spellcheck

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Every so often, when I use the spellcheck feature, and
it's gone through the document, I see a message telling me
that the text that I designated as not being checked has
not been checked. How does this happen, how can I tell
what text has been designated as such, and how can I
prevent it from happening again? I definitely don't want
this feature "on", because I'm afraid that errors will
slip by.
 
that the text that I designated as not being checked has
not been checked.
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? :)

Assuming you mean something else, chances are that the text has been
"formatted" for no proofing. Press Ctrl-A to select everything. Then under
Tools => Language make sure that the box for "no proofing" is not checked.

This may be sneaking into your document through pasted text or AutoText
entries that were formatted with this checked.
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I'm sorry I wasn't clearer in my original message. The
message I get says "text marked with do not check spelling
or grammar was skipped". I went under tools, language, as
you suggested, but there was no box indicating "no
proofing".

Thanks.

Jeannine Dube
 
OK, in your version of Word (unhelpfully not mentioned) the check box may
say 'Skip Spelling and Grammar).

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Terry Farrell - Word MVP
http://word.mvps.org/

: I'm sorry I wasn't clearer in my original message. The
: message I get says "text marked with do not check spelling
: or grammar was skipped". I went under tools, language, as
: you suggested, but there was no box indicating "no
: proofing".
:
: Thanks.
:
: Jeannine Dube
:
: >-----Original Message-----
: >> that the text that I designated as not being checked has
: >> not been checked.
: >
: >? :)
: >
: >Assuming you mean something else, chances are that the
: text has been
: >"formatted" for no proofing. Press Ctrl-A to select
: everything. Then under
: >Tools => Language make sure that the box for "no
: proofing" is not checked.
: >
: >This may be sneaking into your document through pasted
: text or AutoText
: >entries that were formatted with this checked.
: >--
: >
: >Charles Kenyon
: >
: >See the MVP FAQ: <URL: http://www.mvps.org/word/> which
: is awesome!
: > --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- -------
: --
: >This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies
: >and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn
: >from my ignorance and your wisdom.
: >
: >: >> Every so often, when I use the spellcheck feature, and
: >> it's gone through the document, I see a message telling
: me
: >> that the text that I designated as not being checked has
: >> not been checked. How does this happen, how can I tell
: >> what text has been designated as such, and how can I
: >> prevent it from happening again? I definitely don't want
: >> this feature "on", because I'm afraid that errors will
: >> slip by.
: >
: >
: >.
: >
 
I'm using word 2000---no need to get snippy--and I checked
under tools, language, set language, and "do not check
spelling or grammar" is not checked.

Jeannine
 
Did you have the whole document selected when you looked at that dialog? If
you did, and part of the document is marked for no proofing, the tick mark
in the box will be grey. Click it as required to remove it completely.

And don't you get snippy either. Be grateful that people are prepared to
volunteer their time to try and help.

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benefit of others who may be interested. Unsolicited questions forwarded
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Hope this helps
Doug Robbins - Word MVP
 
As I said in my email message to you, I've received two
disrespectful comments herein, which I feel are uncalled
for.

I selected the whole document, and there were no tick
marks.
 
Hi Jeannine,

There's an article in the "Tips" section of my website that
goes into some detail on how language formatting works, in
Word. That may or may not give you some clues about what's
going on in your document(s?)

Is this just the one document, or does the problem crop up
regularly? In the latter case, can you discern any pattern
for when it happens?

RE "snippy". I doubt Terry meant his reply to sound that way.
But everyone (those who ask as well as those who answer) is
always busy :-). So things often get formulated a bit curtly.
And it's also unfortunately the case that very many people
who want help don't tell us which version of Word they're
using. Sometimes, it doesn't matter; often, it does. And it's
really tiresome to have to ask that question over, and over,
and over again...
I'm sorry I wasn't clearer in my original message. The
message I get says "text marked with do not check spelling
or grammar was skipped". I went under tools, language, as
you suggested, but there was no box indicating "no
proofing".

I'm using word 2000
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Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Sep
30 2003)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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I'll check your website. Thank you.

It crops up every time I run spellcheck.I've checked under
tools, options, spelling and grammar, and the only thing I
have checked off is "always suggest corrections". And I
haven't been able to pick up a pattern, such as it happens
only when I have a hyperlink in my documents, or only when
the documents originate from a certain individual.
 
Hi Jeannine

This suggests three possibilities: your hyperlink style is set to no
proofing; your normal.dot (or template you use) is corrupt; the suspect user
has no proofing set or a corrupt normal.dot (or template).

Terry

: I'll check your website. Thank you.
:
: It crops up every time I run spellcheck.I've checked under
: tools, options, spelling and grammar, and the only thing I
: have checked off is "always suggest corrections". And I
: haven't been able to pick up a pattern, such as it happens
: only when I have a hyperlink in my documents, or only when
: the documents originate from a certain individual.
:
: >-----Original Message-----
: >Hi Jeannine,
: >
: >There's an article in the "Tips" section of my website
: that
: >goes into some detail on how language formatting works,
: in
: >Word. That may or may not give you some clues about
: what's
: >going on in your document(s?)
: >
: >Is this just the one document, or does the problem crop
: up
: >regularly? In the latter case, can you discern any
: pattern
: >for when it happens?
: >
: >RE "snippy". I doubt Terry meant his reply to sound that
: way.
: >But everyone (those who ask as well as those who answer)
: is
: >always busy :-). So things often get formulated a bit
: curtly.
: >And it's also unfortunately the case that very many
: people
: >who want help don't tell us which version of Word they're
: >using. Sometimes, it doesn't matter; often, it does. And
: it's
: >really tiresome to have to ask that question over, and
: over,
: >and over again...
: >
: >> I'm sorry I wasn't clearer in my original message. The
: >> message I get says "text marked with do not check
: spelling
: >> or grammar was skipped". I went under tools, language,
: as
: >> you suggested, but there was no box indicating "no
: >> proofing".
: >>
: >> I'm using word 2000
: >>
: >
: >Cindy Meister
: >INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
: >http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update
: Sep
: >30 2003)
: >http://www.word.mvps.org
: >
: >This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any
: follow
: >question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-)
: >
: >.
: >
 
Maybe I'm just a grumpy old man!

