How can i add word

Dorothy wanted to learn how to insert objects into her Excel spreadsheets:

I believe that i have seen a Microsoft Excel worksheet that had a Word document embedded in it. Can you explain how can i insert Word files into Excel and in general how to embed file objects in Office? Just so you are aware, I am using Excel 365.

Thanks for the question. One of the key benefits of an integrated productivity suite, such as Office, is the ability to insert files of specific type into other files. For example – you can add Word document files into other Microsoft Office applications, namely Excel worksheets, Outlook emails and PowerPoint presentations.

This quick tutorial is aimed at explaining how you can embed Word objects (being a document, presentation, diagram, notebook)  into Excel. You can use a similar process when adding docx files to PowerPoint or to other Word files.

Inserting Word docs into Microsoft Excel sheets

  1. First off, go ahead and open Microsoft Excel.
  2. Then hit File, and navigate to the Open tab.
  3. Now search and open for your Excel workbook. (Tip – consider pinning files for easier access in the future).
  4. In your Excel file, navigate to your the tab in Excel into which you would like to add the attachment/embed.
  5. From the Ribbon, hit Insert.
  6. In the right hand side of the Ribbon, hit Object (located in the Text group of the Insert tab).
  7. At this point, you can either add a new Word file to your worksheet or an existing one. Select Create a new file and pick Microsoft Word as the object type from the drop down list to add a brand new document or select Create from file to add an existing file  to the spreadsheet.
  8. Now, go ahead and adjust the look and feel of your embedded object so it will fit your spreadsheet layout.
  9. Next, hit OK.
  10. And obviously, don’t forget to save your Excel spreadsheet on your computer, network drive or OneDrive.

Adding Word as attachments into Excel files

In a similar fashion you are able to insert your Word doc as an attachment to the worksheet.

Follow steps 1-6 above, but be sure of highlighting the Display as Icon and Link to File check-boxes before moving to step 8. Your document will displayed as an icon on your spreadsheet, which you can double click to open it.

Linking to a file from Word and Excel

As shown above, by using the Link to File feature, you can easily link to any embedded file or icon in your spreadsheet or document.

Notes:

  1. As shown above, embedded files can also be displayed as links or icons in your spreadsheet.
  2. The process we just outlined applies for adding any type of files (including if needed, image, graphs, equation objects and so forth) into an Excel spreadsheet.

Embedding Word documents into Excel on macOS

  1. Open Excel for macOS.
  2. Navigate and open your spreadsheet.
  3. Go to the Insert tab.
  4. Now, go ahead and hit Select Object.
  5. The Insert Object form will appear:
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  1. Select Microsoft Word document to insert a brand new file, or hit the From file button to add an existing doc to your worksheet.
  2. Last hit OK, and don’t forget to save your file.

Finally, now that you know everything about embedding Word documents into spreadsheets, you might want to learn how to insert Excel sheets into Word docs.

Note:

  1. If you are using Microsoft Office on MAC, you’ll be able to embed Word documents into Excel for MAC, but not into PowerPoint presentations nor Visio diagrams.

Copying Word content into an Excel spreadsheet

A reader asked whether he is able to copy and paste between Word an Excel. A very prevalent use case for that is when you have content in a Word table and you would like to paste it into your spreadsheet. This is possible, but with a couple caveats / tricks mostly related to the pasted content formatting:

  • Assuming that you have a table in your Word document, highlight it, then hit the right mouse click and hit Copy.
  • Open your Excel spreadsheet and navigate to the place you would like to paste your table.
  • Right click and use the Paste Options menu to set the formatting of your pasted data.
  • Alternatively, use Paste Special (also available in your right mouse button) to paste as text, HTML or embed the content as a “live” Word object.


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Sometimes when you work on a word processing document in Microsoft Word, you will type a word that the program doesn’t recognize, so a red line will appear under words that are actually spelled correctly. Understand how to add a word to the dictionary in Microsoft Word so it will recognize the correct word and stop trying to correct it. Moreover, learn how to take advantage of the custom dictionaries in MS Word so spell check doesn’t confuse your special terms between the different types of writing you do in the program.

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    Determine what type of word you want to add to your dictionary. Decide if it is one that will apply to all your writing, such as your name, or if it is special jargon specific to a type of writing you do, like the name of a particular scientist or story character?

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    Open the custom dictionary settings for MS Word.

    • In Word 2003 for Windows or 2004 for Mac, go to the «Tools» menu, select «Spelling and Grammar�», and click «Options�».
    • In Word 2007 or 2010 for Windows, click the File menu button> select options then click «Proofing.»
    • In Word 2008 or 2011 for Mac, go to the «Word» menu, select «Preferences,» and click «Authoring and Proofing Tools.» Choose the «Spelling and Grammar» option.

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    Make sure there isn’t a check in the «Suggest from main dictionary only» check box.

