add to dictionary greyed out in word 2010

Anonymous
2011-02-26T02:06:38+00:00

i'm not able to add words to my dictionary in word 2010.  when i right click on an underlined word, 'add to dictionary' is greyed out.  please help!

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Anonymous
2011-11-02T03:56:26+00:00

This is how I solved the problem:

Go to File, Options, Proofing and click on Custom Dictionaries. Then pick the dictionary language. Then you will see your language in the list with a checked box next to it.  Remove the check and check it again. Then click OK and OK. And hopefully your problem will be solved.

This worked for me, I hope works for you too.

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  1. Suzanne S Barnhill 279.5K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2011-09-22T04:10:07+00:00

    That answer is provided in http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/MasterSpellCheck.htm, which was referenced in the very first reply in this thread.

    If you had read the entire thread, you would have found that the OP never said that the provided answer was not the solution. "vicfatah" came along later and said that none of the replies answered his question; presumably your answer would not have helped, either, since he said that the previous replies (which included this) had not helped. Ultimately his problem was solved by his corporate IT people, but he was unable to tell us what they did, so we don't know what the solution ultimately was.

    If you have a question about some other aspect of Word (obviously you know the standard answer to this one), please feel free to post it, and we will do our best to answer it. I see that you have been a member since August 2008 and have never asked a question, so I don't think you can complain about the replies you have received.

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  2. Anonymous
    2011-09-21T23:19:55+00:00

    vicfatah

    I completely share your frustration with this and other forums where people simply refuse to read the question and then give a specific answer.

    Instead they make a poor attempt to try and validate their worth to the forum by either referring you elswhere or answering a different problem to the one that is posted.

    If you don't have an answer...simply don't post a reply!!!

    On that note, the most common cause of 'Add to dictionary' being greyed out is because the document language and the Proffing language are not the same.

    In office 2010 go to File>Options>Proofing click on Custom Dictionaries, at the bottom of the dialogue box change Dictionary Language to All Languages.

    You will now be able to add words to your dictionary no matter what language the document is set to.

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  3. Anonymous
    2011-09-15T08:09:35+00:00

    Thank you. This worked for me.Having just bought Office 2011 and updated yesterday I was surprised to find this problem.

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