Threads Replies Last Post 11 Pages: 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11   Always hide spelling errors I use Win XP Professional and Word. When I type a Word document I get lots of indications of spelling or grammatical errors - usually coloured wiggly lines, which I don't want. I know I can get rid of these by clicking Tools\spelling and grammar\hide spelling errors in this document \hide grammatical errors etc but I have to do this for *each* document I create. How can I fix it so that it *... 3 2/27/2007 6:59:22 AM 2007 Spell Check Not working After installing office 2007 my spell checker quit working totally. After googling I found one idea about the problem being in my profile. So I log in as someone else on my machine and everything works fine. But logged in as me it fails. Now I'm on a corporate network so I'm not sure if I can delete my profile some way or what. Any ideas? ... 7 2/26/2007 10:22:15 PM Added a word by mistake to Word 2007 custom dictionary I accidentally added a misspelling to the custom dictionary in Word 2007 by right-clicking the Word and clicking Add to Dictionary. How can I remove that word from the dictionary so it will continue to be marked with a red wavy underline? Thanks in advance. Arlene... 5 2/17/2007 2:57:02 AM Word 2007 spell check problem I just upgraded to word 2007. My spell check works but it's dictionary doesn't contain most common words like what; how, when, etc. It offers alternatives to my spelling with words I've never heard, like a foreign language. Could it somehow have been set up to something other that standard English? If so, how do I correct that? Thanks. -- Darrell R. Schmidt B-58 Hustler Web Si... 3 2/11/2007 7:05:26 PM Medical Dictionary for Word 2003 Does anyone know of a Medical Dictionary to add to the standard dictionary in Word 2003 please?... 3 2/10/2007 4:46:01 PM macro for word Hi Everyone I need a macro that creates a drop down menu on word document and appear names inside it. Also this drop down menu must not be viewed when printing. Just names should appear when printing. Thank you ... 1 1/24/2007 3:28:05 PM CAPS Hi When I started using word years ago there used to be a tab somewhere that changes highlighted text from CAPS to lowercase or vise versa or even other styles ie initial caps etc wher has this gone to in word 2002? ... 3 1/22/2007 2:10:00 PM spell check why does my spell check work on my internet explorer and my word perfect , but not my msn.????... 2 1/17/2007 4:43:01 PM Word 2003 stop responding due to "spelling check" Hi there, I'm using Word 2003. Few days ago, while I was typing my document, it suddenly stopped responding and from the spell check icon at the bottom (the little book with a writing pen), I could tell that it was performing a spell check. After about 10 minutes, it stopped checking. But it happened again after few minutes. I tried to disable the spelling and grammar check by ... 3 1/4/2007 1:43:00 AM Changing spellcheck underline colour - help needed! Is it possible to do this? I would be very grateful if anyone knows. I am colourblind and have an awful time trying to see the red - and I do need a spellchecker!... 3 9/27/2006 8:38:01 AM Spell Check Selectively Not Working Hi all, I created a document in WORD on my laptop. At the time, I don't believe I registered the copy -- I did so a couple of weeks later. Spell check will work on every other document I have created on the laptop -- except this one. (That's why I've included the info on when I registered. It's the only thing I can think of that could be affecting this problem.) I saved the document ... 3 9/22/2006 12:39:01 AM In French ":" becomes " :" Hello, When I type in Word a ":" and my language is set on French, then Word automatically sets a space before ":" Is there anyone who can help me to disable this option? Thanks, Ruben ... 