How to Activate My Stedman's Med/Pharm Spellchecker within MS Word
Posted By: Dave on 2007-05-05
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Hello,
Just installed my Stedman's 2005 Med/Pharm Dictionary and realized I no longer have the manual. Does anyone know how to activate it, that is, add it to the MS Word spellchecker? Thank you much. Dave
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You NEED the spellchecker. Go stedmans.com and get
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