Create or add user dictionaries

You can create a user dictionary, or you can add user dictionaries from previous InDesign or InCopy versions, from files that others have sent you, or from a server where your workgroup’s user dictionary is stored. The dictionary you add is used for all your InDesign documents.

Note: You cannot associate user dictionaries with languages that do not use Proximity dictionaries. These languages include Czech, Greek, Hungarian, Polish, Russian, and Slovak.

Choose Edit > Preferences > Dictionary (Windows) or InDesign > Preferences > Dictionary (Mac OS).
From the Language menu, choose the language with which you want to associate the dictionary.
Do one of the following:
- To create a new dictionary, click the New User Dictionary icon below the Language menu. Specify the name and location of the user dictionary (which includes a .udc extension), and then click Save.
- To add an existing dictionary, click the Add User Dictionary icon , select the user dictionary file, which includes a .udc or .not extension, and then click Open.

Note: If you can’t find the dictionary file, you might want to use your system Find command to locate the .udc files (try using *.udc), note the location, and then try again.

The dictionary is added to the list under the Language menu. You can add words to the dictionary using the Dictionary dialog box.

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Create or add user dictionaries

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