I'm glad you found that helpful.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"RogerR" <RogerR@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:969920A5-6592-4C0A-A8D6-62112D245802@microsoft.com...
> Exactly the right answer in my case. I was having a problem with Word
> thinking I had coverted to being a Frenchman and changed the setting for
> Custom to English. Set it to "All Languages" and bingo, problem fixed.
> Now,
> on Beth's advice, I tried taking the "Read Only" status off the user
> folder
> first, I wait with baited breath to see what crisis I might have caused
> myself with this.... Thanks Suzanne, Your Da' Best!
>
> "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
>
>> This is usually caused by a language mismatch. The language of Custom.dic
>> should be set to "All Languages." If another dictionary, for a specific
>> language, is set as the default, then the word you're trying to add must
>> be
>> formatted with that language.
>>
>> --
>> Suzanne S. Barnhill
>> Microsoft MVP (Word)
>> Words into Type
>> Fairhope, Alabama USA
>> Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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>> so
>> all may benefit.
>>
>> "Linda" <Linda@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:BAA01495-B282-4F8F-AF52-0379C794A382@microsoft.com...
>> > I want to add word to custom dictionaries, but the "Add to Dictionary"
>> > tab
>> is
>> > grayed out. I have already made sure that the option "Select from main
>> > dictionary only" is not checked. I really need to add words to my
>> > custom
>> > dictionaries (which I imported from an earlier version of Word). Can
>> someone
>> > help.
>>
>>
>