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    Find the drop-down menu to select your custom dictionary.

    • If the word to be added will apply to special writing projects, select the default, «Custom Dictionary,» if it isn’t already selected.
    • If the word to be added is specific to a certain type of writing you do (for example, technical documents written for work or stories set in a particular fantasy world), click the «Dictionaries�» button if you don’t already have a dictionary slotted for that purpose in the drop-down menu.
    • Find the «New�» button in the «Custom Dictionaries» dialog box that pops up.
    • Pick a location on your computer to save the custom dictionary.
    • Make sure that new custom dictionary has a check mark beside it to indicate that it’s active.
    • Make sure the correct custom dictionary is selected as default dictionary.
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    Click «OK.» and Close the «Custom Dictionaries» dialog box.

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    Close the «Spelling and Grammar» dialog box if it’s open.

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    Highlight the word you want to add to your selected custom dictionary.

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    Run spell check. Spell check will tell you that your special word is misspelled.

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    Click the «Add» button to add the word to your dictionary in Microsoft Word.

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  • Customizing dictionaries for different types of writing has a twofold benefit. First, it reduces the risk that you’ll create too large a custom dictionary. If a custom dictionary file gets too large, MS Office can no longer add to it. Second, changing your custom dictionary between your different writing types avoids situations where spell check sees «raine» in your essay and assumes it’s correct, because you have a character in your story with that name.

  • When running spell check with your overall «Custom Dictionary» dictionary, hit «Ignore all» for any terms that are to be checked by your specialized dictionary, and vice versa. That will prevent term overlap when you customize your MS Word dictionary.

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Inserting a document

You can insert the content of previously-created Word documents into a new or different Word document.

  1. Click or tap where you want to insert the content of the existing document.

  2. Go to Insert and select the arrow next to Object Object button with down arrow.

  3. Select Text from File.

  4. Locate the file that you want and then double-click it.

  5. To add in the contents of additional Word documents, repeat the above steps as needed.

Important: If you want to insert the header and footer also, be sure to insert the text from the file in a new section so that the header and footer are applied to only those pages. For more info on sections, see Insert a section break.

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Windows 10 has added an Auto-Correct feature for typing. I want to be able to edit the dictionary. This document says that I should be able to find it here:

%AppData%MicrosoftSpelling<language tag>default.acl

I’ve found it, but it’s just an empty file. How do I edit this thing?

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I found this out from: https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/25994-spell-checking-dictionary-add-remove-words-windows-10-a.html

They document two ways to do it.

  1. Add highlighted misspelled words with right click «Add to dictionary»

  2. Add or Remove Words in Spell Checking Dictionary default.dic file for a Language

    Here you put word in the %AppData%MicrosoftSpelling right dictionary for your language. Open the default.dic file with Notepad. Put word in plaintext. One per row.

Hope this helps.

EDIT:

For auto correct you add words in the default.acl directory as » autocorrect pair with the words separated by a vertical bar («|») (in the AutoCorrect word list)» (See Microsoft page dictionary files section).

For example, if you wanted to change misspelling mnger to manager, then you would add this line in .acl file:

mnger|manager 

I tested it now. I had no spaces between words and the pipe.

Plus, please make sure «Autocorrect misspelled words» is on in Settings.

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For MS Word, go to the search bar and type «Language Preference». Select the «Proofing» section, Click the «Auto correct Options» button. Under «Replace text as you type», delete the text you do not want Word to auto correct.

Or add words you want to auto correct.

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Updated: 11/30/2020 by

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When typing a document in Microsoft Word, you can use a tool to make sure you have spelled all your words correctly. Sometimes, you may need to add a word to the dictionary if Microsoft Word does not recognize it.

In Microsoft Word, there are two ways you can add a new word to the dictionary. Select a link below for the method you want to use and follow the steps provided.

Add new word through a custom dictionary

  1. In the menu bar, click the File tab, then click Options.
  2. In the Word Options window, click the Proofing option in the left navigation pane.
  3. Under the When correcting spelling in Microsoft Office programs header, make sure the box is unchecked for the Suggest from main dictionary only option.
  4. Click the Custom Dictionaries button.
  5. In the Custom Dictionaries window, select the dictionary set as the default dictionary, then click the Edit Word List button.

Edit Word List for Custom Dictionary in Microsoft Word

  1. Type the word you want to add in the Word(s) text field.
  2. Click the Add button to add the word to the Microsoft Word dictionary.

Adding a word to the custom dictionary in Microsoft Word.

  1. Click the OK button on each of the open windows to save the dictionary changes.

Add new word during a spell check

  1. As you are typing text in the document, any words that Microsoft Word considers to be misspelled have a red squiggly line underneath them. Right-click the word with a red squiggly line under it.
  2. In the pop-up menu that opens, select Spelling, then the Add to Dictionary option.

Add new word to Microsoft Word dictionary

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