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Text Extender: Administration and Programming


Dictionaries, stop-word lists, and abbreviation lists

The following table shows the supported languages and the names of the files that are provided as dictionaries, stop-word lists, and lists of abbreviations. The dictionary files are in binary format and cannot be changed. The stop-word files and abbreviation files (if they exist) are in flat-file format and can be changed. If you change any of these files, ensure that you use the cocde page for the language.

The files are distinguished by their extension:
Content Extension
Dictionary DIC
Stop-word list STW
Abbreviation list ABR

Table 3. Linguistic functions used for the various languages
Language File name Dictionary Stop-word list Abbr. list Code page
Arabic arabic X X
864
Brazilian Portuguses brazil X X
850
Canadian French canadien X X X 850
Catalan catala X X
850
Danish dansk X X X 850
Dutch nederlnd X X X 850
Finnish suomi X X
850
French francais X X X 850
German deutsch X X X 850
Hebrew hebrew X X X 862
Icelandic islensk X X
850
Italian italiano X X X 850
Norwegian Bokmal norbook X X X 850
Norwegian Nynorsk norntn X X
850
Portuguese portugal X X
850
Russian russian X X X 866
Spanish espana X X X 850
Swedish svensk X X X 850
Swiss German dschweiz X X X 850
UK English uk X X X 850
US English us X X X 850


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