20 May 2005 08:26 am
MeDic :: Instructions
And now my least favorite part of creating something: telling people how to use it.
I'm only posting the instructions for Word, because if you're using OpenOffice.org, you're probably clever enough to figure out how to use the macro to import the dictionaries. I haven't tried it personally, but it works for other Word custom dictionaries, so I'm thinking that it'll work without a hitch for you.
Using the dictionaries in Word is pretty straightforward. Just a few steps and you're ready to go.
- Download the dictionary, and open the zip file.
- Extract all.dic file to wherever. Generally you can simply drag and drop the contents where you want it saved. (On my computer, this is in the folder where I keep all of my documents. Whatever you do, make sure you remember this location.)
- Now it's time to add the dictionary to the list in Microsoft Word. Open Word, and then go to the Tools menu. From there, hit Options, and then hit the "Spelling and Grammar" tab. It should be in the top row. (screenshot)
- Click the button that says "Custom Dictionaries…"
- Click "Add…"
- Find your file(s).
- There is no step 7. Hah! Fooled you.
on 08 Jun 2007 at 9:32 am 1.ahmad said …
thanks alot man go on
on 26 Jul 2007 at 1:56 am 2.vinod juneja said …
dear sir
you are great
thanks a lot
this dictionary is very helpful for me
again thanks a lot
vinod
on 13 Sep 2007 at 8:40 pm 3.Brano said …
Man you are a champ! Thank you very much. I spent like 5 hours making my own after not being able to find any free one and then I found yours. Thanks again!
Brano Sydney
on 06 Jan 2008 at 7:28 pm 4.Rob said …
An issue for installation.
Using Word 2007, and when attempting to add the dictionary it tells me to save it in Unicode first.
Any suggestions?
on 10 Mar 2008 at 8:11 pm 5.David said …
yeah here is how you fix that problem in word 2007
Open the text file all and then under file click save as unicode when writing the name you want to save it as make sure you have it end with *.dic* eg. "medical.dic" so that word will view it as a dictionary file….
Hope that helps! also thanks so much for this awesome dictionary!!1
on 12 Apr 2008 at 9:16 am 6.jp said …
I love it thank you very much
on 18 Apr 2008 at 7:27 am 7.Robin said …
Works very well. Thank you. =)
on 18 Jul 2008 at 3:37 am 8.samson said …
hi sir thanks for this it helps me a lottttt .. g88 job
on 23 Jul 2008 at 9:50 pm 9.Fidel, MD said …
Why, thank you! I thought I was doing pretty well with about 7K words in my dictionary. I'm just a piker…
on 25 Aug 2008 at 8:09 am 10.BiteTheDust said …
Excellent. I have been looking for an medical dictionary for word and open office for a while
cheers
Robbo
on 23 Sep 2008 at 7:45 am 11.alex said …
this was amazing
i just used it as a little test in one of my lecture files and i had so many mistakes i would have never picked up. thank you soo much!
on 28 Sep 2008 at 7:20 am 12.Jeremy said …
Thanks a load,
I have to do a lot of medical writing and I am the worst speller of all time.
Your little list has transformed my work!
You are a dude!
Jeremy
on 17 Oct 2008 at 4:38 pm 13.Anoj said …
Thank you SO much !
You have no idea how happy I am right now – no longer have to "add to dictionary" !!! Hooray !!!
on 11 Nov 2008 at 12:11 pm 14.Heather said …
Thank you so much, this has transformed writing my dissertation!
on 20 Jan 2009 at 6:28 pm 15.Nicole said …
Thank you so much! This is going to save me so much time!
on 02 Feb 2009 at 1:47 pm 16.Sandy said …
Really thank you, man! It would be a great help always! Will remember to pass it on to whoever needs it. Thanks, again!!
on 08 Aug 2009 at 7:46 pm 17.Sarah said …
Thanks, hero of all medical geeks!
Will endeavor to pass on any extra words to you
Heres a couple:
osteoblasts – you've got 'osteoblast' only
degranulated – as in degranulated platelets
on 25 Oct 2009 at 3:55 pm 18.Vik said …
Hello!
I don't know if this is any help but i've gone through this and replaced lots of the US spelling with UK ones. I couldn't find a UK version on here for myself. Let me know.
thanks a million billion for this!!!
Vik
on 25 Dec 2009 at 9:01 pm 19.Rian said …
Vik,
If you've compiled it in a comprehensive way, I'd be interested in hosting it as a UK-specific dictionary. As you can see above, someone else has made an Australian version. Perhaps your dictionaries are similar?
on 02 Mar 2010 at 9:14 am 20.James said …
Thank you so much for this. It's very helpful!