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Why doesn't 2003 version of Word recognize spellchecking from 200.
Whenever I upgrade to a newer version of MS Word, I have to rerun the
spellcheck on previously-spellchecked documents. It does not automatically recognize a previous version's completed spellcheck. This is not a problem for short documents, as they can be spellchecked quickly. But some of my documents are 800 pages or longer. I must spellcheck the entire document, which takes hours, literally. Is there a way to get MS Word 2003 to recognize an already-spellchecked MS Word 2002 document? This also happened when I updated from MS Word 2000 to MS Word 2002. |
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I'm not sure I understand your question. Word has no way to force you to
spell-check your document, and checking spelling does not set any kind of flag to tell Word that spell checking has been done. If what you mean is that "Check spelling as you type" is marking as misspelled words that you have told it to ignore, then this frequently happens even if you just close and reopen a document. If you really want Word not to mark them as misspelled, you can either add them to the dictionary or format them as "Do not check spelling or grammar." For documents that have already been spell-checked, a quick way to hide "errors" is to check the box for "Hide spelling errors in this document" on the Spelling & Grammar tab of Tools | Options. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "DeltaNick" wrote in message ... Whenever I upgrade to a newer version of MS Word, I have to rerun the spellcheck on previously-spellchecked documents. It does not automatically recognize a previous version's completed spellcheck. This is not a problem for short documents, as they can be spellchecked quickly. But some of my documents are 800 pages or longer. I must spellcheck the entire document, which takes hours, literally. Is there a way to get MS Word 2003 to recognize an already-spellchecked MS Word 2002 document? This also happened when I updated from MS Word 2000 to MS Word 2002. |
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Suzanne,
Word doesn't force you to spellcheck, but it most certainly DOES set a "flag": At the bottom of the screen, the spellcheck book is marked with a red checkmark (spellchecked) or re "X" (not spellchecked). When you add to a previously spellchecked document, only the additional text is spellcheked the next time you run the spellchecker. However, when upgrading to a new version of Word, the entire document requires spellchecking: it does NOT recognize previous spellcheck status. Rerunning the spellchecker on 500- and 800-page documents will take, literally, hours per document!!! I'm surprised that you don't know this. I'm also more than disappointed that Microsoft does this, since it requires hours upon hours of my time just to get back to where I previously was. I really hate it each time Microsoft "upgrades" applications, because it's not really worth it. For a tiny bit of functionality, I must spend hours and hours figuring it all out (which defines "downgrade" in my book). And finally, Microsoft's fancy "dissolves" and "fades" seem to be camouflage for applications that run slower and slower each time. And don't even get me started on the menus that are changed in each "upgrade." This really upsets ALL the Microsoft users I know, especially our help desk IT professionals. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: I'm not sure I understand your question. Word has no way to force you to spell-check your document, and checking spelling does not set any kind of flag to tell Word that spell checking has been done. If what you mean is that "Check spelling as you type" is marking as misspelled words that you have told it to ignore, then this frequently happens even if you just close and reopen a document. If you really want Word not to mark them as misspelled, you can either add them to the dictionary or format them as "Do not check spelling or grammar." For documents that have already been spell-checked, a quick way to hide "errors" is to check the box for "Hide spelling errors in this document" on the Spelling & Grammar tab of Tools | Options. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "DeltaNick" wrote in message ... Whenever I upgrade to a newer version of MS Word, I have to rerun the spellcheck on previously-spellchecked documents. It does not automatically recognize a previous version's completed spellcheck. This is not a problem for short documents, as they can be spellchecked quickly. But some of my documents are 800 pages or longer. I must spellcheck the entire document, which takes hours, literally. Is there a way to get MS Word 2003 to recognize an already-spellchecked MS Word 2002 document? This also happened when I updated from MS Word 2000 to MS Word 2002. |
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Again I would suggest that you post in
