Mike, It would be up to the user as to which third-party dictionary they wanted to use. Windows will not select one by default. HTH, Rick Justice
Tomorrow's another day, another way! and if tomorrow never comes, problem solved! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike B." <mb69ma...@charter.net> To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> Sent: Monday, February 03, 2014 11:11 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Default Dictionary Howdy Rick, I understand what the.dic file is but, I guess I wrote my question poorly. What I'm asking is if, there are other 3rd party dictionaries installed, like Tiny Spell & 1 called Spell, how would I or the computer decide which dictionary would be used as the default? When I mentioned the, .dic file, I was attempting to say that, that's all that was there & no mention of an Office dictionary. Thank you very much for your help, it did clear up a couple of other wild thoughts that I could have cluttered the list with! LOL, hahaha hahaha hahaha, LOL Take care. Mike This email was sent from my, iBarstool. ----- Original Message ----- From: Rick Justice To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Sent: Monday, February 03, 2014 6:13 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Default Dictionary Hi Mike, Windows itself does not have a dictionary, the "Custom.dic" you found is put there by Microsoft Office. To the best of my knowledge, only Office and Outlook Express make use of the dictionary installed with Office. There will only be entries in the .dic file if you put them there. When I run the spell-check in OE, and it flags a word, like a proper noun, I add it to the dictionary so it won't bother me again. When I installed Windows Mail on one of my Windows 7 systems, it seemed to come with it's own dictionary, no Office products were installed. Haven't checked Windows Mail lately, but in OE in Tools, Options on the spelling tab, you can choose a dictionary. Otherwise, a third-party dictionary will work in whatever applications that is designed to. HTH, Rick Justice Tomorrow's another day, another way! and if tomorrow never comes, problem solved! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike B." <mb69ma...@charter.net> To: "Jaws-Users List" <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> Sent: Monday, February 03, 2014 8:04 PM Subject: [JAWS-Users] Default Dictionary Hi All, How do you or can you assign either an XP or Windows7 OS to use a particular dictionary as the default dictionary? i.e; I'm running XP Pro, Office 2002, OutlookExpress & Jaws 13 thru 15 on 1 system & Winows7 64 bit Pro, Office 2010, Windows Mail, & J13 thru J15 on this computer as well. I went to: C:\Documents and Settings\Mike\Application Data\Microsoft\Proof\CUSTOM.DIC & this custom.dic file is empty. So, how do I know what dictionary my computers are using as the default &, if I install a 3rd party dictionary how would I assign it to be the dictionary used as the default? I hope I'm making sense! All help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks much. Take care. Mike This email was sent from my, iBarstool. For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
