Opening a DIC File

The DIC file type is primarily associated with Word.

DIC	File extension: DIC
	File type:	dictionary

What is a DIC file

DIC files mostly belong to Word by Microsoft. DIC filename extension is mainly associated with dictionary files containing wordlists and language information used to spell-check and provide synonyms for documents created with various word processors. Some programs that use DIC files for this purpose include Word, EditPad Pro, LibreOffice Writer, and WPS Writer. DIC is also one of the filename extensions associated with images stored in Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) format. Such DIC files contain device-independent bitmap images captured during ultrasound scans, CT scans, or MRI scans. Patient information linking an image to a patient can also be stored in this file. Some programs that support DIC image format include XnView, Photoshop, MeVisLab, DICOM Viewer, and GIMP. Dynamics GP, a business accounting software stores all resources unique to an application (e.g. form, window, modification, or report) in a dictionary file with DIC filename extension.

How can I open a DIC file?

You need a suitable software like Word to open a DIC file. Without proper software you will receive a Windows message "How do you want to open this file?" or "Windows cannot open this file" or a similar Mac/iPhone/Android alert. If you cannot open your DIC file correctly, try to right-click or long-press the file. Then click "Open with" and choose an application. You can also display a DIC file directly in the browser:. Just drag the file onto this browser window and drop it.

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How to convert a DIC file to JPG, PDF, HTML, DOC, ...

You can convert DIC files using our online DIC file viewer (powered by Convert.Guru):

To do so, click the "Choose your .dic file to view this image" button above.
Your DIC file will then be displayed in the browser.
Now click on "Save as..." at the top of the page.
Then click the file format (e.g. PDF, JPG, DOCX, TXT, ...) you want.
Download the converted file.

Programs that open and convert DIC files:

Word by Microsoft
See the previous paragraphs to learn more about the main application. DIC files are often referred to as Word data files because this type of file is primarily created or used by this software.
Colin McRae: DIRT (game data archive) by Codemasters
Colin McRae: DIRT is a car racing video game available for desktop and console platforms. The game's data archives are stored in DIC files. This file format is classified as Game.
Dynamics GP (dictionary) by Microsoft
Dynamics GP is a business accounting management software. Its major features include inventory and order tracking, contact and sales management, as well as payroll utilities. Dynamics GP saves information that is unique to its individual applications (components) in DIC files. This file format is classified as Data.
Notes (dictionary) by HCL
Notes is a secure email client software with contact management, calendar, business operations, and social media collaboration integration. Grammar and spell-check data used by Notes are stored in DIC files. This file format is classified as Data. Related links: IBM Lotus Notes Wikipedia Page
Photoshop (bitmap) by Adobe
Photoshop is a professional graphics editing software for retouching, editing, or enhancing photographs stored in various raster image file formats. You can view images stored in DIC format with this program. This file format is classified as Raster Image. Related links: DICOM, XnView
Thunder Bird (dictionary) by Mozilla
Thunder Bird is a cross-platform email management software with support for various email service providers. It stores wordlists, grammar, and spell-check information in DIC files. This file format is classified as Data.
Timeslips (personal dictionary) by Sage
Timeslips is a time tracking and billing software with invoice and report generation tools. The personal dictionary file use by Timeslip is saved in a DIC file. This file format is classified as Data.
WordExpress (dictionary) by MicroVision
WordExpress is a discontinued word processing software used to create and edit plain text and rich text documents. Its DIC files contained a list of words and spell-checking information which are stored as a dictionary. This file format is classified as Data.

DIC file format details:

The file format determines how the data is stored in the file. Each file format has a unique extension and almost always a unique signature. For example, Microsoft Word documents have the extension .docx and the signature (usually the first 3 characters in this file) PK. However, different programs can use the same file extension, and file extensions can be assigned incorrectly. If there are problems opening a file, you must first determine the file format used. Below is our analysis of the DIC files:

The DIC file extension is very common and covers different formats for different programs. The following file formats are most commonly found in DIC files:

55% of all DIC files are based on the popular DICOM file format. DICOM is short for Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine. DICOM files are used to store, exchange, and transmit medical images from radiography, ultrasonography, computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and radiation therapy, but also personal data about the patient. The content consists of illegible binary data, which can only be read and interpreted by the associated programs. DIC files are between 70 KB and 14 MB in size. The file type is relatively new. The following keywords are characteristic: DICM. These files can be linked to lspine, cspine, tspine, whole and body.
2% of all DIC files use the popular UTF-16 (LE) file format. UTF-16 (LE) is an character encoding system for Unicode. UTF-16 files can be viewed in any modern text editor. These files start with the two bytes FF FE, the so called byte order mark (BOM). These files are binary files, so they do not contain text, but only cryptic characters. A typical file size is 6 KB. Examples of file names are default.dic or RoamingCustom.dic. Such files are related to custom and roaming.