microsoft.public.word.spelling.grammar. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "DeltaNick" wrote in message ... Suzanne, Word doesn't force you to spellcheck, but it most certainly DOES set a "flag": At the bottom of the screen, the spellcheck book is marked with a red checkmark (spellchecked) or re "X" (not spellchecked). When you add to a previously spellchecked document, only the additional text is spellcheked the next time you run the spellchecker. However, when upgrading to a new version of Word, the entire document requires spellchecking: it does NOT recognize previous spellcheck status. Rerunning the spellchecker on 500- and 800-page documents will take, literally, hours per document!!! I'm surprised that you don't know this. I'm also more than disappointed that Microsoft does this, since it requires hours upon hours of my time just to get back to where I previously was. I really hate it each time Microsoft "upgrades" applications, because it's not really worth it. For a tiny bit of functionality, I must spend hours and hours figuring it all out (which defines "downgrade" in my book). And finally, Microsoft's fancy "dissolves" and "fades" seem to be camouflage for applications that run slower and slower each time. And don't even get me started on the menus that are changed in each "upgrade." This really upsets ALL the Microsoft users I know, especially our help desk IT professionals. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: I'm not sure I understand your question. Word has no way to force you to spell-check your document, and checking spelling does not set any kind of flag to tell Word that spell checking has been done. If what you mean is that "Check spelling as you type" is marking as misspelled words that you have told it to ignore, then this frequently happens even if you just close and reopen a document. If you really want Word not to mark them as misspelled, you can either add them to the dictionary or format them as "Do not check spelling or grammar." For documents that have already been spell-checked, a quick way to hide "errors" is to check the box for "Hide spelling errors in this document" on the Spelling & Grammar tab of Tools | Options. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "DeltaNick" wrote in message ... Whenever I upgrade to a newer version of MS Word, I have to rerun the spellcheck on previously-spellchecked documents. It does not automatically recognize a previous version's completed spellcheck. This is not a problem for short documents, as they can be spellchecked quickly. But some of my documents are 800 pages or longer. I must spellcheck the entire document, which takes hours, literally. Is there a way to get MS Word 2003 to recognize an already-spellchecked MS Word 2002 document? This also happened when I updated from MS Word 2000 to MS Word 2002. |
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Typical Microsoft response, focused on discouraging the paying customer from
receiving any real support, using the "bait and switch." This is UNsatisfactory "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Again I would suggest that you post in microsoft.public.word.spelling.grammar. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "DeltaNick" wrote in message ... Suzanne, Word doesn't force you to spellcheck, but it most certainly DOES set a "flag": At the bottom of the screen, the spellcheck book is marked with a red checkmark (spellchecked) or re "X" (not spellchecked). When you add to a previously spellchecked document, only the additional text is spellcheked the next time you run the spellchecker. However, when upgrading to a new version of Word, the entire document requires spellchecking: it does NOT recognize previous spellcheck status. Rerunning the spellchecker on 500- and 800-page documents will take, literally, hours per document!!! I'm surprised that you don't know this. I'm also more than disappointed that Microsoft does this, since it requires hours upon hours of my time just to get back to where I previously was. I really hate it each time Microsoft "upgrades" applications, because it's not really worth it. For a tiny bit of functionality, I must spend hours and hours figuring it all out (which defines "downgrade" in my book). And finally, Microsoft's fancy "dissolves" and "fades" seem to be camouflage for applications that run slower and slower each time. And don't even get me started on the menus that are changed in each "upgrade." This really upsets ALL the Microsoft users I know, especially our help desk IT professionals. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: I'm not sure I understand your question. Word has no way to force you to spell-check your document, and checking spelling does not set any kind of flag to tell Word that spell checking has been done. If what you mean is that "Check spelling as you type" is marking as misspelled words that you have told it to ignore, then this frequently happens even if you just close and reopen a document. If you really want Word not to mark them as misspelled, you can either add them to the dictionary or format them as "Do not check spelling or grammar." For documents that have already been spell-checked, a quick way to hide "errors" is to check the box for "Hide spelling errors in this document" on the Spelling & Grammar tab of Tools | Options. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "DeltaNick" wrote in message ... Whenever I upgrade to a newer version of MS Word, I have to rerun the spellcheck on previously-spellchecked documents. It does not automatically recognize a previous version's completed spellcheck. This is not a problem for short documents, as they can be spellchecked quickly. But some of my documents are 800 pages or longer. I must spellcheck the entire document, which takes hours, literally. Is there a way to get MS Word 2003 to recognize an already-spellchecked MS Word 2002 document? This also happened when I updated from MS Word 2000 to MS Word 2002. |
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I don't understand: what is the URL?
