Tap on the word you want to define to select it and activate the popup. Tap on Define to call up the dictionary. Tap on Manage.
Word 2013 Instead of starting with a built-in dictionary, Word 2013 links you to the Office Store so you can pick a free dictionary or buy one from a collection, including dictionaries in many languages. To choose and install the dictionary you want, right-click any word and click Define. Or click Review Define.
Sign in if you’re prompted to, and look over the choices in the Dictionaries list, and then click Download to install the dictionary you want. After it downloads, the dictionary will open automatically in Word.
From then on it will open whenever you click Define. Tip: If you’re looking for a different way to say something, right-click any word in your document and click Synonyms. A short list of synonyms will automatically open.
Or click Review Thesaurus to open the built-in thesaurus. See for more info about the thesaurus features. Install another dictionary Once you’ve downloaded one dictionary, go to the Office Store if you want more. Click Insert My Apps.
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In the Apps for Office box, click Store. Pick the dictionary you want, or search for one in the search box. When you find the dictionary you want, click Add or Buy. Review the privacy information, and then click Trust it.
Follow the steps in to begin using your new dictionary. Start using an app To start using a new app, such as a dictionary, find and double-click it in the apps list. Click Insert My Apps. Click My Apps to see your list of apps.
If your new app isn’t there, click Refresh to update the list. Double-click the app to start using it.
The Dictionary file was moved in an update for Office 2011. (I believe it was SP2 update.) While they moved the file(s), they left the old one in place.
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Old Location: /Library/Preferences/Microsoft/Office 2011/ (you can delete this folder. New Location: /Library/Application Support/Microsoft/Office/Preferences/Office 2011/Custom Dictionary The following steps is info I had for previous versions of Office for Mac. Let me know if this is still correct.
Be sure the Custom Dictionary is at the top of the list of dictionaries. Go to MS Word/Preferences/Spelling & Grammar/Custom Dictionary, and browse again to your Custom Dictionary.
You're best leaving language as (none). Restart your computer. Forgot to add, that Outlook uses this file to store custom words: /Library/Spelling/LocalDictionary You can open in any text editor to edit or add. You should be able to paste the contents of the Word custom dictionary. More info from Microsoft MVP John McGhie: 'The language of the custom dictionary has no effect on the language in which the spellchecker operates. The spelling language is controlled by the language defined in the text, or in the style applied to the text if there is no language marked in the text.
A language set for the Custom Dictionary controls ONLY from which language that specific custom dictionary will accept added words. There are 29 different English dialects. If you set your custom dictionary to English US, that dictionary will be disabled in all the other flavours of English. If you came to a word in text copied from a Canadian website and wanted to add it, 'Add to dictionary' would be greyed out. You would need to create 28 more custom dictionaries, one for each other version of English. It is highly recommended to have only ONE custom dictionary and set that to 'no language' which enables you to add words from any version of English from which you may copy text.'