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Installing Black's Law Dictionary
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Revision Date: 11-Mar-97 5:22:20 PM

The information in this document applies to:
WordPerfect® 6.0 for DOS

Problem

Black's Law Dictionary is a third-party word list for the legal profession. At this time, WordPerfect 6.0 for DOS doesn't support Black's Law Dictionary. However, if you have WordPerfect 5.1, you can work around this problem. This document details the necessary instructions.

You will need the WordPerfect 6.0 for DOS Speller Utility in order to use Black's Law Dictionary. This spell utility is not shipped with packages of WordPerfect. You can down load the utility from Corel's Web sight. (ftp://ftp.corel.com/pub/WordPerfect/wpdos/60/spl6ds.exe) This file creates the Spell.exe file for WordPerfect DOS 6.0 A, B or C version.

Because Black's Law Dictionary is a word list, it must be installed through the 5.1 spell utility. If you have deleted WordPerfect 5.1 for DOS from your system, you will need to perform a minimal install. Once that is complete, install Black's Law Dictionary to the 5.1 .LEX file, then chain the 5.1 .LEX file to the 6.0 Speller Utility.

Before you begin, you must have installed the utility disk. Then you must complete all sections of this document in the order they are written so that Black's Law Dictionary will work with WordPerfect 6.0 for DOS. If you already have WordPerfect 5.1 installed on your computer, you can skip to the second section: Installing Black's Law Dictionary.

What's in this document?

      Installing WordPerfect 5.1
      Installing Black's Law Dictionary
      Converting the Black's File into a

WordPerfect Compatible File.
      Chaining Black's Law Dictionary to the Original WP 6.0 Dictionary

Installing WordPerfect 5.1
If you have deleted WordPerfect 5.1 for DOS from your hard drive, you will need to reinstall it in order to use Black's Law Dictionary with WordPerfect 6.0 for DOS.

      NOTE: If you already have WordPerfect 5.0 or 5.1 installed on your computer, go directly to the next section: Installing Black's Law Dictionary.

1      Type cd\ and press Enter.

2      Insert the WordPerfect 5.0/5.1 Install/Learn/Utilities 1 diskette into the appropriate diskette drive. At the DOS prompt, change to the appropriate drive and press Enter. For example, if you put the disk into the A: drive, type a: and press Enter.

3      Type Install and press Enter.

4      Follow the appropriate prompts until you get to the Installation Screen.

5      Choose Basic Installation (1).

6      Press Y to install the Utility Files.

7      Press N: you do not want to install the Learning Files.

8      Press N: you do not want to install the Help Files.

9      Press N: you do not want to install the Keyboard files.

10      Press N: you do not want to install the Style Library files.

11      Press N: you do not want to install the Printer Test files.

12      Press Y to install the WordPerfect Program.

13      Insert the Program 1 diskette into the drive and press Enter.

14      Press Y to install the Speller.

15      Insert the Speller/Thesaurus 1 diskette into the disk drive and press Enter.

16      Press N: you do not want to install the Thesaurus.

17      Press N: you do not want to install the PTR Program.

18      Press N: you do not want to install the Graphics Drivers.

19      Press N: you do not want to install the Small .DRS file.

20      Press N: you do not want to install the Graphic Images.

21      Press Enter to continue.

22      Press N: you do not want to add WordPerfect 5.0 or 5.1 to your path statement.

23      Press F1: you do not want to install any printers.

24      Press Exit (8).

Installing Black's Law Dictionary
You now need to install Black's Law Dictionary to the WordPerfect 5.1 .LEX file.

1      At the DOS prompt, type c: and press Enter.

2      Insert the Black's Law Dictionary Word List diskette into the appropriate diskette drive.

You next need to change to the directory that contains your WordPerfect program files. If you are using WordPerfect 5.1 for DOS, this is usually C:\WP51; if you are using WordPerfect 5.0 for DOS, this is usually C:\WP50. For this example, we will assume you are using WordPerfect 5.1 for DOS.

3      Type cd\wp51 and press Enter.

Now you need to start the WordPerfect 5.1/5.0 Speller Utility.

4      Type spell and press Enter.

5      Choose Combine Other 5.0 or 5.1 Dictionary (A). You will need to choose which WordPerfect 5.0 or 5.1 Dictionary to combine with WP{WP}US.LEX. Type A:WPBLACKS.DIC or B:WPBLACKS.DIC, depending on the diskette drive that contains your Black's Law Dictionary diskette.

6      Type N to answer No to the Combine Common Word Lists prompt.

The Black's Law Dictionary Word List will now combine with your WordPerfect WP{WP}US.LEX main spelling dictionary. Depending on the speed of your machine, this process may take several minutes to complete. Once the process is complete, you will be returned to the WordPerfect Speller Utility menu.

7      Select Exit (0).

Converting the Black's File into a WordPerfect Compatible File
Next, convert the Black's file into one that is compatible with WordPerfect 6.0 for DOS.

1      Type cd\wpc60dos and press Enter.

2      Type spell and press Enter.

3      Choose Convert 5.x Dictionary to 6.0 (9).

4      Type c:\wp51\wp{wp}us.lex when asked the dictionary name.

5      Type blacks.lex for the new dictionary name.

When the conversion is finished,

6      Choose Exit (0).

Chaining Black's Law Dictionary to the original WP 6.0 dictionary
The last step is to chain Black's Law Dictionary to the original WordPerfect 6.0 for DOS dictionary.

1      Type cd\wp60 and press Enter.

2      Type wp to start WordPerfect.

3      Press Speller (Ctrl+F2).

4      Press Setup (Shift+F1).

5      Choose Chain main dictionaries (1).

6      Choose Add chain (A).

7      Highlight English - U.S. and press Enter.

8      Choose Add to chain (1).

9      Type blacks.lex for the new dictionary name.

10      Press Enter twice. Press tab to highlight OK, then press Enter again.

11      Press Exit (F7) until you return to the document editing screen.

You have completed the installation of Black's Law Dictionary to WordPerfect 6.0 for DOS.

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