RH 2017: What is the purpose of the exceptions.txt file?

[Jared Hess]

I understand that RoboHelp stores custom dictionary terms in the added.txt file in this folder:

C:\Users\{username}\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\Linguistics\UserDictionaries\RoboHelp Personal Dictionary\en_US

But what is the purpose of the sibling file, exceptions.txt, in the same folder?

[Peter Grainge]

Ignored words, as in Preferences > Spell Check?

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[Jared Hess]

That could be... but how do ignored words get added in this tab? Mine is grayed out and I don't see any way to add them.

I know during spell checking when you chose to ignore or ignore all a word, it ends up inside of the xpj file.

[Amebr]

I tried an "Ignore All" during a spell check and the word was added into Ignored Words tab. I can't help with anything else. 🙂

[Jared Hess]

Hi Amebr. Thanks for sharing.

That is strange. For me when I click Ignore All, it ends up inside the xpj file inside the <ignoredwords> section of the xml.

What RH version are you using?

[Amebr]

It ends up in both places. It's in the xpj and displayed in the ignored words tab. Using 2019 Classic update 12.

[Amebr]

I just remembered I have a copy of RH2017 on this computer. It's the same - the <ignored words> section of the xpj is displayed in the Ignored Words tab for me.