After you upgrade your computer from Office 97 to Office XP, your custom dictionary is not available.

You expect the custom dictionary settings that you configured in Office 97 to be migrated when you upgrade to Office XP.

NOTE: This problem also occurs when you install Office XP on Microsoft Windows NT Terminal Server, and you are upgrading an earlier Office version installation.

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Office XP Setup configures the Custom.dic dictionary file as the default and only selected dictionary when Office 97 is upgraded.

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To work around this issue, select the dictionary that you want in the Dictionary list of the Custom Dictionaries dialog box. To do this, follow these steps:

1.	Start Microsoft Word.
2.	On the Tools menu, click Options.
3.	On the Spelling & Grammar tab, click Custom Dictionaries.
4.	In the Dictionary list, select the dictionary that you want, and then click Change Default. Click OK twice.

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Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

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For more information about custom dictionaries, click Microsoft Help on the Help menu, type Custom Dictionary in the Office Assistant or the Answer Wizard, and then click Search to view the topics returned.

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