Protecting Custom Dictionary (Word 2000)

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I want to know if it is possible to protect a custom dictionary, if I don’t want users to open it and look at it. I want to know what type of precess Word takes to open the custom dictionary. I don’t know if it is possible to encript it, but if I know the process, it may help me protect it.

I want the custom dictionary to open only by Word, not by users.

Any suggestion

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The CUSTOM.DIC file is plain text and can be opened (on my PC it opens by default) in Notepad. Whether you can do something more fancy, I don’t know for sure. One would think with the specialty dictionaries sold as commercial products, that someone must have come up with a system for securing supplemental dictionaries, but perhaps not the one that the user adds to. Perhaps there is an area on MS’ site for dictionary developers?

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Can you point out the dictionary dictionary developers link from MS website?

thank you

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Unfortunately, no. I was speculating that there might be one; I have not gone looking for it.

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