You haven't even given me THIS information! Please be specific, as switching su to new locations, then not telling us those locations, is another method of discouraging us from receiving any genuine support, after we've paid hundreds upon hundreds of dollars for Microsoft's software. I need the URL. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: I'm not sure I understand your question. Word has no way to force you to spell-check your document, and checking spelling does not set any kind of flag to tell Word that spell checking has been done. If what you mean is that "Check spelling as you type" is marking as misspelled words that you have told it to ignore, then this frequently happens even if you just close and reopen a document. If you really want Word not to mark them as misspelled, you can either add them to the dictionary or format them as "Do not check spelling or grammar." For documents that have already been spell-checked, a quick way to hide "errors" is to check the box for "Hide spelling errors in this document" on the Spelling & Grammar tab of Tools | Options. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "DeltaNick" wrote in message ... Whenever I upgrade to a newer version of MS Word, I have to rerun the spellcheck on previously-spellchecked documents. It does not automatically recognize a previous version's completed spellcheck. This is not a problem for short documents, as they can be spellchecked quickly. But some of my documents are 800 pages or longer. I must spellcheck the entire document, which takes hours, literally. Is there a way to get MS Word 2003 to recognize an already-spellchecked MS Word 2002 document? This also happened when I updated from MS Word 2000 to MS Word 2002. |
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No one responding here works for Microsoft. Every person answering questions
here will agree with you that Word is a flawed product. Suzanne is trying to tell you that the people who know the most about the spelling checker read and respond to posts in the spellinggrammar newsgroup, not here. You are welcome to ask your pediatrician about Alzheimer's but you might get better information from someone who specializes in geriatric medicine instead. -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "DeltaNick" wrote in message ... Typical Microsoft response, focused on discouraging the paying customer from receiving any real support, using the "bait and switch." This is UNsatisfactory "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Again I would suggest that you post in microsoft.public.word.spelling.grammar. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "DeltaNick" wrote in message ... Suzanne, Word doesn't force you to spellcheck, but it most certainly DOES set a "flag": At the bottom of the screen, the spellcheck book is marked with a red checkmark (spellchecked) or re "X" (not spellchecked). When you add to a previously spellchecked document, only the additional text is spellcheked the next time you run the spellchecker. However, when upgrading to a new version of Word, the entire document requires spellchecking: it does NOT recognize previous spellcheck status. Rerunning the spellchecker on 500- and 800-page documents will take, literally, hours per document!!! I'm surprised that you don't know this. I'm also more than disappointed that Microsoft does this, since it requires hours upon hours of my time just to get back to where I previously was. I really hate it each time Microsoft "upgrades" applications, because it's not really worth it. For a tiny bit of functionality, I must spend hours and hours figuring it all out (which defines "downgrade" in my book). And finally, Microsoft's fancy "dissolves" and "fades" seem to be camouflage for applications that run slower and slower each time. And don't even get me started on the menus that are changed in each "upgrade." This really upsets ALL the Microsoft users I know, especially our help desk IT professionals. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: I'm not sure I understand your question. Word has no way to force you to spell-check your document, and checking spelling does not set any kind of flag to tell Word that spell checking has been done. If what you mean is that "Check spelling as you type" is marking as misspelled words that you have told it to ignore, then this frequently happens even if you just close and reopen a document. If you really want Word not to mark them as misspelled, you can either add them to the dictionary or format them as "Do not check spelling or grammar." For documents that have already been spell-checked, a quick way to hide "errors" is to check the box for "Hide spelling errors in this document" on the Spelling & Grammar tab of Tools | Options. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "DeltaNick" wrote in message ... Whenever I upgrade to a newer version of MS Word, I have to rerun the spellcheck on previously-spellchecked documents. It does not automatically recognize a previous version's completed spellcheck. This is not a problem for short documents, as they can be spellchecked quickly. But some of my documents are 800 pages or longer. I must spellcheck the entire document, which takes hours, literally. Is there a way to get MS Word 2003 to recognize an already-spellchecked MS Word 2002 document? This also happened when I updated from MS Word 2000 to MS Word 2002. |
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Most experienced users do _not_ upgrade each time one is available.
-- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "DeltaNick" wrote in message ... Suzanne, Word doesn't force you to spellcheck, but it most certainly DOES set a "flag": At the bottom of the screen, the spellcheck book is marked with a red checkmark (spellchecked) or re "X" (not spellchecked). When you add to a previously spellchecked document, only the additional text is spellcheked the next time you run the spellchecker. However, when upgrading to a new version of Word, the entire document requires spellchecking: it does NOT recognize previous spellcheck status. Rerunning the spellchecker on 500- and 800-page documents will take, literally, hours per document!!! I'm surprised that you don't know this. I'm also more than disappointed that Microsoft does this, since it requires hours upon hours of my time just to get back to where I previously was. I really hate it each time Microsoft "upgrades" applications, because it's not really worth it. For a tiny bit of functionality, I must spend hours and hours figuring it all out (which defines "downgrade" in my book). And finally, Microsoft's fancy "dissolves" and "fades" seem to be camouflage for applications that run slower and slower each time. And don't even get me started on the menus that are changed in each "upgrade." This really upsets ALL the Microsoft users I know, especially our help desk IT professionals. