[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread]
List: aspell-user
Subject: Spelling LEXicon files for Microsoft Word
From: "Howard Kaikow" <kaikow () standards ! com>
Date: 1999-01-15 12:38:36
Message-ID: LYR14511-9145-1999.01.15-12.38.38--kevinatk#home.com () franklin ! oit ! unc ! edu
[Download RAW message or body]
I asked Kevin Atkinson whether it would be OK to post this, perhaps, off
the topic item. Consider it a one-time posting. I do not wish to distract
the list from its main task.
---------------
I am looking for pointers to sources of information (books, whitepapers,
etc.) that would enable me to make a dictionary of, say, 80000 words that
could be used with Word.
I think that the limit is 5000 for the built-in custom dictionary
capability, but I know that people sell specialized, such as medical,
dictionaries that are much larger. Also a straight text dictionary is
likely not too efficient.
It is my understanding that these specialized dictionaries are installed
instead of the built-in dictionary for the language used. It would be
better to have a separate specialized dictionary, but the 5000 word limit
prevents that and there is a limit of 10 custom dictionaries in Word.
I have not been able to find documentation on how to create a .lex
(spelling lexicon) file that could be used to Word, nor the interface to
hook that into Word.
Would the procedure be the same for Word 6, Word 7 and Word 8?
[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread]
Configure |
About |
News |
Add a list |
Sponsored by KoreLogic