Locating the Custom Dictionary path in Leopard finder

By mistake I identified a custom dictionary other than the default. Now I
can't locate the original custom dictionary. Where is it?

The only "custom dictionary" Entourage will let me substitute is from my
American Heritage dictionary, which doesn't hold my words. Your help will be
appreciated. I've not had much luck with Microsoft directly.

JE
Mon Dec 03 13:37:09 PST 2007

In article <32548C18-EC78-4250-B8A2-DAD9D20FC68A@microsoft.com>,
DWOya51 <DWOya51@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> By mistake I identified a custom dictionary other than the default. Now I
> can't locate the original custom dictionary. Where is it?
>
> The only "custom dictionary" Entourage will let me substitute is from my
> American Heritage dictionary, which doesn't hold my words. Your help will be
> appreciated. I've not had much luck with Microsoft directly.

The default location for the Custom Dictionary is in the

~:Library:Preferences:Microsoft

folder. That doesn't necessarily mean it's your "original" if you
specified a different location when it was created.

Did you do a Spotlight search for "Custom Dictionary"?

DWOya51
Mon Dec 03 16:51:01 PST 2007

Hi,
I've looked in the Preferences folder and there is no Microsoft. I see my
printer and adobe folders, among others, but no Microsoft. A posting for an
earlier version of either a Mac OS, or Entourage, sent me to the same
location. In Leopard, it's gone.

Any other ideas?

"JE McGimpsey" wrote:

> In article <32548C18-EC78-4250-B8A2-DAD9D20FC68A@microsoft.com>,
> DWOya51 <DWOya51@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> > By mistake I identified a custom dictionary other than the default. Now I
> > can't locate the original custom dictionary. Where is it?
> >
> > The only "custom dictionary" Entourage will let me substitute is from my
> > American Heritage dictionary, which doesn't hold my words. Your help will be
> > appreciated. I've not had much luck with Microsoft directly.
>
> The default location for the Custom Dictionary is in the
>
> ~:Library:Preferences:Microsoft
>
> folder. That doesn't necessarily mean it's your "original" if you
> specified a different location when it was created.
>
> Did you do a Spotlight search for "Custom Dictionary"?
>

JE
Tue Dec 04 10:32:37 PST 2007

In article <673E6121-53CB-487C-BC51-610B1C2E62A7@microsoft.com>,
DWOya51 <DWOya51@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> I've looked in the Preferences folder and there is no Microsoft. I see my
> printer and adobe folders, among others, but no Microsoft. A posting for an
> earlier version of either a Mac OS, or Entourage, sent me to the same
> location. In Leopard, it's gone.
>
> Any other ideas?

Not really - if you don't have a Microsoft folder inside your

~:Library:Preferences:

folder, that would seem to indicate that you've never started an Office
app in that account.