How can I identify commomly mistyped word, like form vs. from.

P

PeterJ

I want to have Microsoft Word alert me when I use commonly misspelled words
like form vs. from or you vs. your. Is there any way to get these letters to
standout when they are typed in a letter?
 
S

Stefan Blom

Unfortunately, Word won't be able to tell if you are using a correctly
spelled word in the wrong context. In theory, grammar check should be able
to spot some cases, but probably not reliably.
 
S

Suzanne S. Barnhill

If you have Word 2007, the contextual spelling checker will pick up misuses
of words such as those you mention. In earlier versions, the grammar checker
*might* catch them, but the possibility is probably not worth the hassle of
putting up with the grammar checker. The only alternative, therefore, would
be to add all the words to an exclusion dictionary. The result would be that
they would all be marked as misspelled every time they appeared, which might
be overkill. If you really want so drastic a solution, see
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/ExcludeWordFromDic.htm

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org
 
S

Stefan Blom

I wasn't aware that the spellchecking had been improved in Word 2007. Maybe
this applies only to flavors of English?
 
S

Suzanne S. Barnhill

I don't know how many languages it applies to, but in the little I've used
Word 2007 (in English) I've found it helpful. For more, see
http://blogs.msdn.com/microsoft_office_word/archive/2006/10/25/contextual-spell-checking.aspx
and/or
http://blogs.msdn.com/correcteurort...ling-in-the-2007-microsoft-office-system.aspx.
There's a scientific evaluation of it at
http://ftp.cs.toronto.edu/pub/gh/Hirst-2008-Word.pdf.

None of these pages gives any indication that it's available in any language
other than English, however.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org
 
T

Thierry Fontenelle [MSFT]

Hello,

Contextual spelling is available in Office 2007 for English, Spanish and
German. In Office 2010, it is also available for French, which has just been
added.

About the brand-new French contextual speller in Office 2010
http://blogs.msdn.com/naturallangua...xtual-spelling-for-french-in-office-2010.aspx

About the Spanish contextual speller (Office 2007)
http://blogs.msdn.com/naturallangua...itive-speller-for-spanish-in-office-2007.aspx

Several other posts are listed via this link
http://blogs.msdn.com/naturallanguage/archive/tags/contextual+speller/default.aspx

including a discussion of the academic paper which Suzanne cites
http://blogs.msdn.com/naturallangua...-office-2007-contextual-spelling-checker.aspx

There are plenty of examples in the posts I mention above, but you can
definitely try some sentences like the following if you wish to test the very
pairs you cite (you/your; form/from):

The flight form New York was late.
I thank your for your help.
Take you time, don’t worry.

You will see nice blue squiggly lines under the mistakes.

I hope it helps,

Thierry Fontenelle [MSFT]
Microsoft Natural Language Group
 
S

Stefan Blom

Suzanne, Thierry, thank you for this information.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



Thierry Fontenelle said:
Hello,

Contextual spelling is available in Office 2007 for English, Spanish and
German. In Office 2010, it is also available for French, which has just
been
added.

About the brand-new French contextual speller in Office 2010:
http://blogs.msdn.com/naturallangua...xtual-spelling-for-french-in-office-2010.aspx

About the Spanish contextual speller (Office 2007):
http://blogs.msdn.com/naturallangua...itive-speller-for-spanish-in-office-2007.aspx

Several other posts are listed via this link:
http://blogs.msdn.com/naturallanguage/archive/tags/contextual+speller/default.aspx

including a discussion of the academic paper which Suzanne cites:
http://blogs.msdn.com/naturallangua...-office-2007-contextual-spelling-checker.aspx

There are plenty of examples in the posts I mention above, but you can
definitely try some sentences like the following if you wish to test the
very
pairs you cite (you/your; form/from):

The flight form New York was late.
I thank your for your help.
Take you time, don't worry.

You will see nice blue squiggly lines under the mistakes.

I hope it helps,

Thierry Fontenelle [MSFT]
Microsoft Natural Language Group




Suzanne S. Barnhill said:
I don't know how many languages it applies to, but in the little I've
used
Word 2007 (in English) I've found it helpful. For more, see
http://blogs.msdn.com/microsoft_office_word/archive/2006/10/25/contextual-spell-checking.aspx
and/or
http://blogs.msdn.com/correcteurort...ling-in-the-2007-microsoft-office-system.aspx.
There's a scientific evaluation of it at
http://ftp.cs.toronto.edu/pub/gh/Hirst-2008-Word.pdf.

None of these pages gives any indication that it's available in any
language
other than English, however.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org
 
S

Suzanne S. Barnhill

Thanks, Thierry. After seeing your blog post (in English), I wasn't sure.
Perhaps if I'd been googling in some other language I would have found an
equivalent post from you in, say, French?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

Thierry Fontenelle said:
Hello,

Contextual spelling is available in Office 2007 for English, Spanish and
German. In Office 2010, it is also available for French, which has just
been
added.

About the brand-new French contextual speller in Office 2010:
http://blogs.msdn.com/naturallangua...xtual-spelling-for-french-in-office-2010.aspx

About the Spanish contextual speller (Office 2007):
http://blogs.msdn.com/naturallangua...itive-speller-for-spanish-in-office-2007.aspx

Several other posts are listed via this link:
http://blogs.msdn.com/naturallanguage/archive/tags/contextual+speller/default.aspx

including a discussion of the academic paper which Suzanne cites:
http://blogs.msdn.com/naturallangua...-office-2007-contextual-spelling-checker.aspx

There are plenty of examples in the posts I mention above, but you can
definitely try some sentences like the following if you wish to test the
very
pairs you cite (you/your; form/from):

The flight form New York was late.
I thank your for your help.
Take you time, don’t worry.