Terry

: Hi Jeannine,
:
: There's an article in the "Tips" section of my website that
: goes into some detail on how language formatting works, in
: Word. That may or may not give you some clues about what's
: going on in your document(s?)
:
: Is this just the one document, or does the problem crop up
: regularly? In the latter case, can you discern any pattern
: for when it happens?
:
: RE "snippy". I doubt Terry meant his reply to sound that way.
: But everyone (those who ask as well as those who answer) is
: always busy :-). So things often get formulated a bit curtly.
: And it's also unfortunately the case that very many people
: who want help don't tell us which version of Word they're
: using. Sometimes, it doesn't matter; often, it does. And it's
: really tiresome to have to ask that question over, and over,
: and over again...
 
Hi Terry,

Thanks for replying to Jeanine's answer. I don't see it, VA
didn't d/l it. Must have had something to do with the servers
having problems, last week. (I'm seeing a LOT of RE messages
without the original, today!)

Hi Jeanine

Run spell check = press F7, I take it? (Just want to be sure
we're on the same wavelength :-))

Go to Edit/Find. And in that dialog box click "More", then
from the Format button choose "Language". Activate here the
"Do not check spelling and grammar" checkbox (it will probably
be "gray" to begin with, you want a black checkmark). Now use
"Find next" and you should jump to the text with the problem.
Does this work?

If yes, then you should be able to use Find/Replace to format
these passages with the desired language. Click the "Replace"
tab, click in the "Replace with" box and this time choose the
desired language from the Format/Language. And then "Replace
all".

Now that you can see which parts of the text are exhibiting
the problem can you discern a pattern? Are these things you've
copied from other sources, for example?
: It crops up every time I run spellcheck.I've checked under
: tools, options, spelling and grammar, and the only thing I
: have checked off is "always suggest corrections". And I
: haven't been able to pick up a pattern, such as it happens
: only when I have a hyperlink in my documents, or only when
: the documents originate from a certain individual.
:
Click to expand...

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Sep
30 2003)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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When you select the whole document is the checkbox blank or gray? If gray,
that means that some is, and some isn't. Try checking and then unchecking
it.

Which version of Word do you have? The language and location of the "no
proofing" option have changed in different versions. For instance in Word
97, which is the earliest version I have available, there is no checkbox.
Instead (no proofing) is found at the top of the list of languages.

I've been following this thread and haven't seen any disrespectful comments.
There may have been questions which you may feel insult you. They aren't
intended to do that. Sometimes a question that seems very basic is the one
needed by many people seeking help, even though it may be one that you
already looked into. A large portion of the calls to computer customer
support are solved by the question "Is it plugged in?" Its surprising how
often the answer is "Oops, nope. Wow! Now, it is starting up. Sorry."

Again, everyone providing assistance here is another Word user, a volunteer,
not being paid by Microsoft or by you. I guess if you don't like the
assistance, you don't have to ask for it. Otherwise, please be patient with
your fellow users. I would suggest reading the suggestions on how to get
help on the MVP FAQ site.

--

Charles Kenyon

See the MVP FAQ: <URL: http://www.mvps.org/word/> which is awesome!
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Hi Cindy

There were some server sync problems last week but it seems to have been OK
for the last few days.

Terry

: Hi Terry,
:
: Thanks for replying to Jeanine's answer. I don't see it, VA
: didn't d/l it. Must have had something to do with the servers
: having problems, last week. (I'm seeing a LOT of RE messages
: without the original, today!)
:
 
I disagree--I think the "unhelpfully not mentioned"
comment was uncalled for. I'm out here, trying my best to
make do with an extremely volatile, unfriendly program
that was forced on me, and in trying to ask for help, I
inadvertantly forgot to mention what version I was using.
If you've been following this thread, then you would have
noticed that I eventually said I'm using Word 2000. And
again, I see that at the end of your message the tone gets
rude again.

Anyway, when I went to the checkbox, I DID notice that it
was gray, so I unchecked it.

Thanks for your help.
 
Now I'm really confused--do I want the "do not check
spelling or grammar" box checked or not checked?
 
Not checked.
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Charles Kenyon

See the MVP FAQ: <URL: http://www.mvps.org/word/> which is awesome!
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Sorry, I guess your threshhold for what is rude is substantially lower than
mine. I was trying to help you and I sincerely meant it when I said that if
you don't like the help you get here, you don't have to ask for it. You
could even call Microsoft. Good luck.
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Charles Kenyon

See the MVP FAQ: <URL: http://www.mvps.org/word/> which is awesome!
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It's difficult to discern a sincere comment from a
condescending one, on both sides of the fence. It's not
that I didn't like the help I received here---I have asked
other questions, and the threads were fine.
 
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