I Can't Add Words to WORD Dictionary....

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I am having this same problem, but if I select my custom dictionary, when I click OK, I get that the custom dictionary is not available.

I should never have purchased Snow Leopard. Big mistake. Live and learn, I guess.

Have the same problem. Could add words to dictionary through Word just 2 days ago. Updated to snow leopard and now can't add words. I created a new dictionary and now I can add. For some reason it says I can't use the old dictionary. Go figure!

I actually had to create a new custom dictionary, even though the old one was still there. For some reason, the installation of Snow Leopard made the old custom dictionary unreadable and not accessible. Once I copied and created the new custom dictionary, and deselected the old dictionary, that solved the problem and I can now add words to my custom dictionary.

I found the same solution as the poster above. I had to create a new dictionary after upgrading to Snow Leopard. I then added the words to the new dictionary and deleted the old one. Annoying.

Yes, somehow the Custom Dictionary file has become corrupted after Snow Leopard instalation. I followed the above suggestions but there are a few more details. Here are the complete steps:

1. open the Custom Dictionary file (user/library/preferences/Microsoft/Office 2008/) in Word (drag on Word icon in tool bar)
2. Select All and copy
3. open a new Word document, Paste Special - unformatted text - the entries from the previous dictionary
4. save the file as Speller Custom Dictionary (.dic) - untick Append file extension - in same location above
5. open the new Custom Dictionary, click Show nonprinting characters and delete any odd spaces (i.e. before the dictionary entries) or characters, and Save
6. open a new Word doc - make sure that in Word - Preferences - Spelling & Grammar - Custom Dictionary is set to Custom Dictionary and language = none

Step 5 seems to be critical because I had several blank spaces before each word. I hope this solves your problem.