(This is where Leonard would select the CUSTOM2.DIC file.) Click Open. Use the controls in the dialog box to locate and select the dictionary you want to be used by Word. This looks very similar to a standard Open dialog box. Relatedly, the word customer is based on the same root, and the regular customers of a business are sometimes referred to collectively as its custom (though this usage is uncommon).Ĭustom as an adjective means that something was made or prepared especially for you. Word displays the Add Custom Dictionary dialog box. Customs can also be personal, such as getting a coffee on the way to work every day, or eating at the same restaurant every Friday. Customs vary from place to place based on the culture, and the word is often used in phrases like local custom and national custom. For Americans, a common Thanksgiving custom is having a large dinner, especially turkey. Select Options in the Backstage view (see figure 2). If you want to edit the existing words in your default custom dictionary or another custom dictionary, visit How to Edit Your Custom Dictionary in Microsoft Word. Sometimes when you work on a word processing document in Microsoft Word, you will type a word that the program doesn't recognize, so a red line will appear under words that are actually spelled.

Sociologists tend to think of customs as cultural habits that are passed down from generation to generation. If your Custom Dictionary dialog box is still open, you can skip to step 5. It comes from the Middle English custume, from the Old French costume, tracing all the way back to the Latin consuēscere, which means “to grow accustomed to” and comes from the Latin suēscere, “to be used to.” Custom has been in use in English since at least 1200.

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