Learning a new word with spell check

When I click on learn the machine beeps at me and won't learn. It is not greyed out. I have checked the dictionary location and both user and main are in the right place. I have got rid of the preferences file and restarted appleworks? Anyone got any ideas? is it possible for the user dictionnary to be full?

nicholas eve wrote:
I have got rid of the preferences file
AppleWorks 6 keeps a set of Preferences and Cache files for each User, not just a single preferences file. See *my post in this thread* for details on deleting the prefs.
is it possible for the user dictionary to be full?
The AppleWorks 6 User Dictionary will hold only about 6000 words, so filling it is certainly a possibility. I had thought the Learn button would be greyed when that occurred, though.
You can get a check on how many words there are in your User Dictionary pretty easily:
With a document open, go Edit > Writing Tools > Edit User Dictionary.
In the dialogue, click the disclosure triangle beside Text File, then click Export.
Choose a location for the file, then click Save.
Open a new WP file.
Go File > Insert...
Locate the User Dictionary Text Export file you just saved (it will be greyed).
Use the File Format popup menu to change to either Text or All Available.
Select and Open the file.
Go Edit > Writing tools > Word Count to get a count of how many entries there are in your User Dictionary.
Further steps: You might try creating a new User Dictionary.
Go Edit Z. Writing Tools > Select Dictionaries...
Click User Dictionary, then New.
Give the new dictionary a name ('User Dictionary 2' is fine), then Save.
If the new dictionary is not automatically selected as the Currently Selected Dictionary, Click Choose, and select it.
Close the dialogue.
Test the new dictionary's learning ability.
If all is well, you can fill the new dictionary with the contents of the old one.
The fastest way to do this is to Import the Text file you exported earlier (for the word count).
A slower way, but one that will show you any arising problems, is to spell check the AW document you used for the word count. The spell check should question every word on that list, giving you a chance to spot and drop words that you don't expect to use, or that are misspellings that were learned in error.
Regards,
Barry

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