One of the problems that I have frequently encountered in my academic writing, especially with large, techno-babble-laden works, is that Microsoft Word has a build-in limit for the number of "spelling errors" that can be displayed before it gives up on your document. Searching the internet does not afford a great many "solutions" to this problem.
One of the most commonly suggested "solutions" is to use the custom dictionary function, however, this can be cumbersome and a waste of time, especially for things like text strings of ascension numbers, latin names, and the like.
I have tried reaching out to third party software provides, but those that bothered to get back to me stated that they did not have a solution either, in addition to requiring subscription fees or dropping cash on a new piece of software.
To date, the best work around that I have found is to upload your "error" filled work to Google Docs, which does not seem to have a cap on errors, and do a side-by-side comparison, although this is of course a slow and tedious process.
If anyone out there has any other solutions, I look forward to hearing them.
You can "right click" on anything that is listed as a spelling error and then choose "Ignore All" -- this is a short cut for adding items to your custom dictionary.
Try looking at the Apache Open Source free-ware. Maybe it doesn't have the limitation (It is quick to download and won't cost any-thing to try). another possibility that i think would be faster than what you are doing is to simply work in batches: proof-read (i.e., apply the MSW spell-check to a portion of Your work rather than all of it at once). This should work if Your technical words are not homogeneously present in Your work. Another possibility might be to try to play with foreign language dictionaries (e.g., loading Your tech words into foreign-language dictionaries and then telling MSW to accept all those languages.
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