Systems documentation and MS Word

Question

We have some MS Word files documenting troubleshooting steps for certain custom systems. Those documents use a convention to mark things like table names, class names, fields, etc in a certain font so that it stands out and the reader knows they were entered verbatim.

However, these items are rarely spell-checker friendly. This is really nit-picking, but I'd like to do one of a few things:

• Tell the word spell-checker to ignore words typed in this font
• Create a 'style' in word and tell the spell checker to ignore anything using the style
• Have an automated way to import systems name to the dictionary only for certain documents, such that the imported words are easy to keep up to date and preferably kept in a central place.

Really the last option seems best since then Word can help check for typos in those names, but I'd be happy with any of them. How can I do this? Or are there any other ideas on ways to handle the documentation?

Answer 1

For Word 2003: create a style, then modify the style, select Format/Language, and check the checkbox "Do not check spelling or grammar".

I don't believe you can associate a custom dictionary with a specific document.