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latin names and MS Word spelling check
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are there any dictionaries which I can use with MS Word, wchich contains latin names of spiecies? ex. Allium cepa etc. |
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latin names and MS Word spelling check
I have tried to do this and given up! It takes a long time to type in
thousands of binomials. What the guy wants is to be pointed to a source which lists the names to save all that typing. It depends on the area in which he is interested. If it is UK, the following link might help http://tinyurl.com/2skqj4 . Peter "Malcolm" wrote in message ... In article , bunkka47 writes Hi! are there any dictionaries which I can use with MS Word, wchich contains latin names of spiecies? ex. Allium cepa etc. I've not bothered to look because it is straightforward to create your own dictionary containing all the names, latin and English if you want. Then you just need to make sure that Word is looking in your new dictionary as well as the standard ones, which you can do through Tools, Options, Spelling & Grammar. You'll find the instructions in the Help file, or if that isn't entirely clear. and it isn't in Word 97 which I use, then Google for "Create dictionary for Word". -- Malcolm |
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latin names and MS Word spelling check
But you don't have to type them in. You just download the list from the relevant website, e.g. for the UK, and the poster did give a species occurring in the UK as an example, the BSBI website which you indicate in the URL The full list is available as an Excel spreadsheet from which it is a doddle to export the first column, the latin names, to a Word file and then convert it into a DIC file as a dictionary. I don't doubt similar lists exist for other countries, including, e.g. the USA Malcolm In article , Peter B writes I have tried to do this and given up! It takes a long time to type in thousands of binomials. What the guy wants is to be pointed to a source which lists the names to save all that typing. It depends on the area in which he is interested. If it is UK, the following link might help http://tinyurl.com/2skqj4 . Peter "Malcolm" wrote in message ... In article , bunkka47 writes Hi! are there any dictionaries which I can use with MS Word, wchich contains latin names of spiecies? ex. Allium cepa etc. I've not bothered to look because it is straightforward to create your own dictionary containing all the names, latin and English if you want. Then you just need to make sure that Word is looking in your new dictionary as well as the standard ones, which you can do through Tools, Options, Spelling & Grammar. You'll find the instructions in the Help file, or if that isn't entirely clear. and it isn't in Word 97 which I use, then Google for "Create dictionary for Word". -- Malcolm -- Malcolm |
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latin names and MS Word spelling check
I agree. The useful thing, which I have not investigated, would be to have
a look up table that would produce close matches of misspelt scientific or common names, from which the correct version could be selected. Any offers any one? Peter "Malcolm" wrote in message ... But you don't have to type them in. You just download the list from the relevant website, e.g. for the UK, and the poster did give a species occurring in the UK as an example, the BSBI website which you indicate in the URL The full list is available as an Excel spreadsheet from which it is a doddle to export the first column, the latin names, to a Word file and then convert it into a DIC file as a dictionary. I don't doubt similar lists exist for other countries, including, e.g. the USA Malcolm In article , Peter B writes I have tried to do this and given up! It takes a long time to type in thousands of binomials. What the guy wants is to be pointed to a source which lists the names to save all that typing. It depends on the area in which he is interested. If it is UK, the following link might help http://tinyurl.com/2skqj4 . Peter "Malcolm" wrote in message ... In article , bunkka47 writes Hi! are there any dictionaries which I can use with MS Word, wchich contains latin names of spiecies? ex. Allium cepa etc. I've not bothered to look because it is straightforward to create your own dictionary containing all the names, latin and English if you want. Then you just need to make sure that Word is looking in your new dictionary as well as the standard ones, which you can do through Tools, Options, Spelling & Grammar. You'll find the instructions in the Help file, or if that isn't entirely clear. and it isn't in Word 97 which I use, then Google for "Create dictionary for Word". -- Malcolm -- Malcolm |
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