Q123794: Custom.dic Not Updated in PowerPoint

Article: Q123794
Product(s): Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows
Version(s): WINDOWS:4.0,4.0a,4.0c,7.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbinterop kbproof
Last Modified: 20-NOV-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows, versions 4.0, 4.0a, 4.0c 
- Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows 95, version 7.0 
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SUMMARY
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In PowerPoint, when you use the spelling checker to add words to the Custom.dic
file, the changes are not written to disk until you exit PowerPoint. Other
programs such as Microsoft Mail, Publisher, and Word change Custom.dic each time
you add words to this file. If you add a word to Custom.dic using one of these
programs and add a word using PowerPoint after that, the word may not appear in
the file after you exit PowerPoint.

MORE INFORMATION
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When you run the spelling checker for the first time in a session of PowerPoint,
Custom.dic is copied into memory. When you check spelling in PowerPoint,
PowerPoint reads from and writes to the copy of Custom.dic in memory. When you
exit PowerPoint, it writes all the changes made during the session back to
disk.

If you run the spelling checker in PowerPoint, change Custom.dic from another
program, and then exit PowerPoint, PowerPoint will sense the discrepancies, and
will not attempt to write to Custom.dic.

Additional query words: Custom.dic spelling power point powerpt winppt 4.00 4.00a 4.00c spell check

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Keywords          : kbinterop kbproof 
Technology        : kbPowerPtSearch kbPowerPt700 kbZNotKeyword2 kbPowerPt700Search kbPowerPt400 kbPowerPt400c kbPowerPt400a
Version           : WINDOWS:4.0,4.0a,4.0c,7.0
Hardware          : x86
Issue type        : kbinfo

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