Quite possibly the Dumbest question ever

4T5 · 4 Mar 2016 at 11:53

So I blame my illness & lack of memory & general retarded state on this one whether that's true or not.

I've added an incorrectly spelled word to my spell check & can't for the life of me find out how to delete it.

I type real fast & keep typing teh instead of the & now it's added to the spell check dictionary it doesn't show as an error so I have to trawl through everything I type now looking for teh. I seem to have lost my Google Fu with my memory so now come & embarrass myself hear & need Help.
Hope that all makes sense & Thanks in advance for any help. :cool:

Armageus · 4 Mar 2016 at 11:57

I assume you are on about MS Word?

In which case Word Options -> Proofing -> Custom Dictionaries -> Edit Word List

(Instructions correct for office 2007, but not sure it has change much)

4T5 · 4 Mar 2016 at 12:12

It's just generally as in my Chrome/Browser/Notepad/PC,everything

I sux don't I

Armageus · 4 Mar 2016 at 12:38

4T5 said:
It's just generally as in my Chrome/Browser/Notepad/PC,everything

I sux don't I

Didn't realise Windows 8 onwards have a built-in spell checker - learn something everyday

Try option 2 in the link below:
http://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/...dictionary-add-remove-words-windows-10-a.html

4T5 · 5 Mar 2016 at 12:47

I really thought we were on to something there but I found the file as it says in the link but both the US & UK files/folders were empty. I tried all teh files not just the default ones mentioned in the link & I must have gone through it about 5 times checking I hadn't missed something, Still no joy.
Either way I appreciate the Help so Thanks again.

Dalandius · 5 Mar 2016 at 13:03

For Chrome, open the Settings page from the menu button and click Show Advanced Settings. Under Languages, click Language and input settings. In the Languages window that opens, scroll down and click Custom Spelling Dictionary. Here you can both add new words and delete the ones already added to it.

GSXR Gaz Mc · 5 Mar 2016 at 13:07

i type teh all the time...never gonna change it

bloodiedathame · 5 Mar 2016 at 13:53

That's weird, I did exactly the same thing earlier with 'recieved', added to dictionary instead of correcting. Not quite sure how to fix on OSX!

opethdisciple · 5 Mar 2016 at 14:23

I've done something similar but on Windows 10 and the inbuilt mail app.

No idea how to reset the dictionary.

FatRakoon · 9 Mar 2016 at 11:22

I resent the idea that you could ask the dumbest question ever.
I pride myself on making that claim over and over again!

4T5 · 9 Mar 2016 at 11:26

Cheers for teh Bump as I still haven't found a way to edit the dictionary, Add no probs at all but deleting added words I'm still stumped on.

(I'll leave the teh in to show my pain)

4T5 · 12 Mar 2016 at 10:20

Can't somebody take my Pain away.

kmjamal · 14 Mar 2016 at 10:19

All programs that have a spell check feature can add words into a custom dictionary. This feature allows the program to recognize new words as correctly spelled words. Unfortunately, words that are spelled improperly can also be added, which causes them to no longer be recognized as incorrect. To edit any words that have been added to your word processor's dictionary, find you program below and follow the steps.
Microsoft Word, OneNote, Access, Excel, and PowerPoint

Microsoft Word

Select the File tab.
Select Options.
Select Proofing.
Make sure the Suggest from main dictionary only checkbox does not have a mark in it.
Click on Custom Dictionaries.
In the Custom Dictionaries window, make sure the checkbox next to each custom entry that you want to use is selected. Uncheck entries that you no longer want.
Click Apply, and then Ok.

Older Versions

All of the older Microsoft programs rely on the custom.dic file as the default location to store any added words. Although this file can be edited in other programs or through one of the other Microsoft programs listed above the steps below are how to edit this file using Microsoft Word.
Open Microsoft program.
Click Tools.
Click Options.
Click the Spelling & Grammar tab.
Click the Dictionaries button.
Select CUSTOM.DIC if not already selected and click the Edit button.
Locate and remove the word and then Save the file.

Tip: Users of Word 2007 and 2010 can access the Options window by clicking the large icon in the upper left-hand corner, and then Word Options in the bottom of the window that appears.

OpenOffice Writer

Open the Spellcheck feature by clicking the Spellcheck button or by clicking Tools and then Spellcheck.
Note: If you're in a blank document, or a document with no misspellings, you may need to create a misspelling so this window remains open.
Click the Options button.
Click the Edit button.
Locate and highlight the word you want to remove and click the Delete button.

4T5 · 8 Jun 2016 at 20:25

This never did get fixed no matter what I tried & I tried everything I could think of but nope IE still allows teh past my spellcheck.

The Fix

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Download Firefox then download the English Dictionary & carry on like it never really happened & you didn't want to use IE anyways.