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: I'm not sure I understand your question. Word has no way to force you to spell-check your document, and checking spelling does not set any kind of flag to tell Word that spell checking has been done. If what you mean is that "Check spelling as you type" is marking as misspelled words that you have told it to ignore, then this frequently happens even if you just close and reopen a document. If you really want Word not to mark them as misspelled, you can either add them to the dictionary or format them as "Do not check spelling or grammar." For documents that have already been spell-checked, a quick way to hide "errors" is to check the box for "Hide spelling errors in this document" on the Spelling & Grammar tab of Tools | Options. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "DeltaNick" wrote in message ... Whenever I upgrade to a newer version of MS Word, I have to rerun the spellcheck on previously-spellchecked documents. It does not automatically recognize a previous version's completed spellcheck. This is not a problem for short documents, as they can be spellchecked quickly. But some of my documents are 800 pages or longer. I must spellcheck the entire document, which takes hours, literally. Is there a way to get MS Word 2003 to recognize an already-spellchecked MS Word 2002 document? This also happened when I updated from MS Word 2000 to MS Word 2002. |
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Once again you seem to have replied to the wrong message. I assume you're
referring to the spelling.grammar newsgroup. I don't have the URL offhand because I access these NGs via NNTP (using Outlook Express) rather than through the Web portal you are using. You can do the same by clicking on this URL: news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...elling.grammar Or you can continue to confuse yourself with the Web interface by going to http://www.microsoft.com/communities...&lang=en&cr=US -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "DeltaNick" wrote in message ... I don't understand: what is the URL? You haven't even given me THIS information! Please be specific, as switching su to new locations, then not telling us those locations, is another method of discouraging us from receiving any genuine support, after we've paid hundreds upon hundreds of dollars for Microsoft's software. I need the URL. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: I'm not sure I understand your question. Word has no way to force you to spell-check your document, and checking spelling does not set any kind of flag to tell Word that spell checking has been done. If what you mean is that "Check spelling as you type" is marking as misspelled words that you have told it to ignore, then this frequently happens even if you just close and reopen a document. If you really want Word not to mark them as misspelled, you can either add them to the dictionary or format them as "Do not check spelling or grammar." For documents that have already been spell-checked, a quick way to hide "errors" is to check the box for "Hide spelling errors in this document" on the Spelling & Grammar tab of Tools | Options. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "DeltaNick" wrote in message ... Whenever I upgrade to a newer version of MS Word, I have to rerun the spellcheck on previously-spellchecked documents. It does not automatically recognize a previous version's completed spellcheck. This is not a problem for short documents, as they can be spellchecked quickly. But some of my documents are 800 pages or longer. I must spellcheck the entire document, which takes hours, literally. Is there a way to get MS Word 2003 to recognize an already-spellchecked MS Word 2002 document? This also happened when I updated from MS Word 2000 to MS Word 2002. |
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Okay, got it. By your titles, "MVP," I thought you all were some kind of
Jedis officially knighted by Bill Gates. I didn't WANT to upgrade, but I work for the government. I have 2003 at work, and 2002 at home. The decision to upgrade is made way above the heads of our local help desk, and we're never consulted at all. This Microsoft interface -- and I've been on the Internet since it was the ARPANet -- is more complicated than anyone else's. Sure it's not done this way on purpose to discourage users attempting to get some insight? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Once again you seem to have replied to the wrong message. I assume you're referring to the spelling.grammar newsgroup. I don't have the URL offhand because I access these NGs via NNTP (using Outlook Express) rather than through the Web portal you are using. You can do the same by clicking on this URL: news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...elling.grammar Or you can continue to confuse yourself with the Web interface by going to http://www.microsoft.com/communities...&lang=en&cr=US -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "DeltaNick" wrote in message ... I don't understand: what is the URL? You haven't even given me THIS information! Please be specific, as switching su to new locations, then not telling us those locations, is another method of discouraging us from receiving any genuine support, after we've paid hundreds upon hundreds of dollars for Microsoft's software. I need the URL. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: I'm not sure I understand your question. Word has no way to force you to spell-check your document, and checking spelling does not set any kind of flag to tell Word that spell checking has been done. If what you mean is that "Check spelling as you type" is marking as misspelled words that you have told it to ignore, then this frequently happens even if you just close and reopen a document. If you really want Word not to mark them as misspelled, you can either add them to the dictionary or format them as "Do not check spelling or grammar." For documents that have already been spell-checked, a quick way to hide "errors" is to check the box for "Hide spelling errors in this document" on the Spelling & Grammar tab of Tools | Options. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "DeltaNick" wrote in message ... Whenever I upgrade to a newer version of MS Word, I have to rerun the spellcheck on previously-spellchecked documents. It does not automatically recognize a previous version's completed spellcheck. This is not a problem for short documents, as they can be spellchecked quickly. But some of my documents are 800 pages or longer. I must spellcheck the entire document, which takes hours, literally. Is there a way to get MS Word 2003 to recognize an already-spellchecked MS Word 2002 document? This also happened when I updated from MS Word 2000 to MS Word 2002. |
