Installing Multiple Dictionaries in Works for Windows 3.0

SUMMARY

Works for Windows allows the use of spelling dictionaries other than the two provided with Works if the additional dictionaries are correctly installed. Refer to the references at the end of this article for more information about changing installed spelling dictionaries.

To correctly install an additional spelling dictionary for Works, the setup program for the dictionary must register itself in the [MS Proofing Tools] section of the WIN.INI file. For example: Everything to the left of the equal sign (=) on the lines starting with "Spelling" is the name of a spelling dictionary (for example, Spelling 1033,0).

To add the dictionary to Works, add the appropriate reference to the dictionary in the [Spell Dictionaries] section of the MSWORKS3.INI file in the Windows directory. For example: The general formula to follow is where <#> is an integer one greater than any other Dict entry found in this section, <Description> is the dictionary name Works will use, and <Name> is the spelling dictionary name from the WIN.INI file.