Read all Installed Dictionaries   

Hello together.
I have a problem. Is
it possible to read
all installed
dictionaries from
word  with macros,
vba or ole?

If its possible can
someone help me i
don't know how.

thanks

date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 12:49:44 +0000 (UTC)   author:   Guest

Re: Read all Installed Dictionaries   

What do you mean by "read"? If you're trying to get a list of all the words
in the dictionary, forget it. For the most part, Word's dictionary format
doesn't contain complete words; it contains roots, prefixes, suffixes, and
rules for combining them in valid ways, plus lists of exceptions and
irregularities.

-- 
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP          FAQ: http://word.mvps.org

Guest wrote:
> Hello together.
> I have a problem. Is
> it possible to read
> all installed
> dictionaries from
> word  with macros,
> vba or ole?
>
> If its possible can
> someone help me i
> don't know how.
>
> thanks

date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 13:52:49 -0400   author:   Jay Freedman

Re: Read all Installed Dictionaries   

Actually, it does contain all the words - but the word list is intellectual 
property and is not available separately.

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"Jay Freedman"  wrote in message 
news:u1INCzA1FHA.1264@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> What do you mean by "read"? If you're trying to get a list of all the 
> words
> in the dictionary, forget it. For the most part, Word's dictionary format
> doesn't contain complete words; it contains roots, prefixes, suffixes, and
> rules for combining them in valid ways, plus lists of exceptions and
> irregularities.
>
> -- 
> Regards,
> Jay Freedman
> Microsoft Word MVP          FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
>
> Guest wrote:
>> Hello together.
>> I have a problem. Is
>> it possible to read
>> all installed
>> dictionaries from
>> word  with macros,
>> vba or ole?
>>
>> If its possible can
>> someone help me i
>> don't know how.
>>
>> thanks
>
>

date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 14:26:13 -0700   author:   Doug Potter [MSFT]