WORD CANNOT FIND THE STANDARD DICTIONARY. CHOOSE UTILITIES CUSTOMIZE TO UPDATE THE SPELLER PATH. Word cannot find the standard dictionary file on your disk. ■ To see if SPELL-AM.LEX is in the Speller Name box, choose Utilities Customize. ■ Verify that the dictionary is in the specified directory. If it is not, either correct the pathname or copy SPELL-AM.LEX to the directory specified.