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Well, if you've been online that long, I would think you would be more
comfortable using Usenet! Actually, the Web interface to the NGs is an initiative designed to accommodate users who (a) *don't* have any experience with Usenet or newsreaders (but are comfortable with Web interfaces) or (b) work in corporations whose networks block access to Usenet. In addition, Microsoft software is increasingly being integrated with online "User Assistance," which includes the MSKB, tutorials, additional Help topics, and the newsgroups. In Word 2003, if you have online Help enabled, when you search for something in Help and don't find it, you will be directed to online forms that will (theoretically) connect you to existing articles about the subject. If there are none (or none can be determined from the search terms you've used), then you have the option to "Get help from other users," which points you to the Office Communities. The Web interface is very much a work in progress. It is constantly being tweaked to improve the taxonomy of the NG lists and the entire experience. Among the improvements that have been made since its inception are these: 1. Authentication required for posts to cut down on spam and abusive posts. 2. Ability to get notification when your post has been answered. 3. "Suggestion to Microsoft" feature. 4. Option to rate posts. 5. Blocking of attachments (this has reduced attachments in the NGs to virtually zero, since most other Web interfaces also block them). 6. Many others that I'm probably forgetting. An NNTP newsreader still offers the most efficient access to NGs, though; it is much faster (especially on dial-up), and it permits users to see all the posts in a NG in a single window, without having to page through countless pages of messages. Although the search feature in the Web interface has been improved, Outlook Express and other newsreaders are still better and faster, and newsreaders offer better sorting, display, and handling options. For more on the MVP Program, see http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/. For more on the Word MVPs, see http://word.mvps.org/AboutMVPs/index.htm -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "DeltaNick" wrote in message ... Okay, got it. By your titles, "MVP," I thought you all were some kind of Jedis officially knighted by Bill Gates. I didn't WANT to upgrade, but I work for the government. I have 2003 at work, and 2002 at home. The decision to upgrade is made way above the heads of our local help desk, and we're never consulted at all. This Microsoft interface -- and I've been on the Internet since it was the ARPANet -- is more complicated than anyone else's. Sure it's not done this way on purpose to discourage users attempting to get some insight? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Once again you seem to have replied to the wrong message. I assume you're referring to the spelling.grammar newsgroup. I don't have the URL offhand because I access these NGs via NNTP (using Outlook Express) rather than through the Web portal you are using. You can do the same by clicking on this URL: news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...elling.grammar Or you can continue to confuse yourself with the Web interface by going to http://www.microsoft.com/communities...&lang=en&cr=US -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "DeltaNick" wrote in message ... I don't understand: what is the URL? You haven't even given me THIS information! Please be specific, as switching su to new locations, then not telling us those locations, is another method of discouraging us from receiving any genuine support, after we've paid hundreds upon hundreds of dollars for Microsoft's software. I need the URL. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: I'm not sure I understand your question. Word has no way to force you to spell-check your document, and checking spelling does not set any kind of flag to tell Word that spell checking has been done. If what you mean is that "Check spelling as you type" is marking as misspelled words that you have told it to ignore, then this frequently happens even if you just close and reopen a document. If you really want Word not to mark them as misspelled, you can either add them to the dictionary or format them as "Do not check spelling or grammar." For documents that have already been spell-checked, a quick way to hide "errors" is to check the box for "Hide spelling errors in this document" on the Spelling & Grammar tab of Tools | Options. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "DeltaNick" wrote in message ... Whenever I upgrade to a newer version of MS Word, I have to rerun the spellcheck on previously-spellchecked documents. It does not automatically recognize a previous version's completed spellcheck. This is not a problem for short documents, as they can be spellchecked quickly. But some of my documents are 800 pages or longer. I must spellcheck the entire document, which takes hours, literally. Is there a way to get MS Word 2003 to recognize an already-spellchecked MS Word 2002 document? This also happened when I updated from MS Word 2000 to MS Word 2002. |
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Ugh! Sorry to bother you. I'm trying to get some answers to a problem I have
