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Here it is in brief: I want to add a list of 5000 English words into a custom dictionary which I created, but the "add word" window only seems to allow for adding one word at a time. Is there a way to add a list of words in bulk, into a newly created custom dictionary?



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I am reviewing the instructions for adding a custom dictionary in MS Word, and it gives two methods; I am not sure whether either is designed for what I need to do. One method is to "Create an additional custom dictionary", and the other method is to "Import an existing custom dictionary from another computer". I think I shall probably have to use the first method, but wanted to confirm with you experts as to whether what I have in mind will be the best approach.

Here is what I want to do: I have two extensive, specialized word lists existing in my Linux computer which I want to add/import into the MS Word spell checker for use in spell checking my Word documents. In particular, I have a 330 page document containing both English and Hindi passages, and I would like to spell check the whole document in one go using the "spell checking as you type" feature. To achieve this, I am thinking to bring these two word list files from my Linux computer, create two additional custom dictionaries, and paste one word list into each of the custom dictionaries. One of the word lists is a list of technical English words, and the other word list is a Hindi word list. The English word list contains around 5,000 words, and the Hindi word list contains around 80,000 words. Is there a way to copy past a large list of words like this directly into the new custom dictionary which I've created? Or is the dictionary going to want me to add words one at a time--in which case it is not going to serve my purposes. I don't think I can use the second option, that of importing an existing custom dictionary, as my word lists are not of format .dic. They are text files.

My goal is to spell check the English and Hindi passages simultaneously. That is why I am thinking to create a custom dictionary in the English spell checker, and populate it with Hindi words.
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Old 07-10-2019, 01:02 PM
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Here it is in brief: I want to add a list of 5000 English words into a custom dictionary which I created, but the "add word" window only seems to allow for adding one word at a time. Is there a way to add a list of words in bulk, into a newly created custom dictionary?
I haven't yet tried this, but the Method 2 described on this page sounds promising:

how-to-build-your-own-custom-dictionary-for-microsoft-office – Inductel

"Enter your words into a text document using a text editor such as Microsoft Notepad or Apple TextEdit.

Format the document as a single column, one word per line, each line ending with a line break; hit the <Enter> key to place the line break.

Save the file as Unicode with file extension .dic.

Import (Add) your new custom dictionary to Word."
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@kilroyscarnival: Wow, yes--sounds perfect!

I will try it out and let you know how it goes. Sounds like exactly what I needed.

I guess when I create the file, I can just type out the extension .dic, and it should work.
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Old 07-10-2019, 01:38 PM
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@kilroyscarnival: Wow, yes--sounds perfect!

I will try it out and let you know how it goes. Sounds like exactly what I needed.

I guess when I create the file, I can just type out the extension .dic, and it should work.
Yes, if you're making the file in Word itself, I think if you save as a Plain Text file, Word is based on Unicode as far as I understand it. I'd still save the file as .txt and then rename with the .dic extension, just to make sure it saves with the proper formatting, or lack thereof.

I really hope it works. I've been saving words a few at a time when I spell check documents, but like you I'd want a simpler way to jump-start the project rather than having to build it up over time.
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Yep, worked like a charm! A major victory. In my Linux computer I collected my various word lists together and made one large text file of all of them together. Around 110,000 words. And there are multiple languages and scripts. I brought the text file into Windows, changed it to suffix .dic, opened it in MS Word, and saved it as UTF-8. But that wasn't sufficient. MS Word wouldn't allow me to add this as a dictionary file. Then I opened it in Notepad. In the "save as" options there, it offers you UTF-8 and Unicode as separate options. I thought UTF-8 was Unicode, but whatever. I did a "save as" into Unicode, and then when I again attempted to add the dictionary in MS Word, MS Word accepted the file. Really amazing. Never thought it was going to happen! And it is working amazingly well, perfectly really, for all the languages, and all the scripts.
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