Thread: Word XP

To recap, in Word XP and 2003, you create a list of words to be flagged in Notepad - all lower case, one word per line. You then save this as Mssp3en.exc in C:\Documents and Settings \usemame\ Application Data\Microsoft \Proof.

It will come as no surprise that in Word 2007 things are very different. On the plus side, you don't need to create the file - Microsoft supplies an empty one for each installed proofing language. On the minus side, the instructions in the on-line and off-line help are incorrect. So here's a way that actually works.



First, make sure you have the Windows setting of 'Show hidden files and folders' enabled in Folder Options, View. You'll then normally find the files under Vista in C:\Users \usemame\ AppData \Roaming\Microsoft \UProof, and XP under C:\Documents and Settings\usemame\

Application Data \Microsoft\UProof. In either case, the file you want for UK English is ExcludeDictionary EN0809.lex. Open this with N otepad (if Vista makes this complicated, just run N otepad and drag the file in) then create the entries, as before, in lowercase and each on a separate line. Save and close the file and
when you restart Word instances of your custom additions will get underlined in red.