Custom dictionary

Where does WLM keep its custom dictionary? I have a large custom dictionary
created in Word and I would like WLM to use it. I know that I can add words
at tools/options/spelling/edit custom dictionary but adding hundreds of
words one at a time is not my idea of a good time. I would like to be able
to copy the existing words into the WLM dictionary.
(Of course, Outlook Express would use the Office dictionary. Whoever thought
it was a good idea to remove an existing facility that worked?)

Thanks for any pointers.

"Peter Johnson" <> wrote in message
news:#RSj1$...
> Where does WLM keep its custom dictionary? I have a large custom
> dictionary created in Word and I would like WLM to use it. I know
> that I can add words at tools/options/spelling/edit custom
> dictionary but adding hundreds of words one at a time is not my
> idea of a good time. I would like to be able to copy the existing
> words into the WLM dictionary.

You'll find the custom dictionaries (in XP - Vista quite similar) at
%userprofile%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows Live
Mail\Proof, one for each spell-check language. The filename is
lang####.lex, where the #### is the LCID in hex indicating the
language. British English is LCID 2057 = 0x0809; US English is 1033
= 0x0409.
They are plain text files - just any words already there to your
Word list, sort it and put it back.

> (Of course, Outlook Express would use the Office dictionary.
> Whoever thought it was a good idea to remove an existing facility
> that worked?)

(Bit rough on those who don't have/don't need/can't afford Office,
though, just to enable spell check in a freebie mail client, don't
you think?)
--
Noel

Hi, Peter.

As Noel said,

> They are plain text files - just any words already there to your Word
> list, sort it and put it back.

Or just start a message in WLMail. New or Reply, it doesn't matter, you
just want to open the Compose window. Then open your plain-text Custom
Dictionary Copy it all to the Clipboard. Paste the whole thing into that
open Compose window. Click <F7> to Spell-check it. Click Add for any word
not already recognized, to add it to WLM's dictionary. (Then you can close
the Compose window; no need to Save it as a Draft unless you think you might
need to do this again.)

It may take a lot of clicking on the Add button; WLM has Ignore All and
Change All, but no Add All. But this might be the easiest way to add a
moderately-long list of custom words. And you don't even need to know the
location of WLM's dictionary.

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX

Microsoft Windows MVP
Windows Live Mail 2009 (14.0.8064.0206) in Win7 Ultimate x64 RC 7100

"Peter Johnson" <> wrote in message
news:#RSj1$...
> Where does WLM keep its custom dictionary? I have a large custom
> dictionary created in Word and I would like WLM to use it. I know that I
> can add words at tools/options/spelling/edit custom dictionary but adding
> hundreds of words one at a time is not my idea of a good time. I would
> like to be able to copy the existing words into the WLM dictionary.
> (Of course, Outlook Express would use the Office dictionary. Whoever
> thought it was a good idea to remove an existing facility that worked?)
>
> Thanks for any pointers.