MSWord not spell checking
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From: Howard on 17 Jul 2008 08:28 MSWord 2004 v11.5 is working fine in every other respect... But we cannot get it to spell check. When you go to Tools/Spelling and Grammer, it tells us that it has completed the spell check. But it doesn't. We have ticked "check spelling as you type" and "make suggestions" in the preferences. "Custom dictionary" is set to Custom Dictionary. Any ideas anyone ? -- Howard
From: Elliott Roper on 17 Jul 2008 09:45 In article <1ik85aa.re14zspvsmr8N%mail(a)Howard.com>, Howard <mail(a)Howard.com> wrote: > MSWord 2004 v11.5 is working fine in every other respect... > > But we cannot get it to spell check. When you go to Tools/Spelling and > Grammer, it tells us that it has completed the spell check. But it > doesn't. > We have ticked "check spelling as you type" and "make suggestions" in > the preferences. > "Custom dictionary" is set to Custom Dictionary. > > Any ideas anyone ? Spell checking in Word is a complex beast. Each style you use can have its own language or even no language. No match, no check. see http://word.mvps.org/mac/SpellCheck.html You can chat to that piece's author and several other knowledgeable people on the microsoft.public.mac.office.word newsgroup -- To de-mung my e-mail address:- fsnospam$elliott$$ PGP Fingerprint: 1A96 3CF7 637F 896B C810 E199 7E5C A9E4 8E59 E248
From: Stewart Smith on 17 Jul 2008 09:57 Elliott Roper wrote: > In article <1ik85aa.re14zspvsmr8N%mail(a)Howard.com>, Howard > <mail(a)Howard.com> wrote: > >> MSWord 2004 v11.5 is working fine in every other respect... >> >> But we cannot get it to spell check. When you go to Tools/Spelling and >> Grammer, it tells us that it has completed the spell check. But it >> doesn't. >> We have ticked "check spelling as you type" and "make suggestions" in >> the preferences. >> "Custom dictionary" is set to Custom Dictionary. >> >> Any ideas anyone ? > > Spell checking in Word is a complex beast. Heh, that's a nice way of saying that it's a complete mess. I've had some lovely collaborative documents where half of it spell checks using English and half with that bizarre language they use over the pond. Stewart
From: Elliott Roper on 17 Jul 2008 10:21 In article <g5nj44$kip$1(a)scotsman.ed.ac.uk>, Stewart Smith <nospam(a)ee.ed.ac.uk> wrote: > Elliott Roper wrote: > > In article <1ik85aa.re14zspvsmr8N%mail(a)Howard.com>, Howard > > <mail(a)Howard.com> wrote: > > > >> MSWord 2004 v11.5 is working fine in every other respect... > >> > >> But we cannot get it to spell check. When you go to Tools/Spelling and > >> Grammer, it tells us that it has completed the spell check. But it > >> doesn't. > >> We have ticked "check spelling as you type" and "make suggestions" in > >> the preferences. > >> "Custom dictionary" is set to Custom Dictionary. > >> > >> Any ideas anyone ? > > > > Spell checking in Word is a complex beast. > > Heh, that's a nice way of saying that it's a complete mess. I've had > some lovely collaborative documents where half of it spell checks using > English and half with that bizarre language they use over the pond. It could be easier to set up out of the box, but much of the complexity is valuable to experienced authors working in more than one language. Personally, I was never much bothered, because I can spell OK and I knew how to set and use styles. Any old variant of English is OK for catching typos. Spell checks are nice to have, but nothing beats a careful read through. So they don't really save you much time. Word's grammar check is awful. It is stifling. But then I don't think any automated grammar checker is worth bothering considering. -- To de-mung my e-mail address:- fsnospam$elliott$$ PGP Fingerprint: 1A96 3CF7 637F 896B C810 E199 7E5C A9E4 8E59 E248
From: Graham J on 17 Jul 2008 11:07 "Stewart Smith" <nospam(a)ee.ed.ac.uk> wrote in message news:g5nj44$kip$1(a)scotsman.ed.ac.uk... > Elliott Roper wrote: >> In article <1ik85aa.re14zspvsmr8N%mail(a)Howard.com>, Howard >> <mail(a)Howard.com> wrote: >> >>> MSWord 2004 v11.5 is working fine in every other respect... >>> >>> But we cannot get it to spell check. When you go to Tools/Spelling and >>> Grammer, it tells us that it has completed the spell check. But it >>> doesn't. >>> We have ticked "check spelling as you type" and "make suggestions" in >>> the preferences. >>> "Custom dictionary" is set to Custom Dictionary. >>> >>> Any ideas anyone ? >> >> Spell checking in Word is a complex beast. > > Heh, that's a nice way of saying that it's a complete mess. I've had some > lovely collaborative documents where half of it spell checks using English > and half with that bizarre language they use over the pond. Is that the one called "American" ??? -- Graham J
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