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Using Your MS-DOS Works Custom Dictionary in Works for Windows

Article ID: 109044

Article Last Modified on 11/15/2004

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SUMMARY

The Works for MS-DOS custom dictionary cannot be directly merged into the Works for Windows dictionary. To add words from the Works for MS-DOS custom dictionary to the Works for Windows Custom.dic file, open the Works for MS- DOS Personal.dic file in Works for Windows and check the spelling.

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To add the words in the Works for MS-DOS custom dictionary to the Works for Windows custom dictionary, follow these steps:

Start Works for Windows.
Open the Personal.dic file (located in the Works for MS-DOS directory) as a Word Processor document.
On the Tools menu, click Spelling.
Click Add for each word that appears in the Spelling dialog box.

The words in your Works for MS-DOS dictionary are now added to your Works for Windows custom dictionary.

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