Creating and selecting spelling dictionaries
Before you check spelling, you can select the spelling dictionaries to use. You can use the main dictionary by itself, or in combination with a customized user dictionary. (For more information on the main and user dictionaries, see Checking spelling.)
FileMaker Pro is preset to use the user dictionary user.upr, but you can create other user dictionaries (for example, a dictionary containing special financial or medical terminology).
You need to select dictionaries when:
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you want to use a main or user dictionary other than the preset one.
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you want to check the spelling a second time using a different main dictionary (for example, a foreign language dictionary).
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you want to ignore your user dictionary.
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your dictionary files are not present in the default folder location: the
Extensions/Dictionaries folder in the folder where FileMaker Pro is installed.
To switch your main dictionary:
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Choose Edit menu > Spelling >Select Dictionaries.
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Use Spelling Language to select a main dictionary. The default choice matches your operating system language.
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Click OK.
To switch your user dictionary:
1.
Choose Edit menu > Spelling > Select Dictionaries.
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Select Use Main Dictionary and User Spelling Dictionary. The name and path of the currently selected user dictionary is displayed.
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Click Select to switch to another user dictionary.
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Click OK.
To ignore the user dictionary:
1.
Choose Edit menu > Spelling > Select Dictionaries.
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Select Use Main Spelling Dictionary only.
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Click OK.
You must reselect a user dictionary to use it again.
To create a new user dictionary:
1.
Choose Edit menu > Spelling > Select Dictionaries.
2.
Select Use Main Dictionary and User Spelling Dictionary.
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Click New. Type a name for the dictionary, then click Create.
4.
Click OK.
Related topics 
Editing user dictionaries
Setting file options
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