and American English, many of the orgaznizations I do work for have their own idiosyncratic rules of spelling, hyphenation, etc. Is there an easy way to switch Word between customized language sets? That is, could I start a particular project for organization X, and get Word to follow both general additions to the dictionary and region/organization customizations?
For example:
“Rhythmdvl thinks mauve is a silly color for a cat, irregardless of popular trends.”
I will always want Word to accept Rhythmdvl, no matter what document I was working on when I added it—sort of the universal dictionary.
I want to be able to easily switch between flagging color and colour as correct or incorrect (and suggest as appropriate) depending on which language (British, American, Australian…) I am using.
I want irregardless to be flagged as wrong, regardless of what document I am working on.
Lastly, I want to be able to have mauve flagged as incorrect because a particular agency wants to spell it their particular way (these are international aid agencies, many of which have preferred spellings that attempt to accommodate host county and funding country).
The way I’ve worked through this in the past is terribly cumbersome, involving four steps. First, I change XP’s Regional and Language Settings through the control panel. Second, I change Word’s language setting through tools>options>spelling and grammar>dictionaries>language. Third, I add specific project-specific words to the custom dictionary. Finally, fourth, I edit a custom exclusion file (MSSP3EN.exc) with that agency’s word choices.
Is there an easier way? That is, is there a batch file, macro, or possibly some sort of profile that I can run/switch to based on the type of program. Extra bonus happiness if I can do the same with grammar rules (serial commas, punctuation, etc.).
Thanks,
Rhythm