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Word 2003 AutoCorrect is Driving me nuts!
I am having trouble with the AutoCorrect feature within Spell Check. If I
type a word (wrong) and click on the spelling and grammer button, the window pops up, shows the mis-spelled word in the top frame, suggestions briefly show up, then grey out (no correction to the mis-spelled word is done). If I click on the AutoCorrect button it comes up that the word is not in the dictionary. If I click "no" sometimes, the greyed out words show up and I can make the change. I have tried everything I can to get it to work but have not been successful....HELP! Robert |
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Word 2003 AutoCorrect is Driving me nuts!
I believe you cannot automatically add a correction to AutoCorrect if no
suggestions are shown, but you should be able to type in the misspelling to be replaced and the desired replacement text. If this doesn't work through the shortcut menu, you can open AutoCorrect manually using Tools | AutoCorrect Options. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Robert" wrote in message ... I am having trouble with the AutoCorrect feature within Spell Check. If I type a word (wrong) and click on the spelling and grammer button, the window pops up, shows the mis-spelled word in the top frame, suggestions briefly show up, then grey out (no correction to the mis-spelled word is done). If I click on the AutoCorrect button it comes up that the word is not in the dictionary. If I click "no" sometimes, the greyed out words show up and I can make the change. I have tried everything I can to get it to work but have not been successful....HELP! Robert |
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Word 2003 AutoCorrect is Driving me nuts!
Hi Suzanne, No that is not the problem...when I do a spell check, (and there
is a mis-spelled word) all replacement words are there but greyed out; can't select any of them. When I click on AutoCorrect or Change, a pop up window appears and says that the mis-spelled word is not in the main or custom dictionary, and askes if I wish to continue. If I pick no, the correctly spelled, suggested words, then switch to black and I can now pick which suggested word I want to replace the mis-spelled word with. It then repeats this again with the next wrong word. Perhaps this is more of a problem with the Dictionary more so than the AutoCorrect feature. Robert "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: I believe you cannot automatically add a correction to AutoCorrect if no suggestions are shown, but you should be able to type in the misspelling to be replaced and the desired replacement text. If this doesn't work through the shortcut menu, you can open AutoCorrect manually using Tools | AutoCorrect Options. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Robert" wrote in message ... I am having trouble with the AutoCorrect feature within Spell Check. If I type a word (wrong) and click on the spelling and grammer button, the window pops up, shows the mis-spelled word in the top frame, suggestions briefly show up, then grey out (no correction to the mis-spelled word is done). If I click on the AutoCorrect button it comes up that the word is not in the dictionary. If I click "no" sometimes, the greyed out words show up and I can make the change. I have tried everything I can to get it to work but have not been successful....HELP! Robert |
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Word 2003 AutoCorrect is Driving me nuts!
Very odd. Have you tried Help | Detect and Repair? Do you have the same
problem if you start in Office Safe Mode (pressing Ctrl while loading)? -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Robert" wrote in message ... Hi Suzanne, No that is not the problem...when I do a spell check, (and there is a mis-spelled word) all replacement words are there but greyed out; can't select any of them. When I click on AutoCorrect or Change, a pop up window appears and says that the mis-spelled word is not in the main or custom dictionary, and askes if I wish to continue. If I pick no, the correctly spelled, suggested words, then switch to black and I can now pick which suggested word I want to replace the mis-spelled word with. It then repeats this again with the next wrong word. Perhaps this is more of a problem with the Dictionary more so than the AutoCorrect feature. Robert "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: I believe you cannot automatically add a correction to AutoCorrect if no suggestions are shown, but you should be able to type in the misspelling to be replaced and the desired replacement text. If this doesn't work through the shortcut menu, you can open AutoCorrect manually using Tools | AutoCorrect Options. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Robert" wrote in message ... I am having trouble with the AutoCorrect feature within Spell Check. If I type a word (wrong) and click on the spelling and grammer button, the window pops up, shows the mis-spelled word in the top frame, suggestions briefly show up, then grey out (no correction to the mis-spelled word is done). If I click on the AutoCorrect button it comes up that the word is not in the dictionary. If I click "no" sometimes, the greyed out words show up and I can make the change. I have tried everything I can to get it to work but have not been successful....HELP! Robert |
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Word 2003 AutoCorrect is Driving me nuts!
