As the thread title state, I accidentally clicked "Learn Spelling" on a misspelled word. How do I undo this action? Where is the user dictionary stored on the system (10.6.2)?
Straight from the help menu searching on "Spelling"
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If you accidentally add a misspelled word to the dictionary, type the misspelling in the Spelling and Grammar window and click Ignore, or Control-click the misspelling and choose Unlearn Spelling from the shortcut menu.
I find I have to do that in a separate window from where I committed the original snafu.
Interesting, but I can't seem to make Dictionary Cleaner work. Shows only one added word, but I know I've added many many more to my user dictionary.
I just tried something else because this didn't work for me either (32 bit?)
Went to
~Library>Spelling
Double clicked on the en file. Bunch of words in there that I have corrected/added. I am not sure if you can mess with this or not but it appears to be the list.
I just tried something else because this didn't work for me either (32 bit?)
Went to
~Library>Spelling
Double clicked on the en file. Bunch of words in there that I have corrected/added. I am not sure if you can mess with this or not but it appears to be the list.
Well spotted! Editing with TextEdit (with a backup) seems worth a try for the adventurous. The only thing I notice is that the list is sorted alphabetically, which I presume means it is being managed by an application.
I looked in ~Library/Spelling, and have two files: en and LocalDictionary
"en" has a string of words that I have added, but these are dot separated by spaces or comas. I added a word just now, and it was added to the LocalDictionary file.It definitely seems that an app is managing this. It's a bit late right now, but I'll mess around in here later in the weekend.
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If you accidentally add a misspelled word to the dictionary, type the misspelling in the Spelling and Grammar window and click Ignore, or Control-click the misspelling and choose Unlearn Spelling from the shortcut menu.
I find I have to do that in a separate window from where I committed the original snafu.
I'd like to see a listing of all user-added words. Does anyone know if this is possible?
http://www.twoamsoftware.com/?q=dc/about
Dictionary Cleaner
Haven't tried it myself..
http://www.macworld.com/article/5235...editspell.html
Interesting, but I can't seem to make Dictionary Cleaner work. Shows only one added word, but I know I've added many many more to my user dictionary.
I just tried something else because this didn't work for me either (32 bit?)
Went to
~Library>Spelling
Double clicked on the en file. Bunch of words in there that I have corrected/added. I am not sure if you can mess with this or not but it appears to be the list.
I just tried something else because this didn't work for me either (32 bit?)
Went to
~Library>Spelling
Double clicked on the en file. Bunch of words in there that I have corrected/added. I am not sure if you can mess with this or not but it appears to be the list.
Well spotted! Editing with TextEdit (with a backup) seems worth a try for the adventurous. The only thing I notice is that the list is sorted alphabetically, which I presume means it is being managed by an application.
"en" has a string of words that I have added, but these are dot separated by spaces or comas. I added a word just now, and it was added to the LocalDictionary file.It definitely seems that an app is managing this. It's a bit late right now, but I'll mess around in here later in the weekend.