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   VanguardLH to J. P. Gilliver   
   Re: Where is the dictionary? (And how ed   
   15 Feb 26 19:07:52   
   
   From: V@nguard.LH   
      
   "J. P. Gilliver"  wrote:   
      
   > As I type (e. g. in this compose window in Thunderbird, or in a webform   
   > - but not, I've just checked, in Notepad!), words mis-spelt are   
   > underlined in wiggly red; I presume this is something built-in to   
   > Windows 10.   
   >   
   > Right-clicking on such a word brings up a menu, including suggestions   
   > and also Add To Dictionary.   
   >   
   > I've always been wary of such, in case I add something that was just a   
   > genuine mistype, as I don't know where the dictionary is nor how to edit   
   > it. Anyone know?   
   >   
   > (I've just discovered that right-clicking on the word after adding - as   
   > I just did with "webform" above - provides an Undo Add To Dictionary   
   > option. But of course that will only work straight after the adding, not   
   > much later, as for example might happen when you added a genuine   
   > mis-spelling you thought was right and only much later discover wasn't.)   
      
   Thunderbird has its own dictionary.  Ask in the   
   alt.comp.software.thunderbird newsgroup about its dictionary.   
      
   Your unidentified web browser has its own dictionary.  In Edge, for   
   example, go into settings and search on "dictionary" to find where you   
   added words to it.  For some other web browser, do your own web search   
   on " dictionary".   
      
   Notepad does not have a dictionary.  You'll need to use a 3rd-party   
   dictionary that can scan your Notepad document, or the content of its   
   window.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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