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# Creating a New Dictionary

Two default user dictionaries—correct.tlx and userdict.tlx—are included with your installation. They contain auto corrections for common words that are frequently misspelled and conditional corrections for words that may be confused with other words. These dictionaries are automatically selected and applied by the spell checker unless you specify otherwise.

You may add to these dictionaries or create new ones of your own. You may want to have different dictionaries for different products or form libraries so you can tailor your lists to the special terminology, spelling, and capitalization requirements of the specific environment. Dictionaries you create may be used in addition to or instead of the ones provided by the spell checker.

To create a new dictionary

1. Select Options from the Tools menu to display the Options dialog.

2. Click in the Spell Checking group on the Workspace tab to display the Dictionaries dialog:

3. Click to display the New Dictionary dialog:

4. Enter a File Name for your dictionary. Be sure to enter the .TLX extension. It is not added automatically.

5. Select the language for your dictionary from the Language list box.

6. Click . An empty dictionary will be created. You can place words in this dictionary by adding the words you want to include or by importing another dictionary.

7. To exit from the Dictionaries dialog, click . You will return to the Options dialog.

8. Click to close the Options dialog.