For numbers, in Word 2007, check Word Options - Proofing, and remove the
check next to "Ignore words that contain numbers". (I believe there's a
corresponding setting in Word 2003, but I don't recall where offhand).
For the others you mentioned, if I insert one in a word (asterisk,
parentheses, apostrophe), Word treats the before/after components as
separate words, and I get spelling error underlining for the components
unless they actually are words. For example, if I type "exam*ple", the exam
portion is not flagged, but the ple portion is. If I type "exa(mple", both
components are flagged. In any case, the odds are good that my attention is
going to be called to the error.
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"Tim Mackey" Tim
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I checked both versions (2003 and 2007) of Office Word to see if they
recognized specific spelling errors. Spell checker seems to ignore any
word
that has certain characters embedded, like any number (0-9), asterisk,
parenthesis, right brace, backslash, or left-arrow (shift apostrophe).
When
I'm banging along and I unintentionally hit a numeric key within a word,
spell checker doesn't recognize the error. Why? Is there a fix for
this?