with MS software. This method is about as easy as climbing Mt. Everest. I think MS can make it much easier, but I don't see a desire to do so on the part of MS. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Well, if you've been online that long, I would think you would be more comfortable using Usenet! Actually, the Web interface to the NGs is an initiative designed to accommodate users who (a) *don't* have any experience with Usenet or newsreaders (but are comfortable with Web interfaces) or (b) work in corporations whose networks block access to Usenet. In addition, Microsoft software is increasingly being integrated with online "User Assistance," which includes the MSKB, tutorials, additional Help topics, and the newsgroups. In Word 2003, if you have online Help enabled, when you search for something in Help and don't find it, you will be directed to online forms that will (theoretically) connect you to existing articles about the subject. If there are none (or none can be determined from the search terms you've used), then you have the option to "Get help from other users," which points you to the Office Communities. The Web interface is very much a work in progress. It is constantly being tweaked to improve the taxonomy of the NG lists and the entire experience. Among the improvements that have been made since its inception are these: 1. Authentication required for posts to cut down on spam and abusive posts. 2. Ability to get notification when your post has been answered. 3. "Suggestion to Microsoft" feature. 4. Option to rate posts. 5. Blocking of attachments (this has reduced attachments in the NGs to virtually zero, since most other Web interfaces also block them). 6. Many others that I'm probably forgetting. An NNTP newsreader still offers the most efficient access to NGs, though; it is much faster (especially on dial-up), and it permits users to see all the posts in a NG in a single window, without having to page through countless pages of messages. Although the search feature in the Web interface has been improved, Outlook Express and other newsreaders are still better and faster, and newsreaders offer better sorting, display, and handling options. For more on the MVP Program, see http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/. For more on the Word MVPs, see http://word.mvps.org/AboutMVPs/index.htm -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "DeltaNick" wrote in message ... Okay, got it. By your titles, "MVP," I thought you all were some kind of Jedis officially knighted by Bill Gates. I didn't WANT to upgrade, but I work for the government. I have 2003 at work, and 2002 at home. The decision to upgrade is made way above the heads of our local help desk, and we're never consulted at all. This Microsoft interface -- and I've been on the Internet since it was the ARPANet -- is more complicated than anyone else's. Sure it's not done this way on purpose to discourage users attempting to get some insight? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Once again you seem to have replied to the wrong message. I assume you're referring to the spelling.grammar newsgroup. I don't have the URL offhand because I access these NGs via NNTP (using Outlook Express) rather than through the Web portal you are using. You can do the same by clicking on this URL: news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...elling.grammar Or you can continue to confuse yourself with the Web interface by going to http://www.microsoft.com/communities...&lang=en&cr=US -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "DeltaNick" wrote in message ... I don't understand: what is the URL? You haven't even given me THIS information! Please be specific, as switching su to new locations, then not telling us those locations, is another method of discouraging us from receiving any genuine support, after we've paid hundreds upon hundreds of dollars for Microsoft's software. I need the URL. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: I'm not sure I understand your question. Word has no way to force you to spell-check your document, and checking spelling does not set any kind of flag to tell Word that spell checking has been done. If what you mean is that "Check spelling as you type" is marking as misspelled words that you have told it to ignore, then this frequently happens even if you just close and reopen a document. If you really want Word not to mark them as misspelled, you can either add them to the dictionary or format them as "Do not check spelling or grammar." For documents that have already been spell-checked, a quick way to hide "errors" is to check the box for "Hide spelling errors in this document" on the Spelling & Grammar tab of Tools | Options. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "DeltaNick" wrote in message ... Whenever I upgrade to a newer version of MS Word, I have to rerun the spellcheck on previously-spellchecked documents. It does not automatically recognize a previous version's completed spellcheck. This is not a problem for short documents, as they can be spellchecked quickly. But some of my documents are 800 pages or longer. I must spellcheck the entire document, which takes hours, literally. Is there a way to get MS Word 2003 to recognize an already-spellchecked MS Word 2002 document? This also happened when I updated from MS Word 2000 to MS Word 2002. |
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Exactly, and I don't either. But I'm a US government employee, so I am
subjected to these "upgrades," -- they are really downgrades, because functionality improvements are minimal, yet acclimation is a long-term and painful process, no thanks to Microsoft, resulting in a great loss in productivity -- like it or not. And now you've discovered the crux of my problem: I have MS Word 2003 at work, and MS Word 2002 at home. And the spellcheck function does not appear to be compatible! So, will you blame me if I sometimes feel forced into "upgrading" at home, merely to remain compatible with my workplace? I certainly hope there's a workaround, but I don't think Microsoft WANTS there to be one, so I wind up feeling compelled to "upgrade." "Charles Kenyon" wrote: Most experienced users do _not_ upgrade each time one is available. -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "DeltaNick" wrote in message ... Suzanne, Word doesn't force you to spellcheck, but it most certainly DOES set a "flag": At the bottom of the screen, the spellcheck book is marked with a red checkmark (spellchecked) or re "X" (not spellchecked). When you add to a previously spellchecked document, only the additional text is spellcheked the next time you run the spellchecker. However, when upgrading to a new version of Word, the entire document requires spellchecking: it does NOT recognize previous spellcheck status. Rerunning the spellchecker on 500- and 800-page documents will take, literally, hours per document!!! I'm surprised that you don't know this. I'm also more than disappointed that Microsoft does this, since it requires hours upon hours of my time just to get back to where I previously was. I really hate it each time Microsoft "upgrades" applications, because it's not really worth it. For a tiny bit of functionality, I must spend hours and hours figuring it all out (which defines "downgrade" in my book). And finally, Microsoft's fancy "dissolves" and "fades" seem to be camouflage for applications that run slower and slower each time. And don't even get me started on the menus that are changed in each "upgrade." This really upsets ALL the Microsoft users I know, especially our help desk IT professionals. