Uploading new and modified spelling dictionaries

Use this procedure to add a spelling dictionary by uploading a dictionary file or to upload a new version of an existing spelling dictionary. At a minimum, you want to load one locale type spelling dictionary for each locale.

The spell check functionality requires a spelling dictionary be loaded. The spelling dictionary file is simply a text file with a .dic extension and with a format of one entry or word per line. Many spelling dictionaries are available for download on the internet. After a spelling dictionary is loaded, users can use the Spell Check functionality.

There are three types of spelling dictionaries:

  • Locale

    Locale is the base spelling dictionary you should load. Locale dictionaries are specific to a locale. Typically you load one spelling dictionary for each locale and data area. You can create a hierarchy for locale using a locale component naming convention language_country_variant. For example, you can load a dictionary with a locale of en and another with en_US. A user running with a locale of en_US would get both dictionaries. If there is no dictionary for en_AU, a user running with a locale of en_AU would only get the first en dictionary.

  • User

    Application users can define words for their own use. User spelling dictionaries are created automatically, if one does not exist, when a user adds a word to the dictionary. User dictionaries are specific to user IDs. Entries in a user dictionary are cross data area and cross locale. User dictionaries can also be manually loaded through the Spelling Dictionary form.

  • Alternate

    Alternate dictionaries can be used to make spelling dictionaries containing words specific to a domain. These types of dictionaries are specific to a data area and can be set up with no locale, crosses all locales. or with any level of locale information.

  1. Obtain or create a spelling dictionary. Place this dictionary in your FTP directory.
  2. Select > Administration Console > Other > Spelling Dictionary Create and Update tab.
  3. Specify this information:
    Optional Subdirectory on the FTP Site
    If the dictionary file is in a sub-directory of the FTP site directory, specify that directory.
    Dictionary File Name
    Specify the name of the dictionary file (.dic).
    Encoding Type
    Specify the encoding type of the dictionary file.
    Action
    Select Create or Update.
    Description
    Specify a description for the dictionary.
    Name
    Specify a name for the dictionary.
    Type
    Select Locale, User, or Alternate.
    Locale
    For Locale type and Alternate type dictionaries, specify the locale.
  4. Click Submit to process the spelling dictionary creation or update now, or Schedule if you want to schedule the spelling dictionary creation or update.