Delete Words From A Dictionary In Word 2007
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By default, Word includes its own dictionary and lets you create your own custom dictionaries. When you are creating a document, any words that are not in the dictionary are underlined with a red squiggly line. This can become an annoyance if you are repeatedly using that word throughout your document. The workaround is to add that word to the dictionary.
However, once you add a word to a dictionary, you can also delete it at any time using the steps listed below.
To delete a word from a dictionary in Word 2007:
- Click the Microsoft Office Button and click Word Options.
- Click Proofing.
- Click Custom Dictionaries.
- Select the dictionary list you want to modify and click Edit Word List.
- Select the appropriate word in the Dictionary box and click Delete.
- Repeat this step for each additional word you want to remove from the dictionary.
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4 Comments
Dave
November 12th, 2007
at 7:34am
This article is great for removing words from your own CUSTOM dictionary that you have created. But I want to remove words from Word’s DEFAULT dictionary. Case in point: I constantly misspell the word “just” by inverting two letters and I spell it “juts.” Unfortunately, “juts” is a word in the dictionary, so the spell checker never catches the misspelling. I would NEVER use the word “Juts” so I would rather remove it from the dictionary so that Word will start catching and notifying me each time I constantly misspell the word “just.” How can this be done? Thanks.
Owen
December 4th, 2007
at 6:29pm
@Dave
The way to remove a word from the Word 2007 default dictionary is this:
go to C:\Documents and Settings\\Application Data\Microsoft\UProof\ExcludeDictionaryEN****.LEX
The asterisks are 0409 on my computer however I am not sure what those numbres represent so they may be different on yours.
Also, if your primary drive is not C: then obviously you would need to change the C: to whatever letter your drive it.
Additionally, you may or may not know (if you do know, someone else who finds this may not) that the Application Data folder is hidden so you will need to ’show hidden files and folders’ to access it.
Finally, I suggest editing the .LEX file in notepad++, it is what worked for me (MS notepad did not).
you must add 1 word (case sensitive) per line and they will be immediately excluded from the default dictionary.
Donna Barnes
April 29th, 2008
at 12:55pm
Does this also work for Outlook. Is the Office XP default dictionary the same for all Microsoft products contained in the Office XP package. I too have accidentally added a mis-spelled word and now it does not catch it when I really mis spell it.
Mary
May 9th, 2008
at 1:31pm
Another solution is to create an autocorrect entry, so that when you type “juts” Word will change it to “just.” AutoCorrect is under the Tools menu.