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: I'm not sure I understand your question. Word has no way to force you to spell-check your document, and checking spelling does not set any kind of flag to tell Word that spell checking has been done. If what you mean is that "Check spelling as you type" is marking as misspelled words that you have told it to ignore, then this frequently happens even if you just close and reopen a document. If you really want Word not to mark them as misspelled, you can either add them to the dictionary or format them as "Do not check spelling or grammar." For documents that have already been spell-checked, a quick way to hide "errors" is to check the box for "Hide spelling errors in this document" on the Spelling & Grammar tab of Tools | Options. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "DeltaNick" wrote in message ... Whenever I upgrade to a newer version of MS Word, I have to rerun the spellcheck on previously-spellchecked documents. It does not automatically recognize a previous version's completed spellcheck. This is not a problem for short documents, as they can be spellchecked quickly. But some of my documents are 800 pages or longer. I must spellcheck the entire document, which takes hours, literally. Is there a way to get MS Word 2003 to recognize an already-spellchecked MS Word 2002 document? This also happened when I updated from MS Word 2000 to MS Word 2002. |
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I don't think you really want the answer to your question since you keep
posting here instead of in word.spelling.grammar as suggested. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "DeltaNick" wrote in message ... Ugh! Sorry to bother you. I'm trying to get some answers to a problem I have with MS software. This method is about as easy as climbing Mt. Everest. I think MS can make it much easier, but I don't see a desire to do so on the part of MS. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Well, if you've been online that long, I would think you would be more comfortable using Usenet! Actually, the Web interface to the NGs is an initiative designed to accommodate users who (a) *don't* have any experience with Usenet or newsreaders (but are comfortable with Web interfaces) or (b) work in corporations whose networks block access to Usenet. In addition, Microsoft software is increasingly being integrated with online "User Assistance," which includes the MSKB, tutorials, additional Help topics, and the newsgroups. In Word 2003, if you have online Help enabled, when you search for something in Help and don't find it, you will be directed to online forms that will (theoretically) connect you to existing articles about the subject. If there are none (or none can be determined from the search terms you've used), then you have the option to "Get help from other users," which points you to the Office Communities. The Web interface is very much a work in progress. It is constantly being tweaked to improve the taxonomy of the NG lists and the entire experience. Among the improvements that have been made since its inception are these: 1. Authentication required for posts to cut down on spam and abusive posts. 2. Ability to get notification when your post has been answered. 3. "Suggestion to Microsoft" feature. 4. Option to rate posts. 5. Blocking of attachments (this has reduced attachments in the NGs to virtually zero, since most other Web interfaces also block them). 6. Many others that I'm probably forgetting. An NNTP newsreader still offers the most efficient access to NGs, though; it is much faster (especially on dial-up), and it permits users to see all the posts in a NG in a single window, without having to page through countless pages of messages. Although the search feature in the Web interface has been improved, Outlook Express and other newsreaders are still better and faster, and newsreaders offer better sorting, display, and handling options. For more on the MVP Program, see http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/. For more on the Word MVPs, see http://word.mvps.org/AboutMVPs/index.htm -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "DeltaNick" wrote in message ... Okay, got it. By your titles, "MVP," I thought you all were some kind of Jedis officially knighted by Bill Gates. I didn't WANT to upgrade, but I work for the government. I have 2003 at work, and 2002 at home. The decision to upgrade is made way above the heads of our local help desk, and we're never consulted at all. This Microsoft interface -- and I've been on the Internet since it was the ARPANet -- is more complicated than anyone else's. Sure it's not done this way on purpose to discourage users attempting to get some insight? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Once again you seem to have replied to the wrong message. I assume you're referring to the spelling.grammar newsgroup. I don't have the URL offhand because I access these NGs via NNTP (using Outlook Express) rather than through the Web portal you are using. You can do the same by clicking on this URL: news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...elling.grammar Or you can continue to confuse yourself with the Web interface by going to http://www.microsoft.com/communities...&lang=en&cr=US -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "DeltaNick" wrote in message ... I don't understand: what is the URL? You haven't even given me THIS information! Please be specific, as switching su to new locations, then not telling us those locations, is another method of discouraging us from receiving any genuine support, after we've paid hundreds upon hundreds of dollars for Microsoft's software. I need the URL. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: I'm not sure I understand your question. Word has no way to force you to spell-check your document, and checking spelling does not set any kind of flag to tell Word that spell checking has been done. If what you mean is that "Check spelling as you type" is marking as misspelled words that you have told it to ignore, then this frequently happens even if you just close and reopen a document. If you really want Word not to mark them as misspelled, you can either add them to the dictionary or format them as "Do not check spelling or grammar." For documents that have already been spell-checked, a quick way to hide "errors" is to check the box for "Hide spelling errors in this document" on the Spelling & Grammar tab of Tools | Options. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "DeltaNick" wrote in message ... Whenever I upgrade to a newer version of MS Word, I have to rerun the spellcheck on previously-spellchecked documents. It does not automatically recognize a previous version's completed spellcheck. This is not a problem for short documents, as they can be spellchecked quickly. But some of my documents are 800 pages or longer. I must spellcheck the entire document, which takes hours, literally. Is there a way to get MS Word 2003 to recognize an already-spellchecked MS Word 2002 document? This also happened when I updated from MS Word 2000 to MS Word 2002. |
