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How add new word to custom dictionary in Word for Mac

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2025-01-09T00:37:23+00:00

How add new word to dictionary? Using Word for Mac Version 16.92 on Mac OS Sequoia 15.1.1

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  1. Bob Jones AKA CyberTaz MVP 435.5K Reputation points
    2025-01-09T16:25:21+00:00

    Make it easy on yourself 🙂:

    If the word is marked as misspelled in the document, right-click it & select Add to Dictionary in the contextual menu.

    Also, when you run the Editor any words suspected of being misspelled will appear in the Editor Task Pane. Click Spelling in the Editor Pane then use the Add to Dictionary command in the lower portion of the pane.

    If it is recognized as correctly spelled [unmarked] there is no need to add it to a Custom Dictionary because it already is in the Main Dictionary. Opening the Custom Dictionary for editing should be necessary only if you need to add a collection of terms or need to remove a term previously added.

    One other consideration is the Language attribute of the term but that is a separate issue.

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  1. Anonymous
    2025-01-10T05:43:17+00:00

    Thanks Bob. I now have the current version installed.

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  2. Bob Jones AKA CyberTaz MVP 435.5K Reputation points
    2025-01-09T16:27:55+00:00

    BTW: It although it doesn't pertain to your question I noticed that your cited version of Sequoia is not up to date. Version 15.2 is the current release.

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  3. Stefan Blom 340.5K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2025-01-09T10:13:49+00:00

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  4. Anonymous
    2025-01-09T08:32:10+00:00

    Hello, RayJAMES3

    Thanks for raising your concerns in Microsoft Community.

    To add a new word to the custom dictionary in Microsoft Word for Mac (Version 16.92 on macOS Sequoia 15.1.1), you can use either of the following methods from this article.

    -<Use a custom dictionary in Office for Mac - Microsoft Support>

    Alternatively, you can refer to the advice from Charles Kenyon in the following thread, which ‘uses a custom character style called Citation,’

    -<Adding Dictionaries to Word (Mac) - Microsoft Community>

    Feel free to let me know if anything unclear, thanks! Should you have any questions or require clarification, do not hesitate to reach out to me. I‘d like to do my utmost to assist you.

    Best Regards,

    Hannah.Z- MSFT |Microsoft Community Support Specialist

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