All the rest of the DIC files (43%) have different formats, the following 17 formats exist: ATOK Dictionary, DICOM medical imaging bitmap, EXE, UTF-8, UDF, SDIC, true, VTL, Dictionary, AAA and CAR. These files sometimes refer to dictionary, english, imjp, down, tcjpstyleguide, german, system, words or sdds. If you want to find out which format your DIC file belongs to, just click on the button "Choose your .dic file to view this image".

Technical Data for DIC File Extension

File classification:

Data

Related files:

dictionary, dict, aff, sox, dci, dicomdir, dcm, dcc, dlc, zip, dil, gz, exe, doc, txt, check, png, idx, rar, mobi, mso, asd

Mime type:

application/dicom, image/dicom-rle, application/octet-stream

The following listing is compiled from the database produced by the 'Associate This!' program, selected data from the main FILExt database and file extension information submitted by users.

ProgramID: ICPlus, AppName: ImageEditor Plus
EXEFile: ICPlus.exe

ProgramID: txtfile, FileType: Text Document, AppName: EditPad Pro

ProgramID: txtfile, FileType: Text Document, AppName: Notepad
EXEFile: NOTEPAD.EXE

ProgramID: txtfile, FileType: Text Document, AppName: TextPad

ProgramID: txtfile, FileType: Text Document, AppName: Windows Notepad
EXEFile: NOTEPAD.EXE

ProgramID: txtfile, FileType: Text Document, AppName: WordPad

ProgramID: txtfile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Bred2r\Bred2r.exe %1

ProgramID: txtfile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\EDITOREN\WordPadWinXP\wordpad.exe %1

ProgramID: txtfile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\JGsoft\EditPadPro5\EditPadPro.exe %1

ProgramID: txtfile
EXEFile: %SystemRoot%\system32\dllcache\notepad.exe %1

ProgramID: txtfile
EXEFile: %SystemRoot%\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE %1

ProgramID: txtfile
EXEFile: Notepad.exe %1

ProgramID: WinDev.Dictionary.7
EXEFile: D:\WDDemo\Programs\WINDEV75.EXE %1

ProgramID: txtfile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\ULTRAEDT\UEDIT32.EXE %1

ProgramID: txtfile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Edit Pad Lite\EditPad.exe %1

ProgramID: txtfile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Dan's LCARS Editor System\LCARSEdi.exe %1

ProgramID: txtfile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Bred3\Bred3_2k.exe %1

ProgramID: txtfile
EXEFile: %SystemRoot%\system32\NOTEPAD2.EXE

ProgramID: txtfile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\JGsoft\EditPadPro6\EditPadPro.exe

ProgramID: txtfile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\JGsoft\EditPadLite\EditPad.exe

ProgramID: txtfile
EXEFile: %SystemRoot%\NOTEPAD.EXE

ProgramID: txtfile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\BOXERT~1\B.exe

ProgramID: txtfile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\JGsoft\EditPadLite\EditPadLite.exe

ProgramID: txtfile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\EditPadPro\EditPadPro.exe

ProgramID: txtfile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Scintilla Text Editor\SciTE.exe

ProgramID: txtfile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Boxer Text Editor\b.exe

ProgramID: txtfile
EXEFile: %SystemRoot%\SysWow64\NOTEPAD.EXE

ProgramID: txtfile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\bred2r\bred2r\Bred2r.exe

ProgramID: MyViewPad.dic
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\My ViewPad\MyViewPad.exe

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a dic dictionary is a special file format by Microsoft and should only be edited and saved with the appropriate software.

How to solve problems with DIC files

Associate the DIC file extension with the correct application.
Update your software that should actually open dictionarys. Because only the current version supports the latest DIC file format. Search, therefore, e.g. on the Microsoft manufacturer website after an available Word update.
To make sure that your DIC file is not corrupted or virus-infected, get the file again and scan it with Google's virustotal.com.
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