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I already posted there, yesterday. But I have the notification setting let me
know when I receive any response. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: I don't think you really want the answer to your question since you keep posting here instead of in word.spelling.grammar as suggested. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "DeltaNick" wrote in message ... Ugh! Sorry to bother you. I'm trying to get some answers to a problem I have with MS software. This method is about as easy as climbing Mt. Everest. I think MS can make it much easier, but I don't see a desire to do so on the part of MS. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Well, if you've been online that long, I would think you would be more comfortable using Usenet! Actually, the Web interface to the NGs is an initiative designed to accommodate users who (a) *don't* have any experience with Usenet or newsreaders (but are comfortable with Web interfaces) or (b) work in corporations whose networks block access to Usenet. In addition, Microsoft software is increasingly being integrated with online "User Assistance," which includes the MSKB, tutorials, additional Help topics, and the newsgroups. In Word 2003, if you have online Help enabled, when you search for something in Help and don't find it, you will be directed to online forms that will (theoretically) connect you to existing articles about the subject. If there are none (or none can be determined from the search terms you've used), then you have the option to "Get help from other users," which points you to the Office Communities. The Web interface is very much a work in progress. It is constantly being tweaked to improve the taxonomy of the NG lists and the entire experience. Among the improvements that have been made since its inception are these: 1. Authentication required for posts to cut down on spam and abusive posts. 2. Ability to get notification when your post has been answered. 3. "Suggestion to Microsoft" feature. 4. Option to rate posts. 5. Blocking of attachments (this has reduced attachments in the NGs to virtually zero, since most other Web interfaces also block them). 6. Many others that I'm probably forgetting. An NNTP newsreader still offers the most efficient access to NGs, though; it is much faster (especially on dial-up), and it permits users to see all the posts in a NG in a single window, without having to page through countless pages of messages. Although the search feature in the Web interface has been improved, Outlook Express and other newsreaders are still better and faster, and newsreaders offer better sorting, display, and handling options. For more on the MVP Program, see http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/. For more on the Word MVPs, see http://word.mvps.org/AboutMVPs/index.htm -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "DeltaNick" wrote in message ... Okay, got it. By your titles, "MVP," I thought you all were some kind of Jedis officially knighted by Bill Gates. I didn't WANT to upgrade, but I work for the government. I have 2003 at work, and 2002 at home. The decision to upgrade is made way above the heads of our local help desk, and we're never consulted at all. This Microsoft interface -- and I've been on the Internet since it was the ARPANet -- is more complicated than anyone else's. Sure it's not done this way on purpose to discourage users attempting to get some insight? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Once again you seem to have replied to the wrong message. I assume you're referring to the spelling.grammar newsgroup. I don't have the URL offhand because I access these NGs via NNTP (using Outlook Express) rather than through the Web portal you are using. You can do the same by clicking on this URL: news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...elling.grammar Or you can continue to confuse yourself with the Web interface by going to http://www.microsoft.com/communities...&lang=en&cr=US -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "DeltaNick" wrote in message ... I don't understand: what is the URL? You haven't even given me THIS information! Please be specific, as switching su to new locations, then not telling us those locations, is another method of discouraging us from receiving any genuine support, after we've paid hundreds upon hundreds of dollars for Microsoft's software. I need the URL. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: I'm not sure I understand your question. Word has no way to force you to spell-check your document, and checking spelling does not set any kind of flag to tell Word that spell checking has been done. If what you mean is that "Check spelling as you type" is marking as misspelled words that you have told it to ignore, then this frequently happens even if you just close and reopen a document. If you really want Word not to mark them as misspelled, you can either add them to the dictionary or format them as "Do not check spelling or grammar." For documents that have already been spell-checked, a quick way to hide "errors" is to check the box for "Hide spelling errors in this document" on the Spelling & Grammar tab of Tools | Options. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "DeltaNick" wrote in message ... Whenever I upgrade to a newer version of MS Word, I have to rerun the spellcheck on previously-spellchecked documents. It does not automatically recognize a previous version's completed spellcheck. This is not a problem for short documents, as they can be spellchecked quickly. But some of my documents are 800 pages or longer. I must spellcheck the entire document, which takes hours, literally. Is there a way to get MS Word 2003 to recognize an already-spellchecked MS Word 2002 document? This also happened when I updated from MS Word 2000 to MS Word 2002. |
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