Dan,
I am working in a PC / Windows XP. Running PM 4.33. I use fully pre typed captions & IPTC (except for the subjects name) and would like to turn off the US dictionary and have PM look at a custom dictonary of peoples names that I would create. My hope is this would allow me to quickly type in the subjects name(s) and have the dictionary find anything I miss type etc.
I edit mostly entertainment events. I would like to create a large celeb list in a dictionary to help assure the correct spelling of names. Can PM see 2 dictionaries at the same time? If possible, than I would have PM looking at the US dictionary file and one that I created. Otherwise I would just load my costum dictionary file.
You can indeed create a user dictionary. You need to create a text file named UserDictionary.dic and place it in the following path (yours will vary from mine since your username is likely different):
C:\Documents and Settings\Kirk Baker\Application Data\Camera Bits, Inc.\Photo Mechanic\
It is a simple text file, one word per line.
Also, you may want to look into using Code Replacement where you can use shorthand terms as codes which are replaced by longer strings. It can be a really fast way to enter lots of complicated terms and you only have to get the spelling correct once.
HTH,
-Kirk
