Dictionary Members (Word)

Represents a dictionary. Dictionary objects that represent custom dictionaries are members of the Dictionaries collection. Other dictionary objects are returned by properties of the Languages collection; these include the ActiveSpellingDictionary, ActiveGrammarDictionary, ActiveThesaurusDictionary, and ActiveHyphenationDictionary properties.

Methods

Name

Description

Delete

Deletes the specified dictionary.

Properties

Name

Description

Application

Returns an Application object that represents the Microsoft Word application.

Creator

Returns a 32-bit integer that indicates the application in which the specified object was created. Read-only Long.

LanguageID

Returns or sets a WdLanguageID constant that represents the language for the specified object. Read/write.

LanguageSpecific

True if the custom dictionary is to be used only with text formatted for a specific language. Read/write Boolean.

Name

Returns the name of the specified object. Read-only String.

Parent

Returns an Object that represents the parent object of the specified Dictionary object.

Path

Returns the path to the specified dictionary. Read-only String.

ReadOnly

True if the specified dictionary cannot be changed. Read-only Boolean.

Type

Returns the dictionary type. Read-only WdDictionaryType.