How to Create an Open Office Dictionary
The OpenOffice productivity suite allows you to create and customize your own dictionary. Creating your own dictionary will help make your spell checker more efficient, especially if you work in an industry with a specialized, uncommon vocabulary. OpenOffice includes a dialog in its programs that enables you to add words to your dictionary one at a time, but by opening the dictionary in a simple text editor you can add a large number of words to your dictionary without having to press the "Add" button every few seconds.
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Instructions
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Creating New Dictionary
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Open the "Options" window from the "Tools" menu. Select "Language settings" and "Writing Aids" to access your OpenOffice dictionaries.
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Click on the "New" button to add a user-defined dictionary to your list of dictionaries. Give your dictionary a name and choose a language for its words. Click "Ok" to save your new dictionary.
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Place a check in the box next to your new dictionary to enable it.
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Highlight the dictionary and press the "Edit" button to add a new word to the dictionary.
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Add a word to the dictionary and click "Ok" to save your changes. Repeat Steps 4 and 5 to add words to your dictionary one at a time.
Adding Word Lists
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Select "Paths" from the "OpenOffice.org" section of the "Options" window. Examine the listed paths to determine the root path of your OpenOffice profile. If most or all of the paths contain "C:\Documents and settings\user\Application Data\OpenOffice.org\user" then you will find your custom dictionary in a sub-folder of this location.
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Close OpenOffice. Open your OpenOffice profile in your computer's file browser. Locate your custom dictionary and open it in a text editor, such as Notepad, Wordpad or TextEdit.
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Add a new word to your dictionary by placing the cursor at the end of the first entry and pressing "Enter." Each word in a custom dictionary must be separated by four "#" symbols. Type "####" followed by the word you want to add and press "Enter." Repeat this step to add multiple words to your custom dictionary.
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Save your changes and close your text editing program. The next time you use OpenOffice, your custom dictionary will contain your new words.
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Tips & Warnings
If you have more than one custom dictionary, you can select which dictionaries are active by placing a check mark in the box next to the dictionary in the Options window.
When editing your dictionary in a text editor, make sure to separate each word with four "#" symbols. OpenOffice will read your words incorrectly if they are not separated properly.
