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Word does not recognize mis-spelled words
I accidentally typed indentification and this word was not flagged by the
spell checker, while other words in the document were. I checked the custom dictionary and this word was not included. Detect language automatically is off. I am using Word 03 SP1. Any ideas on how to keep these errors from occuring. TIA, Pete |
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Try splitting the word into indentif ication. Are either of these parts
identified as misspelled? If not, your text is formatted to not check spelling or grammar. Click on one of the misspelled words. Word will display the formatting applied to that Word (and the source of the formatting). If it says "no proofing" or "do not check spelling and grammar" you need to modify the language setting. Select your entire document (Ctrl-A) and use Tools Language to change the setting. -- 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. "Peter Harrington" wrote in message ... I accidentally typed indentification and this word was not flagged by the spell checker, while other words in the document were. I checked the custom dictionary and this word was not included. Detect language automatically is off. I am using Word 03 SP1. Any ideas on how to keep these errors from occuring. TIA, Pete |
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You are correct that the parts of the split word still does not appear to be
flagged as misspelled, but I have to admit I am a bit lost with your directions. When you say click, you mean a left mouse click? Where is the formatting and source of formatting displayed? I see the style in the menu bar, but the style does not have proofing mentioned anywhere or check spelling and grammar at least in the top dialog box? Right clicking does not help either. I think I can fix it using select all, but I would like to understand your diagnostics. Thanks for the help, Pete "Charles Kenyon" wrote in message ... Try splitting the word into indentif ication. Are either of these parts identified as misspelled? If not, your text is formatted to not check spelling or grammar. Click on one of the misspelled words. Word will display the formatting applied to that Word (and the source of the formatting). If it says "no proofing" or "do not check spelling and grammar" you need to modify the language setting. Select your entire document (Ctrl-A) and use Tools Language to change the setting. -- 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. "Peter Harrington" wrote in message ... I accidentally typed indentification and this word was not flagged by the spell checker, while other words in the document were. I checked the custom dictionary and this word was not included. Detect language automatically is off. I am using Word 03 SP1. Any ideas on how to keep these errors from occuring. TIA, Pete |
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Ok, right clicking has an option for revealing formatting of selected text,
but I see language under font. There are no proofing or spelling options and word is not detecting mis-spellings in this section. Best wishes, Pete "Peter de B. Harrington" wrote in message ... You are correct that the parts of the split word still does not appear to be flagged as misspelled, but I have to admit I am a bit lost with your directions. When you say click, you mean a left mouse click? Where is the formatting and source of formatting displayed? I see the style in the menu bar, but the style does not have proofing mentioned anywhere or check spelling and grammar at least in the top dialog box? Right clicking does not help either. I think I can fix it using select all, but I would like to understand your diagnostics. Thanks for the help, Pete "Charles Kenyon" wrote in message ... Try splitting the word into indentif ication. Are either of these parts identified as misspelled? If not, your text is formatted to not check spelling or grammar. Click on one of the misspelled words. Word will display the formatting applied to that Word (and the source of the formatting). If it says "no proofing" or "do not check spelling and grammar" you need to modify the language setting. Select your entire document (Ctrl-A) and use Tools Language to change the setting. -- 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. "Peter Harrington" wrote in message ... I accidentally typed indentification and this word was not flagged by the spell checker, while other words in the document were. I checked the custom dictionary and this word was not included. Detect language automatically is off. I am using Word 03 SP1. Any ideas on how to keep these errors from occuring. TIA, Pete |
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I found the cause of this problem.
The word indentification was cited with a superscript using End Note. I guess the field codes when appearing next to a word force the speller-checker to ignore that word and misindentify the word as correctly spelled. Cheers, Pete "Peter de B. Harrington" wrote in message ... Ok, right clicking has an option for revealing formatting of selected text, but I see language under font. There are no proofing or spelling options and word is not detecting mis-spellings in this section. Best wishes, Pete "Peter de B. Harrington" wrote in message ... You are correct that the parts of the split word still does not appear to be flagged as misspelled, but I have to admit I am a bit lost with your directions. When you say click, you mean a left mouse click? Where is the formatting and source of formatting displayed? I see the style in the menu bar, but the style does not have proofing mentioned anywhere or check spelling and grammar at least in the top dialog box? Right clicking does not help either. I think I can fix it using select all, but I would like to understand your diagnostics. Thanks for the help, Pete "Charles Kenyon" wrote in message ... Try splitting the word into indentif ication. Are either of these parts identified as misspelled? If not, your text is formatted to not check spelling or grammar. Click on one of the misspelled words. Word will display the formatting applied to that Word (and the source of the formatting). If it says "no proofing" or "do not check spelling and grammar" you need to modify the language setting. Select your entire document (Ctrl-A) and use Tools Language to change the setting. -- 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. "Peter Harrington" wrote in message ... I accidentally typed indentification and this word was not flagged by the spell checker, while other words in the document were. I checked the custom dictionary and this word was not included. Detect language automatically is off. I am using Word 03 SP1. Any ideas on how to keep these errors from occuring. TIA, Pete |
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Only if you have "Ignore words with numbers" checked 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. "Peter de B. Harrington" wrote in message ... I found the cause of this problem. The word indentification was cited with a superscript using End Note. I guess the field codes when appearing next to a word force the speller-checker to ignore that word and misindentify the word as correctly spelled. Cheers, Pete "Peter de B. Harrington" wrote in message ... Ok, right clicking has an option for revealing formatting of selected text, but I see language under font. There are no proofing or spelling options and word is not detecting mis-spellings in this section. Best wishes, Pete "Peter de B. Harrington" wrote in message ... You are correct that the parts of the split word still does not appear to be flagged as misspelled, but I have to admit I am a bit lost with your directions. When you say click, you mean a left mouse click? Where is the formatting and source of formatting displayed? I see the style in the menu bar, but the style does not have proofing mentioned anywhere or check spelling and grammar at least in the top dialog box? Right clicking does not help either. I think I can fix it using select all, but I would like to understand your diagnostics. Thanks for the help, Pete "Charles Kenyon" wrote in message ... Try splitting the word into indentif ication. Are either of these parts identified as misspelled? If not, your text is formatted to not check spelling or grammar. Click on one of the misspelled words. Word will display the formatting applied to that Word (and the source of the formatting). If it says "no proofing" or "do not check spelling and grammar" you need to modify the language setting. Select your entire document (Ctrl-A) and use Tools Language to change the setting. -- 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. "Peter Harrington" wrote in message ... I accidentally typed indentification and this word was not flagged by the spell checker, while other words in the document were. I checked the custom dictionary and this word was not included. Detect language automatically is off. I am using Word 03 SP1. Any ideas on how to keep these errors from occuring. TIA, Pete |
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