WD98: How to Consolidate Multiple Custom Dictionaries

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1. Open the dictionary that you want to keep:
   1. On the Tools menu, click Preferences. Select the Spelling And Grammar tab, and then click Dictionaries.
   2. Select the custom dictionary that you want to retain, and then click Edit. (If prompted, convert the file as Text Only).
2. Open a dictionary that you want to discard, copy the words from it, and paste the words into the dictionary document that you want to keep. To do this, follow these steps:
   1. On the Tools menu, click Preferences. Select the Spelling And Grammar tab, and then click Dictionaries.
   2. Select a custom dictionary that you want to discard and click Edit. (If prompted, convert the file as Text Only).
   3. Position the insertion point in the newly opened dictionary file, and click Select All on the Edit menu.
   4. On the Edit menu, click Copy.
   5. To switch to the dictionary file that you want to keep, click its name on the Window menu. Position the insertion point at the end of the file, and click Paste on the Edit menu.
      
      The words from the dictionary you want to get rid of should be pasted into the dictionary file that you want to keep.
   6. Repeat steps a-e for each dictionary that you want to discard.
3. Position the insertion point in the dictionary that you want to keep. On the File menu, click Save As. In the Save File As Type box, select Speller Custom Dictionary, type a name for the dictionary, and then click Save.
   
   NOTE: If you are asked to replace the file, click Replace. Then, click Yes if you receive the following message:
   This document may contain formatting which will be lost upon conversion to Speller Custom Dictionary format. To preserve the initial document, click No to exit this dialog, and then save the document in Word format before converting. Continue with Save?
4. On the File menu, click Close.
5. Close any other open custom dictionaries without saving them.
6. On the Tools menu, click Preferences. Select the Spelling and Grammar tab and then click Dictionaries.
7. Click to clear the check boxes for all dictionaries except for the one containing all of the words.
8. Click OK.
9. Click to select Check Spelling As You Type, and click OK.