I'm not sure if this still works, but MSOffice used to support a user exclusion
dictionary. Even though "manger" is a valid word, it's not used very much in
business environments. And mistyping "manager" as "manger" wouldn't be flagged
as a typo.

This was written for Word 97 (MSOffice 97). You may want to test to see if it
applies to the version that you and your client are using:

WD97: How to Create an Exclude Dictionary
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/181641

This file was common to all the programs in the MSOffice suite. But I'm sure it
was used more often in MSWord. You may want to post a question in a forum
dedicated to MSWord and specify the versions of office that will be used if you
have trouble.

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But I don't think that's enough (well, for me, it wouldn't be).

I think I'd create a new separate workbook that contained a single worksheet.
And in column A, I'd put all the words (and variations of those words).

Then I'd create a macro that would search through all the worksheets (formulas,
values, comments, chart labels, ...) and display the results if each of the
words was found.


Grant wrote:

I have a customer overseas that I write publications for. My customer has
provided me with a list of words that they do not want to see in the
publications due to language differences. I am wondering if I can customize
a dictionary and create a rule that will notify me if that word(s) is used
during a routine spell check. Currently, when I run a spell check it tells
me if I have a misspelled word. The words that I want to check are not
misspellings but considered unacceptable in the foreign culture my firm is
representing. Is there a way to achieve this?

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Dave Peterson