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Grammar and contextual spelling in Word 2007- RAM requirements???
Hi- I was thinking about upgrading to Office 2007, but I saw that Grammar and
contextual spelling in Word wasn't turned on unless you have 1GB of memory. My daughter's laptop only has 768 MB of RAM. Is 1 GB required for the spell check function to work, or is it just not turned on automatically unless there is a gig of RAM (and that I can select it through the toolbar)? Is contextual spelling the same as spell check found in Word 2003, or is it a new feature that distinguishes between too and two, for example. Will the standard spell check work with only 768 MB of RAM, or is there only a single type of spell check inthe new program? |
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Grammar and contextual spelling in Word 2007- RAM requirements???
and to think I once worked in 4K!
"m61376" wrote in message ... Hi- I was thinking about upgrading to Office 2007, but I saw that Grammar and contextual spelling in Word wasn't turned on unless you have 1GB of memory. My daughter's laptop only has 768 MB of RAM. Is 1 GB required for the spell check function to work, or is it just not turned on automatically unless there is a gig of RAM (and that I can select it through the toolbar)? Is contextual spelling the same as spell check found in Word 2003, or is it a new feature that distinguishes between too and two, for example. Will the standard spell check work with only 768 MB of RAM, or is there only a single type of spell check inthe new program? |
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Grammar and contextual spelling in Word 2007- RAM requirements???
Fear not... Contextual spelling is, as you guessed, a new feature that
tries to catch commonly confused words (to, two, too; were, where). That is the only part of the spelling/grammar checker that requires more memory. The older part, which looks for spellings that aren't in Word's dictionary and for violations of grammar rules, continues to work as before. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. On Tue, 20 Feb 2007 13:37:08 -0800, m61376 wrote: Hi- I was thinking about upgrading to Office 2007, but I saw that Grammar and contextual spelling in Word wasn't turned on unless you have 1GB of memory. My daughter's laptop only has 768 MB of RAM. Is 1 GB required for the spell check function to work, or is it just not turned on automatically unless there is a gig of RAM (and that I can select it through the toolbar)? Is contextual spelling the same as spell check found in Word 2003, or is it a new feature that distinguishes between too and two, for example. Will the standard spell check work with only 768 MB of RAM, or is there only a single type of spell check inthe new program? |
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Grammar and contextual spelling in Word 2007- RAM requirements
Thanks Jay!
BTW- Do you like the upgrade? I have a friend who put 2003 back on because he didn't like it. Wonder if it is worthwhile. "Jay Freedman" wrote: Fear not... Contextual spelling is, as you guessed, a new feature that tries to catch commonly confused words (to, two, too; were, where). That is the only part of the spelling/grammar checker that requires more memory. The older part, which looks for spellings that aren't in Word's dictionary and for violations of grammar rules, continues to work as before. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. On Tue, 20 Feb 2007 13:37:08 -0800, m61376 wrote: Hi- I was thinking about upgrading to Office 2007, but I saw that Grammar and contextual spelling in Word wasn't turned on unless you have 1GB of memory. My daughter's laptop only has 768 MB of RAM. Is 1 GB required for the spell check function to work, or is it just not turned on automatically unless there is a gig of RAM (and that I can select it through the toolbar)? Is contextual spelling the same as spell check found in Word 2003, or is it a new feature that distinguishes between too and two, for example. Will the standard spell check work with only 768 MB of RAM, or is there only a single type of spell check inthe new program? |
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Grammar and contextual spelling in Word 2007- RAM requirements
That decision is for each person to make (unless your upgrade is dictated by
the business you work for). You can use the trial version on the Microsoft web site and decide for yourself. Personally, there are a lot of things I love about the new version, and some things I find terribly frustrating. You probably won't like and dislike the same things, because I'm sure we use Word in very different ways and have different training and skills. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. m61376 wrote: Thanks Jay! BTW- Do you like the upgrade? I have a friend who put 2003 back on because he didn't like it. Wonder if it is worthwhile. "Jay Freedman" wrote: Fear not... Contextual spelling is, as you guessed, a new feature that tries to catch commonly confused words (to, two, too; were, where). That is the only part of the spelling/grammar checker that requires more memory. The older part, which looks for spellings that aren't in Word's dictionary and for violations of grammar rules, continues to work as before. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. On Tue, 20 Feb 2007 13:37:08 -0800, m61376 wrote: Hi- I was thinking about upgrading to Office 2007, but I saw that Grammar and contextual spelling in Word wasn't turned on unless you have 1GB of memory. My daughter's laptop only has 768 MB of RAM. Is 1 GB required for the spell check function to work, or is it just not turned on automatically unless there is a gig of RAM (and that I can select it through the toolbar)? Is contextual spelling the same as spell check found in Word 2003, or is it a new feature that distinguishes between too and two, for example. Will the standard spell check work with only 768 MB of RAM, or is there only a single type of spell check inthe new program? |
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