Protect Your Custom Dictionary
The Problem:
Word seems to have deleted almost all the words I've been painstakingly adding to my custom dictionary. Help!
The Solution:
This behavior is enough to drive even reasonable people up the wall. It occurs when the word you add to the custom dictionary takes the dictionary over its size limit of 64 KB. To get the dictionary's size down, Word deletes most of the dictionary's existing contentwithout even telling you.
To avoid this problem, keep backups of your custom dictionaries together with backups of all your key files. Check the size of your custom dictionaries regularly and prune or split any that are nearing the 64 KB line of death.