Hi Again:
Tried both methods, same problem. As I stated earlier, the suggested replacement words are shown (greyed out) and only become black and can be selected only after going through the button pushing I wrote about...This one has me stumped...might have to uninstall and reinstall. (YUCK) "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Very odd. Have you tried Help | Detect and Repair? Do you have the same problem if you start in Office Safe Mode (pressing Ctrl while loading)? -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Robert" wrote in message ... Hi Suzanne, No that is not the problem...when I do a spell check, (and there is a mis-spelled word) all replacement words are there but greyed out; can't select any of them. When I click on AutoCorrect or Change, a pop up window appears and says that the mis-spelled word is not in the main or custom dictionary, and askes if I wish to continue. If I pick no, the correctly spelled, suggested words, then switch to black and I can now pick which suggested word I want to replace the mis-spelled word with. It then repeats this again with the next wrong word. Perhaps this is more of a problem with the Dictionary more so than the AutoCorrect feature. Robert "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: I believe you cannot automatically add a correction to AutoCorrect if no suggestions are shown, but you should be able to type in the misspelling to be replaced and the desired replacement text. If this doesn't work through the shortcut menu, you can open AutoCorrect manually using Tools | AutoCorrect Options. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Robert" wrote in message ... I am having trouble with the AutoCorrect feature within Spell Check. If I type a word (wrong) and click on the spelling and grammer button, the window pops up, shows the mis-spelled word in the top frame, suggestions briefly show up, then grey out (no correction to the mis-spelled word is done). If I click on the AutoCorrect button it comes up that the word is not in the dictionary. If I click "no" sometimes, the greyed out words show up and I can make the change. I have tried everything I can to get it to work but have not been successful....HELP! Robert |
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Word 2003 AutoCorrect is Driving me nuts!
Very unlikely that uninstalling and reinstalling will help if repairing
doesn't. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Robert" wrote in message ... Hi Again: Tried both methods, same problem. As I stated earlier, the suggested replacement words are shown (greyed out) and only become black and can be selected only after going through the button pushing I wrote about...This one has me stumped...might have to uninstall and reinstall. (YUCK) "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Very odd. Have you tried Help | Detect and Repair? Do you have the same problem if you start in Office Safe Mode (pressing Ctrl while loading)? -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Robert" wrote in message ... Hi Suzanne, No that is not the problem...when I do a spell check, (and there is a mis-spelled word) all replacement words are there but greyed out; can't select any of them. When I click on AutoCorrect or Change, a pop up window appears and says that the mis-spelled word is not in the main or custom dictionary, and askes if I wish to continue. If I pick no, the correctly spelled, suggested words, then switch to black and I can now pick which suggested word I want to replace the mis-spelled word with. It then repeats this again with the next wrong word. Perhaps this is more of a problem with the Dictionary more so than the AutoCorrect feature. Robert "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: I believe you cannot automatically add a correction to AutoCorrect if no suggestions are shown, but you should be able to type in the misspelling to be replaced and the desired replacement text. If this doesn't work through the shortcut menu, you can open AutoCorrect manually using Tools | AutoCorrect Options. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Robert" wrote in message ... I am having trouble with the AutoCorrect feature within Spell Check. If I type a word (wrong) and click on the spelling and grammer button, the window pops up, shows the mis-spelled word in the top frame, suggestions briefly show up, then grey out (no correction to the mis-spelled word is done). If I click on the AutoCorrect button it comes up that the word is not in the dictionary. If I click "no" sometimes, the greyed out words show up and I can make the change. I have tried everything I can to get it to work but have not been successful....HELP! Robert |
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