Threads Replies Last Post 11 Pages: 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11   maximun number of words in the personal dictionnary Hi. Word 2003: Is there a maximun number of words in the personal dictionnary? Now, I activate my old personal dictionnary, but, during the text correction, Word 2003 tells me that it is not possible to add a new word in my personal dictionnary, and in this moment Word 2003 cancel, without tell it to me, all the words in my personal dictionary. I have.... a copy. My personal dictionnary ha... 3 10/15/2008 5:56:49 PM Microsoft 2007 Spell Checker Not Working Student Edition Seems to me MS screwed up as everyone is having problems with 2007 and we never had this rubbish in previous versions. Why would any one NOT want a doc proofed in Word 2007. Rant over. Problem: I upgraded 2003 small office to 2007 student I am copying text from excel files previously created in 03 into new word 2007 docs. In these new docs (word 2007) part of the text is returning err... 1 10/15/2008 9:10:03 AM English/French Problem I work in both languages, however my computer seems to like French. How can I set the default language to English (or anything else for that matter) and have it STAY there? Looks like "Detect Language Automatically" overrides the 'Default' option - sometimes - Thx Dave Win XP SP2 Office (Word) 2003 ... 7 10/15/2008 2:00:08 AM Text marked "do not check spelling" Word 2007 Hi I am trying to run a spell check on a document that has obvious spelling errors. I get a message saying complete but text marked do not check spelling or grammar was not checked. How do I find and replace this text. I cannot see any obvious options on mt Find and repalce dialoge. Thanks Sam ... 3 10/14/2008 3:15:46 PM "go to" or "goes to" Grammar question: "The group go to London..." -or- "The group goes to London..." Which is correct and, more importantly, what sort of grammar rules/guides come into play? Thanks.... 4 10/9/2008 2:38:16 PM spell check in protected form in word 2007 I have looked at the article at http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/SpellcheckProtectDoc.htm And have spell check working in word 2003 for my customer. However my customer has office 2007 and I put the macro into word 2007 but I still can’t get the spell check to be available (it is greyed out). And of course with the form protected I can’t execute a macro. Worst thing is tha... 4 10/9/2008 12:38:25 AM Hidden "speech marks" and entry problems "" Word2007 Hey there. I'm the token IT/PC guy at work. One of the girls is having trouble using "speech marks" or "quotation marks" when she is writing in Word. If they are inserted as you write, the first set "can be seen, but the last set is invisible until you hit enter Not really a bit problem "", but if she wanted to go back and put speech marks around the work problem in this sentence, it w... 10 6/30/2007 11:28:00 PM Add a custom dictionary and Refresh the ActiveDocument Hello all, We are trying to add a custom dictionary in Word and need the ActiveDocument to be updated with the newly added dictionary. Here's what I mean: Using this code: With CustomDictionaries .ClearAll .Add( _ "C:\Documents and Settings\goundarn\Application Data \Microsoft\Proof\CUSTOM.DIC" _ ).LanguageSpecific = False .Add("C:\Doc... 1 6/27/2007 4:25:49 AM Can a dictionary be utilised in Word 2002? I run XP SP2 and IE7. I use Word 2002 in standalone form as my word processor (it came with Works Suite 2005 but I don't use the Works task launcher). On my PC I have the Works Dictionary and the Encarta right-click defintion which works fine for looking up the meaning of words on web pages but not in Word. As Word 2002 doesn't have a Dictionary is there any way I can link directly... 2 6/26/2007 7:09:01 AM disable spelling/grammer check for a group of users Hi, 1. Is it possible and how to disable the spelling/grammer check feture for a group of users in word? 2. If the above can not be done at a group scope, is it possible and how to disable the spelling/grammer check feature on a per compuer level and end users can not revert the changes? thanks in advance ... 2 6/23/2007 8:59:54 PM Not happy with "The staff are happy" OR "The staff is happy" In fact, the grammar checker seems to have green twiddlyitis with the following: The staff are happy. "staff are" have twiddles (suggests "staff is" but see below) Staff are happy. "staff are" have twiddles (suggests "Staff is" or "Staffs are" Staff is happy. "Staff" has twiddles (suggests "staffs"). The staff is happy. "Staff" has twiddles (suggests "staffs" but see abov... 31 6/20/2007 9:48:00 AM Disable spell and grammar check for ONE section only Is it possible to turn off the spelling and grammar check from one section of a document. I am writing a large thesis with references >100 all the author and journal names are not recognised it would be nice if i didn't have to spell check them every time :-D. Thanks Chris... 