Please Note: This article is written for users of the following Microsoft Word versions: 97, 2000, 2002, and 2003. If you are using a later version (Word 2007 or later), this tip may not work for you. For a version of this tip written specifically for later versions of Word, click here: Updating the Spelling Exclusion List Automatically.
Written by Allen Wyatt (last updated August 26, 2017)
This tip applies to Word 97, 2000, 2002, and 2003
If you find yourself updating the spelling exclusion list quite a bit, it can be a bother to always load the file, add the word, and then resave and close the file. When you are using custom dictionaries, Word allows you to add a word to them by a click of a button. There is no such simple approach, however, when it comes to the exclude list.
The following macro will allow you to quickly add a word to the exclude list. You can assign this macro to a button on the toolbar, and then you can update the list by simply highlighting a word and then clicking on the button:
Sub Exclude() Dim sAddWords As String sAddWord = Trim(Selection.Text) ChangeFileOpenDirectory _ "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Proof\" ' The file name in the next line should be changed so it ' reflects the proper exclude file name for your system Documents.Open FileName:="mssp2_en.exc", _ ConfirmConversions:=False, ReadOnly:=False, _ AddToRecentFiles:=False, PasswordDocument:="", _ PasswordTemplate:="", Revert:=False, _ WritePasswordDocument:="", WritePasswordTemplate:="", _ Format:=wdOpenFormatAuto Selection.TypeText Text:=sAddWord Selection.TypeParagraph ActiveDocument.Close SaveChanges:=wdSaveChanges, _ OriginalFormat:=wdOriginalDocumentFormat End Sub
This macro "cleans up" the selected word in your document and adds it to the beginning of the exclude file. You will see a quick flash on your screen as the exclude file is loaded, modified, and then closed, but the word is then available in the exclude file for when you use Word in the future.
You should make sure that you change the name of the file being used for the exclude file. As you have learned in other issues of WordTips, the name of the file can vary from system to system.
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WordTips is your source for cost-effective Microsoft Word training. (Microsoft Word is the most popular word processing software in the world.) This tip (1189) applies to Microsoft Word 97, 2000, 2002, and 2003. You can find a version of this tip for the ribbon interface of Word (Word 2007 and later) here: Updating the Spelling Exclusion List Automatically.
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