Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1   Report Post  
Posted to microsoft.public.word.docmanagement
j_akennedy
 
Posts: n/a
Default Incase should be removed from spell check or changed in thesaurus

According to MS Word €śincase€ť, means €śfor fear that€ť or €ślest€ť. If you use
the thesaurus to check €śfor fear that€ť or €ślest€ť it gives the option of €śin
case€ť. (please note the space) According to Merriam-Webster the definition of
Incase is €śin·case variant of ENCASE€ť €śEncase pronunciation: in-'kAs, en-
Function: transitive verb: to enclose in or as if in a case€ť This error is
in all MS apps. Any chance this can get fixed?

----------------
This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the
suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I
Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this
link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then
click "I Agree" in the message pane.

http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...ocmanagemen t
  #2   Report Post  
Posted to microsoft.public.word.docmanagement
garfield-n-odie [MVP]
 
Posts: n/a
Default Incase should be removed from spell check or changed in thesaurus

I don't agree that this is an error. But you can create a custom
"exclude" dictionary containing correctly spelled words that you
want your Word/Office applications to flag as being misspelled.
See
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/as...892021033.aspx .

j_akennedy wrote:
According to MS Word €śincase€ť, means €śfor fear that€ť or €ślest€ť. If you use
the thesaurus to check €śfor fear that€ť or €ślest€ť it gives the option of €śin
case€ť. (please note the space) According to Merriam-Webster the definition of
Incase is €śin·case variant of ENCASE€ť €śEncase pronunciation: in-'kAs, en-
Function: transitive verb: to enclose in or as if in a case€ť This error is
in all MS apps. Any chance this can get fixed?

----------------
This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the
suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I
Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this
link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then
click "I Agree" in the message pane.

http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...ocmanagemen t


  #3   Report Post  
Posted to microsoft.public.word.docmanagement
Jay Freedman
 
Posts: n/a
Default Incase should be removed from spell check or changed in thesaurus

You're correct that the entry in the thesaurus is wrong. The dictionary
entry in Word (from the Encarta dictionary) correctly says "see encase".

There is zero chance of the thesaurus being updated for any version of Word
that's already released -- as far as I know, nothing in the dictionary or
thesaurus has ever been changed after release unless it would have
engendered a lawsuit. I'll make a note to check this in the Office 2007 Beta
2 release, which should be available shortly.

While we're waiting for that, if you never use "incase" as a variant of
"encase", you can add "incase" to an exception dictionary. See
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/Ex...ordFromDic.htm.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

j_akennedy wrote:
According to MS Word "incase", means "for fear that" or "lest". If
you use the thesaurus to check "for fear that" or "lest" it gives the
option of "in case". (please note the space) According to
Merriam-Webster the definition of Incase is "in·case variant of
ENCASE" "Encase pronunciation: in-'kAs, en- Function: transitive
verb: to enclose in or as if in a case" This error is in all MS
apps. Any chance this can get fixed?



Reply
Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules

Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Spell check not working properly? [email protected] New Users 1 April 12th 06 03:16 AM
spell check does not check spacing between words sulliemae Microsoft Word Help 2 March 30th 06 05:24 PM
Spell check and Thesaurus on toolbar Dionisio Microsoft Word Help 3 February 14th 05 08:08 PM
Spell Check, on Word 2002; Other Languages June New Users 5 December 14th 04 03:31 PM
spell check Suzanne S. Barnhill Tables 1 November 22nd 04 01:32 AM


All times are GMT +1. The time now is 11:46 AM.

Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright ©2004-2024 Microsoft Office Word Forum - WordBanter.
The comments are property of their posters.
 

About Us

"It's about Microsoft Word"