Learn how to share custom dictionaries in PowerPoint 2011 for Mac. Doing so will help you share your additions and customizations with other PowerPoint users within your organization.
Author: Geetesh Bajaj
Product/Version: PowerPoint 2011 for Mac
OS: Mac OS X
Each logged-in user for Mac OS X is allotted a separate default custom dictionary in Office 2011. Not surprisingly, this is a file called Custom Dictionary located within each user's Library folder on the Mac. In addition, as a user you can create and use many more custom dictionaries. Over time, your custom dictionaries may become a very useful resource, especially since any custom dictionary loaded is used by all the Office applications such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Let us assume that you have added several words to a custom dictionary over the last few years, and now you need to move to a new computer. Or, probably you have a colleague who is going to help you with some documentation, and you obviously want him or her to use your custom dictionary. To share the actual custom dictionary files (.dic), you first need to find out where they are stored on your computer. In Office 2011 on Mac OS X the default location of custom dictionaries is:
Macintosh HD:Users:<username>:Library:Application Support:Microsoft:Office:Preferences:Office 2011
This process will help you to take a look at the loaded dictionaries within PowerPoint 2011 for Mac:
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