Adding a word to the dictionary

Hi Leandra! When you choose Add To Dictionary, this should cause the red underline below your word to go away (since it's no longer considered misspelled), but you won't see any other visible action. You can, however, check to see which words you've added to your dictionary by doing this:

1. Click the round "a" button in the upper-left of your Storyline window.
2. Choose Storyline Options near the bottom of the dropdown menu.
3. Click Spelling Options.
4. Click Custom Dictionaries.
5. Click Modify. 

Then you'll see a list of words you've added to your custom dictionary. You can add or delete words on that window too. Does that help?

Thanks for the quick response - The red line doesn't disapear and when I look at the custom dictionary the only thing there is (default) and the modify icon is grayed out.

Hmm. Okay, can you try using the steps here to create a new dictionary file?

 https://jeanette.viewscreencasts.com/efe8e79ad5b6e087d306a2024ea82c42

Jeanette - Worked like a dream!  Thanks so much.

Oh cool! Thanks for letting me know!

I had the same problem as Leandra-thanks for the great SCREENR that helped me create a custom dictionary

Awesome Peg - glad to hear you found what you needed!

Thank you Jeanette!! I had the exact same problem and it was making me batty. I really appreciate the simple, easy-to-follow solution.

Hi Carrie and welcome to E-Learning Heroes! Glad that this thread was able to assist you. Thanks for sharing

Hi,

I added the abbreviation "IBJ" to my custom dictionary - it did not work. When IBJ is typed in on a user input text box the letters IBJ are still underlined. How do I stop this happening?

Hello Andy and welcome to E-Learning Heroes :)

What version of Storyline are you currently using? 

I took a look using your example using Storyline 360, and didn't see an issue with the abbreviation. I took a look at my setup and realized that I ignore all uppercase, so I adjusted that:

I was then able to right-click on the word underlined in red and 'Add to Dictionary' successfully.

Is that the workflow that you are using?