An ACT Premium v19.2 user logged into a new PC couldn't run the spell check on a letter created in ACT with one of the document templates. They got the error shown below;
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| Spell check cannot be performed because the main dictionary was not found |
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In ACT, look under Tools > Preferences > General. Then under Locations change to Spelling Dictionary, to see the folder where the dictionary was expected to be located.
Its likely to be something like C:\Users\
\AppData\Roaming\Act\Act Data\Spell. Now go and check that directory and you'll probably find a CUSTOM1.DIC file, but no MAIN.DCT file.
Back at the top level of Users do a search for MAIN.DCT - we found it in C:\Users\Public\Public Documents\Act\Act Data. Just copy (not move!) the file over to the correct location, identified above. So it should look like this;