6 6/19/2007 8:56:20 PM Hello FELLOW TEACHERS I was wondering whether any of you think that I would be any good at holding a spellind bee tournament at my school. I am a hedteacher and have not yet done such. Pleez tell me what are the benefits? ... 13 6/18/2007 11:38:59 PM Word 2007 English US Dictionary and spelling not working Strange thing is happening. Whn using the English U.S. language, word Desn't spell or recognize the missspelled word. It will Identify it in English U.K. (or if I use a spanish Dic, any spanish word) The only one that doesn't look is working is English US. Can someone help me out? Humberto Perez ... 1 6/18/2007 5:43:27 PM Why do some AutoText entries not AutoComplete? Folks, I've seen this question asked many times, but haven't quite seen an answer. Out of the box, Word 2002/2003 have "Dear Mom and Dad" and "Best wishes". If you type "best w", "best wishes," comes up on AutoComplete. If you type "dear mom", nothing comes up. Is there an easy explanation? Thanks! David ... 8 6/18/2007 3:21:28 AM Spell/Grammar checker doesnt work In some parts (not all) of my word document the spelling and grammar checker does not work. When i highlight these areas, a message saying 'MSSpell3.dll and mssp232.dll cannot be found'. This has happened to a few documents on a random basis. How do i resolve this? Microsoft XP Prof Word 2002 SP3... 1 6/17/2007 3:09:00 AM Migrating Custom Dictionaries? I've added a large number of words to the custom dictionary from both Outlook Express and Word (Office XP). I'd like to migrate these to a new computer running Vista/Office 2007. I've searched TechNet with no luck. Any suggestions on where this data is and how to migrate it? Thanks in advance ... 3 6/9/2007 5:23:09 PM Add to Dictionary Spell Check will not allow me to 'Add to Dictionary' any words in Word. The button is not active. Any suggestions apprecieated please.... 3 6/5/2007 11:27:00 PM Completely disable all spelling/grammar/thesaurus tools Hi everyone, I need to completely disable the ability to check spelling, grammar, and use the thesaurus. Anyone have some tips for me? Thanks, Andrew ... 4 6/5/2007 1:22:22 PM Something broke Spell Check Word 2007, Win XP Spell check suddenly stopped working. I've replaced normal.dot, checked and re-checked language settings, thoroughly went through all Options Proofing settings, followed related info on this forum, but I cannot find anything that is broken. A co-worker experienced the same issue. Could MS have turned off this functionality, because of a product key validation? I ha... 2 5/31/2007 7:12:06 PM Spell check while typing problem I am using Word 2007. I have spell check while typing enabled. Therefore when a word is misspelled it has a red line underneath it. I am supposed to be able to right click on the word and see a list of suggested spellings. However this feature works only intermittently. Many times when I right click on the word it does not show a list of suggested spellings. Usually if I right click... 2 5/23/2007 1:04:08 PM Word 2002 Dictionary Is there a better Dictionary program that I can install instead of the one that comes with Office XP Word 2002? I have to use my little electronic Franklin Spell Master more times than I care to. It seems that the Word 2002 dictionary is very limited in words. I have all but given up using it. When ever I am typing a letter of any kind, I generally have my Spell Master at the ready b... 4 5/14/2007 2:21:00 AM strange coding in documents that disables spell check For some reason, my spell check no longer works from time to time due to some sort of code that is landing in my documents. I have done everything from system restore to studying this board and taking the advice given, setting the language, etc., I have reloaded Microsoft Office, nothing works. On certain pages I get a message that a) the help feature is not installed (which it is); b)... 9 5/13/2007 8:14:54 PM Spellcheck not working I'm trying to use spell check... but this message keeps popping up: "Word cannot find grammar file msgr??32.dll for . " then I get "Word cannot find spelling file MSSpell3.dll or mssp232.dll" After that it says that spellcheck has finished checking, and everything is fine. But I tried deliberately putting in wrong words in, and it still doesn't pick it up. If I try to spellcheck aga... 2 5/13/2007 8:12:30 PM Where to get free or premium *.DIC files for Word? Where can I get different *.DIC files for different kinds of topics and writing, as well as for current American English usage? I have Word 2000 and cover a lot of expert topics (I'm a journalist). How might I acquire these kinds of files? Thank you! David ... 1 5/9/2007 2:25:36 PM 11 Pages: 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11