1. Locate the ExcludeDictionary file
Exit all Office apps.
Using Windows/File Explorer (or whatever file manager you prefer), navigate to this file:
c:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\UProof\ExcludeDictionaryEN0409.lex
Of course, <username> is your user name (in my video, it is
Joe). The exact name of the file will vary depending on your language and Office version, but it will begin with
ExcludeDictionary and have a
LEX file extension.
2. Open the ExcludeDictionary file
Using Notepad (or whatever plain text editor you prefer), open the
ExcludeDictionary file, which will be empty the first time you open it. If you do a
File>Open, make sure that
All Files is selected, since it is a
LEX file, not a
TXT file. Another technique is simply to drag-and-drop it from your file manager into your text editor.
3. Enter words in the ExcludeDictionary file
Enter the words that you want Office to consider
NOT spelled correctly into the
ExcludeDictionary file, each word on a separate line.
4. Save the modified ExcludeDictionary file and test
Save the modified
ExcludeDictionary file.
Open Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Word, or whatever Office app you want to test, and type in the words that you entered in the
ExcludeDictionary file.
They should now be flagged as misspelled.
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