Spell Check won't "learn."

Appleworks 6.2.9. When I run a spelling check the "learn" option is gray, so I can't add new words or names, etc. to the dictionary. I've look at AW preferences and there is no place to change the setting. How do I change that setting? Thanks in advance for your help.

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It's not a preference setting. You probably don't have a User Dictionary selected. Before AppleWorks can "learn" new words you need to create a User Dictionary. With a WP document open, go to Edit/Writing Tools -> Select Dictionaries... Click "User Dictionary" then click "New" -> Save.

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Good evening to all. I gather from reading the forums that spell check is not specific to any one application and so i am posting this ina general area. please correct me if that is a mistake.
Spell check is no longer learning words. If it encounters a strange word and I ask it to learn it, it agrees but the next time it sees it, it still declares it an error. I write emails more than printed letters so it seems to happen when using mail more than anything else but it happens everywhere. Usually personal names and street names. I write them often and it is maddening to keep seeing the little red line when I know I have spelled it correctly and told it to learn this same word a hundred times before.
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