Word 2003 - Spell Checker Bug?

Dave · External Since: Jul 01, 2005 Posts: 4

Hi

Does anyone know if there is a bug in word 2003? The spell checker
seems to be working randomly. For example in one document it allowed
the following words to be spelt incorrectly:-

Quotring

Helwd

trhey

Yet in the next document spell check picks the mistakes up.
Additionally, the same document can find a spelling error in one
paragraph and yet the same incorrectly spelt word will go unchecked in
another paragraph.

Any ideas?

Thanks

Dave

garfield-n-odie · External Since: Jun 27, 2004 Posts: 2383

In the document where this occurs, press Ctrl+A to select all of
the text, click on Tools | Language | Set Language | <choose your
language> | uncheck the "Detect language automatically" and "Do
not check spelling or grammar" boxes | Default | OK. Then press
F7 to rerun spelling and grammar checks.

Dave wrote:

> Hi
>
> Does anyone know if there is a bug in word 2003? The spell checker
> seems to be working randomly. For example in one document it allowed
> the following words to be spelt incorrectly:-
>
> Quotring
>
> Helwd
>
> trhey
>
> Yet in the next document spell check picks the mistakes up.
> Additionally, the same document can find a spelling error in one
> paragraph and yet the same incorrectly spelt word will go unchecked in
> another paragraph.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks
>
> Dave
>
>

John Doue · External Since: Dec 20, 2004 Posts: 38

Dave wrote:
> Hi
>
> Does anyone know if there is a bug in word 2003? The spell checker
> seems to be working randomly. For example in one document it allowed
> the following words to be spelt incorrectly:-
>
> Quotring
>
> Helwd
>
> trhey
>
> Yet in the next document spell check picks the mistakes up.
> Additionally, the same document can find a spelling error in one
> paragraph and yet the same incorrectly spelt word will go unchecked in
> another paragraph.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks
>
> Dave
>
>
I did run into (rare) situations where the Spell Checker did not perform
as expected, in a very obvious way. Closing Word and restarting it took
care of it. Unfortunately, I cannot pinpoint that behavior to a specific
event.

--
John Doue

Dave · External Since: Jul 01, 2005 Posts: 4

Many thanks

garfield-n-odie wrote:
> In the document where this occurs, press Ctrl+A to select all of the
> text, click on Tools | Language | Set Language | <choose your language>
> | uncheck the "Detect language automatically" and "Do not check spelling
> or grammar" boxes | Default | OK. Then press F7 to rerun spelling and
> grammar checks.
>
> Dave wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> Does anyone know if there is a bug in word 2003? The spell checker
>> seems to be working randomly. For example in one document it allowed
>> the following words to be spelt incorrectly:-
>>
>> Quotring
>>
>> Helwd
>>
>> trhey
>>
>> Yet in the next document spell check picks the mistakes up.
>> Additionally, the same document can find a spelling error in one
>> paragraph and yet the same incorrectly spelt word will go unchecked in
>> another paragraph.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Dave
>>
>>
>

AnandVVN · Joined: Jun 09, 2008 Posts: 2