3 9/20/2006 3:51:58 PM Spell Checker for Thai I purchased my "liscense" for Office XP Professional in the U.S. but live in Thailand w/my Thai wife. When my wife tries to run Spell Checker, she receives an error message saying that mssp232.dll for Thai is missing. I tried going to Microsoft Tech support for help, but at even escalated levels, they can't seem to understand that I purchased my software in the U.S. & thus they keep refe... 3 9/19/2006 5:16:01 AM Problems switching between spellers ??? Hi, I recently installed proofing tools for my native language( lithuanian ). As I undertstand dictionaries, spellers and ec.. for major languages like english are already there. ( english speller for english lang. worked great before install ). When I switch between languages (english / lithuanian) I hope that speller switches accordingly. But my lithuanian speller is always on, even I'm... 2 9/18/2006 10:31:07 PM Spell Check settings My spell checker is set to Welsh! When I set the default to English, it returns to Welsh again..... Also the spell chcker is not picking anything up- no mistakes or unrecognised words whether atomatically or if i manually check the document! any suggestions? Replies to my email please! mattdolton@btinternet.com... 3 9/18/2006 7:58:08 PM French: ':' changes to a space Hello, Now and then I have to type things in French. But every time I begin to type French my ':' changes to a space. Is there anyone who can help me with this annoying problem? Thanks, Ruben ... 2 9/15/2006 2:10:18 PM Spell check won't work in particular documents My wife and I both use Word 2003. We have our Word programs set up to spell check as we type and to auto correct. Spell checking and auto correct work on all new documents. Everything worked well until we discovered this problem. One of my wife's students pointed out that a word document that my wife created using a copy and paste technique from an older document would not allow any... 4 9/14/2006 2:49:02 PM Is this a bug in spelling? I've never noticed this but I am wondering if this is the behavior of Word or if it is a bug. I have a user that pointed out an issue with Spell check that I wanted to confirm. He has these options checked off under Tools | Options | 'Spelling and Grammar' tab checked: 'Check spelling as you type', 'Always suggest corrections', 'Suggest from main dictionary only', 'Ignore words with nu... 3 8/31/2006 1:08:00 PM Spelling dictionary indicator disappeared... Hi all. Word 2000: I used to see a language indicator at the bottom of my word screen, which showed what language the document had been created in (in particular I wish to detect when English (Australian) is selected instead of English (US). On reload after a disk wipe this indicator has disappeared. How do I get it back? TIA ... 3 9/1/2006 6:37:30 AM Use of semi colon question? Hello, Does anyone know the rules for using a comma vs. a semi colon in a sentence such as: The colors are: (a) red, (b) blue, (c) yellow. and The house has: (a) a roof, shingled, and blue color, (b) a kitchen with sink, range, and microwave, and (b) garage with cement floor, plasterboard walls, and electronic doors. Should a semi colon be sued to separate (a), (b) and (c) in ... 3 9/3/2006 1:21:27 PM poste de caissière Madame, Suite à votre annonce paru dans le journal Paru Vendu, je viens par la présente vous proposer ma candidature, je suis disponible et joignable soit au 06.98.69.39.53 ou vous pouvez me répondre à l'adresse suivante sylviane69003@hotmail.fr. Dans l'attente de votre réponse je vous prie d'agréer, Madame, l'assurance de mes salutations distingués. ... 3 9/5/2006 2:40:28 AM ignoring fields? Hello, I would like spell checker to ignore End Note-generated citations, as these contains proper names. Is there an easy way to do this? I gather that if I could set all citations to a particular style, and set that style to be ignored that would work. However, how would I go about changing the style of all EndNote citations? Thanks for your help Alex ... 7 9/8/2006 9:33:54 PM Spell Check Protected Form Using Word 2003 Is there any way to get spell check to check entries made in a protected fill-in form?... 2 9/7/2006 11:37:41 PM Replacing Text by Highlighting and typing correct word over it. H When I'm typing in WORD (2003) and I want to make a correction (here's an example): If I want to replace a word (or letter) I HIGHLIGHT the word (or letter) and enter the word (or letter) I want to REPLACE it with. You would "think" it REPLACES the word (or text) I highlighted right? NOPE! When I replace the word (or letter) it ADDS the word/letter BEFORE the area I need to make the ... 3 9/11/2006 1:59:01 AM italian spell checker update tool Word 2002 SP3 Win XP HE SP1 is it possible to install the italian update here http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=813682 on an english version word 2002 or office xp? (this would be using the "install only" method described in KB is above) tx.... 1 9/11/2006 4:42:06 PM 11 Pages: 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11