I write legal descriptions and thought I had all the autocorrect options
turned off since they do not help me. Today I have a legal with the phrase
"said point" when I run spell check I get an "Possible word choice error"
EVERY time I use this legal description. How do I turn this OFF.

On Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:15:01 -0700, Melanie
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>I write legal descriptions and thought I had all the autocorrect options
>turned off since they do not help me. Today I have a legal with the phrase
>"said point" when I run spell check I get an "Possible word choice error"
>EVERY time I use this legal description. How do I turn this OFF.

It isn't autocorrect, it's the grammar checker.

In Word 2003 or earlier, go to Tools > Options > Spelling & Grammar;
in Word 2007, go to Office button > Word Options > Proofing. Either
way, uncheck the boxes for "Check grammar as you type" and "Check
grammar with spelling".

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Did that. (Or, more precisely, had already done that.) It didn't work. Word
still insists on flagging a "possible word choice error" every time I use a
common legal word. Extremely annoying.

"Jay Freedman" wrote:

> On Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:15:01 -0700, Melanie
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> >I write legal descriptions and thought I had all the autocorrect options
> >turned off since they do not help me. Today I have a legal with the phrase
> >"said point" when I run spell check I get an "Possible word choice error"
> >EVERY time I use this legal description. How do I turn this OFF.
>
> It isn't autocorrect, it's the grammar checker.
>
> In Word 2003 or earlier, go to Tools > Options > Spelling & Grammar;
> in Word 2007, go to Office button > Word Options > Proofing. Either
> way, uncheck the boxes for "Check grammar as you type" and "Check
> grammar with spelling".
>
> --
> Regards,
> Jay Freedman
> Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
> Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit.
> .
>

If it's Word 2007, try unchecking "Use contextual spelling". (That
feature doesn't exist in Word 2003.)

On Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:10:01 -0800, Chuck
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Did that. (Or, more precisely, had already done that.) It didn't work. Word
>still insists on flagging a "possible word choice error" every time I use a
>common legal word. Extremely annoying.
>
>"Jay Freedman" wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:15:01 -0700, Melanie
>> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>
>> >I write legal descriptions and thought I had all the autocorrect options
>> >turned off since they do not help me. Today I have a legal with the phrase
>> >"said point" when I run spell check I get an "Possible word choice error"
>> >EVERY time I use this legal description. How do I turn this OFF.
>>
>> It isn't autocorrect, it's the grammar checker.
>>
>> In Word 2003 or earlier, go to Tools > Options > Spelling & Grammar;
>> in Word 2007, go to Office button > Word Options > Proofing. Either
>> way, uncheck the boxes for "Check grammar as you type" and "Check
>> grammar with spelling".
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>> Jay Freedman
>> Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
>> Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit.
>> .
>>