Three ways you can add or remove words from Microsoft Word dictionary. Applies to other Office apps like Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook too.

Open Notepad or another plain text editor, then open the original dictionary file. You should see each word in the spelling dictionary listed as a separate line, with a lowercase "i" to the right.

The default, or embedded, dictionary used for spell checking in the PowerPoint program is the same one that Microsoft Office uses for all its programs. It does not contain precise terms used in ...