Custom Medical Dictionary for MS Office for Free

Frustrated that Microsoft Word marks difficult medical terms as mispelled? I was, but this is a simple solution I created that works well.

        You get frustrated adding such underlined words every time to the inbuilt custom dictionary of Microsoft Word by right clicking and adding. To avoid such repeated annoyance, the more permanent solution would be installing a medical spell checker itself which works in the background. So here is the Solution: "MedSpellChecker" - a custom dictionary for medical transcription with a collection of medical words that could work in tandem with Microsoft Word.


Download "MedSpellChecker" Medical Dictionary for Microsoft Word and follow instructions to get it working :)

Windows

To Add a Dictionary:

1.     Download and save the Medical Dictionary File to your desktop.

o   In IE, right click on the link and click “Save Target As” to save the file.

o   In Firefox and Chrome, right click on the link and click “Save Link As” to save the file.

2.     Start Word.

3.     Click on “File” and then “Options”

4.     Click “Proofing”.

5.     Click the “Custom Dictionaries” button.

6.     Click the Add button.

7.     Locate and select the medical dictionary file you saved in step 1. Click open.

8.     Click the OK buttons until you’re out of the dialog boxes.

9.     Optional:  Delete the medical dictionary file from your desktop.

Mac

You should first download the Medical Dictionary file.

1.     Open Word and select the Word Menu and click on Preferences.

2.     In the Authoring and Proofing Tools section, choose Spelling and Grammar.

3.     In the Spelling section, click the Dictionaries button.

4.     Click the Add Button.

5.     Navigate to the '.dic' dictionary file and select it.

o   If the '.dic' file you want to use is grayed out, switch the Enable pop-up menu to All Files.

6.     Click Open.

o   Your custom dictionary appears with a check box that's selected in the Custom Dictionaries dialog.

7.     Click OK to close the Custom Dictionaries dialog and then close the Spelling and Grammar preferences pane.

o   Your new dictionary is now available to Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Outlook uses the Mac OS X dictionary.