RTG Bills and RTG Timer include a spell checker. The standard dictionary uses the spelling conventions commonly used in the United States.

As an option, at no charge, we are offering a dictionary designed for the UK instead. Other English-speaking areas of the world may also prefer the UK dictionary to the US dictionary.

There are two steps to using the UK dictionary:

1. Obtain the UK dictionary using RTG Upgrade.
2. Change RTG Bills and RTG Timer to use the UK dictionary.

In order to download the UK dictionary, use RTG Upgrade. (You must have RTG Bills Version 2.17 or later.)

First complete these steps:

1. Start RTG Bills and choose File > Upgrade from the menu. Click Yes to start RTG Upgrade.
2. Connect to the Internet. Click Check The Internet For Upgrades.
3. You should see a list of available upgrades. Click Other, type the number 223, and click OK.
4. You should now see 223 on the list of upgrades, with a checkmark next to it. Click Install.
5. The dictionary is over one megabyte in size and it may take a while to download it from the RTG Web site. You should eventually see a message that the upgrade was applied. Click OK to all messages and close RTG Upgrade.

If this is the only PC that uses RTG Bills and RTG Timer, go to the next section.

RTG Timer on Standalone Computers
If you have other computers that use RTG Timer, but they are not connected by a network to the RTG Bills computer, you can copy the upgrade file to a removeable disk and take it to each of the other computers.

Complete these steps:

1. Look in the RTG Bills data folder for the Upgrades folder. Choose Setup > Database if you don't know where that is. In this folder you will find the upgrade files, including rupg223.zip. Copy this file to a removeable disk (e.g., a flash memory drive or CD-R) and take it to the RTG Timer computer. Copy it to the Windows Desktop.
   
   
2. Start RTG Timer, choose File > Upgrade, and click Yes. Click the Upgrade From A Local File button. You will see the usual "open a file" dialog. Use it to select the upgrade file on the Desktop. The file name is rupg223.zip for upgrade number 223. When you have selected the file, click Open.
   
   
3. It will take a moment to read the dictionary from the disk. You should then see a message that the upgrade was applied. Click OK to all messages and close RTG Upgrade.
   
   
4. Repeat this procedure for each computer that runs RTG Timer.

When you have installed the upgrade on each computer, proceed to the next section.

RTG Timer on Networked Computers
If you have computers that use RTG Timer and they are connected by a network to the RTG Bills computer, you must apply the upgrade to each of the other computers.

Complete these steps:

1. Start RTG Timer, choose File > Upgrade, and click Yes. Click the Upgrade From A Local File button. You will see the usual "open a file" dialog. Use it to select the upgrade file, which is where the RTG Bills data is located, in the Upgrades folder. For example, if the RTG Bills data location is \\MyServer\Rtgbills, then the upgrade file would be \\MyServer\Rtgbills\Upgrades\rupg223.zip for upgrade number 223. When you have selected the right file, click Open.
   
   
2. The upgrade should be completed very quickly. You should see a message that the upgrade was applied. Click OK to all messages and close RTG Upgrade.
   
   
3. Repeat this procedure for each computer that runs RTG Timer.

Note that when RTG Timer is installed on a network, it can be installed either on each PC or in its own folder on a file server. Either way, you have now given each user a separate copy of the UK dictionary.

At this point, you have downloaded the UK dictionary and, if necessary, created additional copies for each RTG Timer user. Next you must tell RTG Bills and RTG Timer to use the new dictionary.

Start RTG Bills and choose Setup > Spelling Check. Notice that there is a box where you can enter the filename of the dictionary file. Click the Reset button to ensure that the program is using the dictionary in the folder where the program is installed.

Now edit the filename and change DictUS.wds to DictUK.wds. All you need to do is change the S in US to a K. Click Close.

Repeat this procedure for each RTG Timer user. Start RTG Timer, choose Setup > Spelling Check, click Reset, and change DictUS.wds to DictUK.wds. Click Close.

To test the dictionary, enter a new fee transaction and type this:

This is my favorite software.

Click the Check button. The program should suggest changing favorite to favourite.

If you get a message saying that the program could not find the dictionary, then you did something wrong earlier. The error message will tell you the full pathname of the file it could not find. Either it is looking for the wrong file or it is looking for the right file but the file isn't where it should be.

In general, the dictionary should reject US-only spellings such as analyze for analyse. However, it will accept initialize and initialise because both forms are used in the UK (so we are told).

Please contact RTG if you find any problems.