To access and use a custom user dictionary from different browsers and machines (or devices) while working with the system, a user has to create a dictionary using a corresponding product user interface.

To create a user dictionary in WProofreader: 

  1. Navigate to Go to Dictionary tab of the WProofreader Settings dialog.
  2. In the Enter a dictionary name section, type a name for a new dictionary and click Create or press Enter/Space.
    A message on successful dictionary creation appears.

To create a user dictionary in SCAYT plugin for CKEditor 4: 

  1. Click the ABC icon  to display the drop-down list and select Dictionaries command.
    SCAYT dialog plugin for CKEditor 4 opens on the Dictionaries tab.
  2. Click Dictionary Preferences button then type a new dictionary name in the Dictionary name area and click Create.
    A message on successful dictionary creation appears.
After the creation of a new dictionary, the words from the local storage respectively will be moved to a dictionary saved on the server. For the on-premise version, the dictionary is saved on the client’s server where the WebSpellChecker application is installed and running. In the case of the cloud-based version, such a dictionary is stored on the WebSpellChecker Servers (AWS, US), and each dictionary is associated with a particular customer ID.