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[Clone05]

Hiya all

I need to get a copy of all the words in Microsoft Office's dictionary. Anyone know where I can find the dictionary file - if there is one. If there isn't, does anyone know where I could get a copy of it - doesn't have to be an exact match.

Thanks

Clone05

 

[technomama]

The dictionary files are located in c:\program files\common files\microsoft shared\proof. The main, english dictionary file is called mssp3en.lex. I don't know how to open that file staight up. It is not an ascii file. You can add words to the dictionary during a spell check which creates an ascii file called custom.dic and can also create an "exclude" dictionary file to exclude words from the standard dictionary in your spell check. I hope this helps a little.

 

[Clone05]

Hiya

Thank you for that technomama.

I have been trying to fing out about how to read lex files. Discovered lots of interesting facts about them, but still don't know how to read them - they appear to be in hex format, but that might just be how the program I use to try an open it tries to read it.

Can anyone help?

Thanks

Clone05