//Open Source Chemistry Dictionary//

//Created by Adam M. Azman//

//8 February 2008//
//Technical help from Brian J. Azman//
//Special thanks to David Bradley//

//The Chemical Dictionary was developed with the assistance of ChemSpider,//

//a free access structure centric community for chemists.//
//Visit www.chemspider.com.//

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//Have a question? comment? suggestion for improvement? notice a misspelled word?

want me to add your own custom dictionary to our master list?//
//Email me at chemdictionary@gmail.com//
//Thank you for helping me make this dictionary as complete and accurate as
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Chemistry Dictionary for Word Processing

version 3.0
104,662 words

**To update an older version of the dictionary:

1) Download the chem-dict.zip file
2) Extract all of the files to the folder into which the previous version of the
dictionary was extracted
3) When a warning message tells you the files already exist, click the appropriate
button to overwrite the previous files
4) If any documents are currently open, they need to be completely closed and
reopened. Updated dictionary should begin working immediately.

**First time installation:

Microsoft Office Insallation (Windows Operating System)

1) Download the chem-dic.zip file

2) Open the zipped folder and select "Extract All" from the File menu
3) Select "Next" to begin the Extraction Wizard
4) Click "Browse..."
5) Select "My Documents" and click "Make New Folder"
6) Rename the "New Folder" to "dictionary" and click "OK"
7) Click "Next" to begin the extraction
8) Click "Finish" to exit the Extraction Wizard
9) Open Microsoft Word

For Microsoft Office 2007/2010:

10) Click on the Windows Office/File button at the top left of the menu and select
"Word Options"
11) Click "Custom Dictionaries" under the "Proofing" tab

For other Microsoft Office versions:

10) Select "Options" from the "Tools" menu

11) Click "Custom Dictionaries" under the "Spelling and Grammar" tab

12) Click "Add"

13) Navigate to "My Documents\dictionary"
14) Select "chemistry.dic" and click "Open"
15) Click "OK" to exit the Custom Dictionaries window
16) click "OK" to exit the Options window

Microsoft Office (Macintosh Operating System)

1) Save ChemDictMac to Users:yourusername:Library:Preferences:Microsoft:

2) Open Word
3) Select Preferences from the Word menu
4) Select Custom Dictionary from the Spelling and Grammar tab
5) Click Add
6) Browse to Users:yourusername:Library:Preferences:Microsoft:ChemDictMac.dic
7) Click OK

iWork (Macintosh Operating System)

-If you don't have a custom dictionary:

1) Navigate to ~/Library/Spelling
2) Copy the downloaded "en" file to this location
3) Log out, then log back in

-If you already have a custom dictionary:

1) Navigate to ~/Library/Spelling
2) Open the native "en" file using an advanced text editor (e.g. TextWrangler)
3) Paste the content of the downloaded "en" file to the end of this document
4) Save and close
5) Log out, then log back in
OpenOffice.org Writer Installation

1) Browse to http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/en/project/ChemDictOOo
2) Click the green "Get It!" button and follow prompts to install the extension

File history
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Version 1.0
8 February 2008

-Combed several online chemistry glossaries for "misspelled" terms

-Created initial dictionary list (~8,000 entries) and added conjugations
-Vetted list against Crimmins Group Publications, and JACS, JOC, and OL ASAPs for
missed words

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Version 1.1
8 February 2008

-Added computer-generated list of ~ 10,000 systematic derivatives of common

chemical backbones
-Dictionary list now ~18,000 entries

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Version 2.0
4 December 2008

-Expanded list dramatically with addition of all valid entries from ChemSpider's
identifier database. Special thanks to ChemSpider.com
-Added small list of American and European chemists names.
-Dictionary list now ~104,000 entries

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Version 3.0
7 January 2011

-Added user-generated words

-Created OpenOffice.org extension
-Dictionary list now ~105,000 entries

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Version 3.1
28 January 2011

-Added iWork file to standard download and included instructions for iWork
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