One curious thing I've discovered in the Word 2000 spell checker is that it
picks up repeated words even when the repeat is separated by punctuation; so
for example "That's it: it is done" is flagged as a possible error. Is
there any way of teaching the program to ignore that sort of usage?

Bert
http://www.bertcoules.co.uk

Terry,

Thanks for the reply. It seems a minor matter, I realise, but for some
reason it really irritates me.

You'd have thought that someone somewhere along the line would have thought
of doing something about it.

Bert
http://www.bertcoules.co.uk

Pop,

Thanks for the reply. I can only confirm that on my Word 2000 installation
a phrase such as "That's it. It is done" is flagged by the spell checker as
incorporating a repeated word. I don't have the check-as-you-type facility
switched on, so I can't comment on that; and I would never use a grammar
checker: they're horrible things with no soul and no imagination.

If there is a well-buried switch somewhere to make the spell checker
recognise punctuation when it sees it, I would certainly like to know about
it.

Bert
http://www.bertcoules.co.uk

Bert Coules wrote:
Pop,

Thanks for the reply. I can only confirm that on my Word 2000
installation a phrase such as "That's it. It is done" is
flagged by
the spell checker as incorporating a repeated word. I don't
have the
check-as-you-type facility switched on, so I can't comment on
that;
== check-as-you-type makes no diff for me here. I just
recreated a new normal.dot just for grins; nothing changed.
Almost forgot to put the old one back too g!

Two posters, you and another, indicated 2000 and 2003 flag the
repeated word; so it doesn't make sense to me that hard code
would be different; there MUST be an explanation! You said you
had SP2, right? No idea whether it matters; just asking as a
possibility.

and I would never use a grammar checker: they're horrible
things with
no soul and no imagination.
LOL, whatsa matta fo u? Don't you like being criticized? I
remember the first time I used it on a decent sized doc:
Essentially, it called me a pompous, wordy ass! Not in those
terms of course. I've been worried ever since that it might be
right! ;-]~
I do have it on though, msot of the time; I just have most of
the features turned off. It does a decent job of catching a lot
of common usage errors for me. I even go change it now and then,
momentarily, if I'm worried about tenses, things like that. I
always use too many commas and semi-colons in my writing styles.
I have three different styles I write in, and tend to mix them up
when I get rolling good.


If there is a well-buried switch somewhere to make the spell
checker
recognise punctuation when it sees it, I would certainly like
to know
about it.


Me, too. Have you considered taking this to any other MS groups?
A lot of the MVPs are the same ones, but it's another avenue of
experience. I've searched quite a bit for something to impact
it, but can't find anything. My problem is, I DO think I've seen
something about catching repeated words, and I think it was
recent, but I can't find it again. Help and Support's definitely
not. When I start getting the same thing, I'd love to know how
to put it back right.

Regards,

Pop

Bert
http://www.bertcoules.co.uk