[Framers] Adding a word to FM dictionary

[Les Smalley]

 First, I have no direct experience in this version of FM, as I've been out of the publishing world for over a decade now.  Second, I have no idea what setting is keeping you from adding a word to the dictionary (file permissions is my initial guess)

But I recall issues in past versions both with misspelled words in random paragraphs not being flagged, and correctly spelled words getting flagged, because somehow the language setting of the para was changed somehow from the desired language (US English) to something else, so FM looked up things in a different language dictionary - or not at all if the language was "none" (which we used to document code samples).

Might be worth checking, just in case.
-- Les

    On Monday, July 26, 2021, 7:00:55 PM EDT, tammyvb at spectrumwritingllc.com <tammyvb at spectrumwritingllc.com> wrote:  
 
 Hi Peter,

I am a party of one, so nothing on a network directory branch of my
installation. Everything is in my local directory. I wouldn't have a clue as
to what application tweaked my Windows and even if it did, why on earth
would the one word "potential" in the FM check spelling world be affected??
Stranger things, yes, have happened, but . .. 

Is there a way to refresh/replace/repair the US English dictionary for FM?
Just trying all thoughts at this point.

Thank you!

TVB

Tammy Van Boening
Tammy dot vanboening at spectrumwritingllc dot com
www.spectrumwritingllc.com

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Subject: Re: [Framers] Adding a word to FM dictionary

Standing out here on the sidelines of your battle, I can't help but wonder
if there's some kind of Windows cache issue that's at play. Actually not
"play" - more like evil. IIRC, in DOS days, some applications needed some OS
environment options, like "files=", or "threads=," customized, to perform
optimally. Perhaps there's a Windows Ace who can chime in here.

* Is it possible that other applications have tweaked your Windows?

* Is it possible that some of your settings or support files are on a
network directory branch of your installation, rather than in your local
directory?

HTH

On Mon, Jul 26, 2021, 2:37 PM <tammyvb at spectrumwritingllc.com> wrote:

> Update to the problem below: I followed Reng's advice about writing 
> the dictionaries to a file to attempt a correction that way and 
> neither the document dictionary nor the personal dictionary contains 
> "potential."  Does anyone have any advice or ideas?
>
> Thanks!
>
> TVB
>
> _____________________________________________________________
> 
> OK,
>
> This was happening in FM12 and now with a standalone new install with 
> FM2019, so I give because as a standalone install (it was not an 
> upgrade install), the dictionaries should be new and not corrupted - in
theory!
> The
> word "potential" is getting flagged as a possible misspelling in my 
> current document set, and based on the section that I am writing 
> currently, it's driving me insane. If I right-click on a flagged 
> instance of "potential," I can select either Learn the Word or Allow 
> in Document and still get the same cryptic message:
>
> "You cannot add potential to a dictionary. To add potential to a 
> dictionary, first deselect the corresponding Find setting in the 
> Spelling Checker Options dialog box."
>
> What friggin' Find setting? There isn't an applicable one selected. . .
> it's not a repeated word, etc.
>
> Any advice on how to solve this inane problem?
>
> Thanks!
>
>
> TVB
>
>
> Tammy Van Boening
> Principal/Owner
> Spectrum Writing, LLC
> www.spectrumwritingllc.com <http://www.spectrumwritingllc.com>
> 303-840-1755