Hello
I want to convert an MS Word 2001 dictionary into a SpellCatcher 8 document. However, File Converter won’t translate it. It keeps displaying Error -108.
I have opened the file in Word and saved it as a text document, and discovered I can drag and drop the information into a Learned Words file (freshly created). However, after several words I again get that Error -108 message.
The dictionary is quite large - nearly 300,000 words - but I thought by dropping in a few words at a time I could get Spell Catcher 8 to read it. This is a very time-consuming... and now I cannot add any more words anyway. The new learned words file only contains the first words beginning with A
Any workarounds on this problem?
Thanks for any help
Oz
PS I have successfully transferred all the data via drag and drop into Spell Catcher X
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Started by ozsprings, Nov 17 2003 10:16 AM
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Posted 18 November 2003 - 01:53 AM
ozsprings, on Nov 17 2003, 11:16 AM, said:
Hello
I want to convert an MS Word 2001 dictionary into a SpellCatcher 8 document. However, File Converter won’t translate it. It keeps displaying Error -108.
I have opened the file in Word and saved it as a text document, and discovered I can drag and drop the information into a Learned Words file (freshly created). However, after several words I again get that Error -108 message.
The dictionary is quite large - nearly 300,000 words - but I thought by dropping in a few words at a time I could get Spell Catcher 8 to read it. This is a very time-consuming... and now I cannot add any more words anyway. The new learned words file only contains the first words beginning with A
Any workarounds on this problem?
Thanks for any help
Oz
PS I have successfully transferred all the data via drag and drop into Spell Catcher X
I want to convert an MS Word 2001 dictionary into a SpellCatcher 8 document. However, File Converter won’t translate it. It keeps displaying Error -108.
I have opened the file in Word and saved it as a text document, and discovered I can drag and drop the information into a Learned Words file (freshly created). However, after several words I again get that Error -108 message.
The dictionary is quite large - nearly 300,000 words - but I thought by dropping in a few words at a time I could get Spell Catcher 8 to read it. This is a very time-consuming... and now I cannot add any more words anyway. The new learned words file only contains the first words beginning with A
Any workarounds on this problem?
Thanks for any help
Oz
PS I have successfully transferred all the data via drag and drop into Spell Catcher X
Still, even with the 8.1.3 version, 300,000 words is a LOT. See if you can allocate a whole lot of RAM to the Converter app (Get Info/Memory) just for the time you need to do the conversions. The default allocation will not even remotely be enough.
If you've got (say) a 128MB machine, give the Converter app 50MB+. Maybe even more.
