Adobe InDesign - Manual (Page 270)

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1. Choose Edit > Preferences > Dictionary (Windows) or InDesign > Preferences > Dictionary (Mac OS).
2. From the Language menu, choose the language to which the dictionary belongs.
3. Do any of the following:
To remove a dictionary from the list, select it and click the Remove User Dictionary icon . You must have at least one dictionary per
language.
If the language dictionary includes a question mark icon next to it, select the dictionary, click the Relink User Dictionary icon , and
then locate and open the user dictionary.
To change the order of the user dictionaries, drag and drop them. The order of the dictionaries in the list is the order in which the
dictionaries are checked.
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 let you specify the target dictionary and language, and to indicate how words are
added to an exception word list.
1. Choose Edit > Spelling > User Dictionary.
2. In the Language menu, choose a language. Each language contains at least one dictionary. If you want the word to be added to all
languages, choose All Languages.
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. In the Word box, type or edit the word to be added to the word list.
6. Click Hyphenate to see the word’s default hyphenation. Tildes (~) indicate possible hyphenation points.
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.
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.)
Remove or edit words in dictionaries
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