Adobe InDesign CS3 - Manual (Page 165)

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Add words to dictionaries
If, during a spell check, InDesign displays an unfamiliar word in the Check Spelling dialog box, select the dictionary
from the Add To menu, and then click Add. You can also use the Dictionary dialog box to give you more control over
how words are added to an exception word list.
1 Choose Edit > Spelling > Dictionary.
2 In the Language menu, choose a language. Each language contains at least one dictionary.
3 In the Target menu, choose the dictionary where you want to store the word. The Target menu lets you store the
changes in an external user dictionary or in any open document.
4 In the Dictionary List menu, choose Added Words.
5 Click Hyphenate to see the word’s default hyphenation. Tildes (~) indicate possible hyphenation points.
6 In the Word box, type or edit the word to be added to the word list.
7 If you don’t like the hyphenation points, follow these guidelines to indicate your preferred hyphenation of the word:
• Type one tilde (~) to indicate the best possible hyphenation points, or the only acceptable hyphenation point, in
the word.
• Type two tildes (~~) to indicate your second choice.
• Type three tildes (~~~) to indicate a poor but acceptable hyphenation point.
• If you want the word never to be hyphenated, type a tilde before its first letter.
If you need to include an actual tilde in a word, type a backslash before the tilde (\~).
8 Click Add, and then click Done. The word is added to the currently selected Dictionary List.
Note: Remember that hyphenation points interact with the hyphenation settings in your documents. As a result, the
word might not break where you expect it to. Control these settings by choosing Hyphenation in the Paragraph panel
menu. (See “Hyphenate text” on page 248.)
Remove or edit words in dictionaries
1 Choose Edit > Spelling > Dictionary.
2 In the Language menu, choose a language.
3 In the Target menu, choose the dictionary from which you want to remove the word. The Target menu lets you
choose an external user dictionary or any open document.
4 In the Dictionary List menu, do one of the following:
• To modify the list of additions to the selected Target word list, choose Added Words.
• To modify the list of words that are flagged as misspelled, choose Removed Words.
• To modify the list of words that are being ignored during the current InDesign session, choose Ignored Words.
This list includes all the words for which you’ve chosen Ignore All.
5 In the word list, edit the word, or select the word and click Remove.
6 Click Done.