I don't think this can be a spell check issue, because the speller checks
only individual words, not combinations of words. If this were an issue of
"accountand" (rather than "accounta nd"), and even if Eric had the box
checked in AutoCorrect Options to "Automatically use suggestions from the
spelling checker," this option kicks in only when there is just a single
suggested correction. While "account and" is one of the suggestions for
"accountand," there are three others, and the first one is "accountant."
I cannot think of any explanation for this correction if there is no
AutoCorrect entry involved.
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org
"Stefan Blom" wrote in message
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The correction could be made by the spellchecker. See also
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/MasterSpellCheck.htm.
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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP
"Eric_NY" wrote in message
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Maybe I didn't explain well. Word corrected my "accounta nd" to "account
and". But there is nothing in the list of Autocorrect entries which seems
to
explain this. "accounta" is not listed and "nd" is not listed.
Possibly it's not the "Autocorrect" feature which does this, but there is
some Word feature which performs this correction. That's the feature that
I'm
trying to identify, and I'd like to understand more specifically how it
works
and what options it might provide.
Thanks for your help.
"Stefan Blom" wrote:
The AutoCorrect feature *is* based on a list of entries and their
replacements; you can see the list in the AutoCorrect dialog box: On the
Tools menu, click AutoCorrect Options, and look at the AutoCorrect tab.
For
more on the AutoCorrect feature, see
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/customization/AutoCorrect.htm.
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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP
"Eric_NY" wrote in message
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I'm trying to figure out how Autocorrect works. I have always thought
that
it
was primarily based on a list of incorrect words which Word
automatically
replaces with the correct word.
But I've noticed that it goes beyond this. For example, I was trying
to
type
"account and", but I typed "accounta nd" instead. Word corrected it
for
me.
Is this part of the Autocorrect feature, or is it a different feature?
How
can I read more about how it works?
I'm using Word 2003.
Thanks.