You will see nice blue squiggly lines under the mistakes.

I hope it helps,

Thierry Fontenelle [MSFT]
Microsoft Natural Language Group




Suzanne S. Barnhill said:
I don't know how many languages it applies to, but in the little I've
used
Word 2007 (in English) I've found it helpful. For more, see
http://blogs.msdn.com/microsoft_office_word/archive/2006/10/25/contextual-spell-checking.aspx
and/or
http://blogs.msdn.com/correcteurort...ling-in-the-2007-microsoft-office-system.aspx.
There's a scientific evaluation of it at
http://ftp.cs.toronto.edu/pub/gh/Hirst-2008-Word.pdf.

None of these pages gives any indication that it's available in any
language
other than English, however.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org
 
T

Thierry Fontenelle [MSFT]

Yes, Suzanne, there are several posts on our contextual spellers in French as
well:

http://blogs.msdn.com/correcteurorthographiqueoffice/archive/tags/correcteur+contextuel/default.aspx

I hope it helps,

Thierry

Thierry Fontenelle [MSFT]

Suzanne S. Barnhill said:
Thanks, Thierry. After seeing your blog post (in English), I wasn't sure.
Perhaps if I'd been googling in some other language I would have found an
equivalent post from you in, say, French?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

Thierry Fontenelle said:
Hello,

Contextual spelling is available in Office 2007 for English, Spanish and
German. In Office 2010, it is also available for French, which has just
been
added.

About the brand-new French contextual speller in Office 2010:
http://blogs.msdn.com/naturallangua...xtual-spelling-for-french-in-office-2010.aspx

About the Spanish contextual speller (Office 2007):
http://blogs.msdn.com/naturallangua...itive-speller-for-spanish-in-office-2007.aspx

Several other posts are listed via this link:
http://blogs.msdn.com/naturallanguage/archive/tags/contextual+speller/default.aspx

including a discussion of the academic paper which Suzanne cites:
http://blogs.msdn.com/naturallangua...-office-2007-contextual-spelling-checker.aspx

There are plenty of examples in the posts I mention above, but you can
definitely try some sentences like the following if you wish to test the
very
pairs you cite (you/your; form/from):

The flight form New York was late.
I thank your for your help.
Take you time, don’t worry.

You will see nice blue squiggly lines under the mistakes.

I hope it helps,

Thierry Fontenelle [MSFT]
Microsoft Natural Language Group




Suzanne S. Barnhill said:
I don't know how many languages it applies to, but in the little I've
used
Word 2007 (in English) I've found it helpful. For more, see
http://blogs.msdn.com/microsoft_office_word/archive/2006/10/25/contextual-spell-checking.aspx
and/or
http://blogs.msdn.com/correcteurort...ling-in-the-2007-microsoft-office-system.aspx.
There's a scientific evaluation of it at
http://ftp.cs.toronto.edu/pub/gh/Hirst-2008-Word.pdf.

None of these pages gives any indication that it's available in any
language
other than English, however.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

I wasn't aware that the spellchecking had been improved in Word 2007.
Maybe
this applies only to flavors of English?

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



If you have Word 2007, the contextual spelling checker will pick up
misuses of words such as those you mention. In earlier versions, the
grammar checker *might* catch them, but the possibility is probably
not
worth the hassle of putting up with the grammar checker. The only
alternative, therefore, would be to add all the words to an exclusion
dictionary. The result would be that they would all be marked as
misspelled every time they appeared, which might be overkill. If you
really want so drastic a solution, see
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/ExcludeWordFromDic.htm

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

I want to have Microsoft Word alert me when I use commonly misspelled
words
like form vs. from or you vs. your. Is there any way to get these
letters to
standout when they are typed in a letter?
 
S

Suzanne S. Barnhill

Thanks for confirming.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

Thierry Fontenelle said:
Yes, Suzanne, there are several posts on our contextual spellers in French
as
well:

http://blogs.msdn.com/correcteurorthographiqueoffice/archive/tags/correcteur+contextuel/default.aspx

I hope it helps,

Thierry

Thierry Fontenelle [MSFT]

Suzanne S. Barnhill said:
Thanks, Thierry. After seeing your blog post (in English), I wasn't sure.
Perhaps if I'd been googling in some other language I would have found an
equivalent post from you in, say, French?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

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Hello,

Contextual spelling is available in Office 2007 for English, Spanish
and
German. In Office 2010, it is also available for French, which has just
been
added.

About the brand-new French contextual speller in Office 2010:
http://blogs.msdn.com/naturallangua...xtual-spelling-for-french-in-office-2010.aspx

About the Spanish contextual speller (Office 2007):
http://blogs.msdn.com/naturallangua...itive-speller-for-spanish-in-office-2007.aspx

Several other posts are listed via this link:
http://blogs.msdn.com/naturallanguage/archive/tags/contextual+speller/default.aspx

including a discussion of the academic paper which Suzanne cites:
http://blogs.msdn.com/naturallangua...-office-2007-contextual-spelling-checker.aspx

There are plenty of examples in the posts I mention above, but you can
definitely try some sentences like the following if you wish to test
the
very
pairs you cite (you/your; form/from):

The flight form New York was late.
I thank your for your help.
Take you time, don’t worry.

You will see nice blue squiggly lines under the mistakes.

I hope it helps,

Thierry Fontenelle [MSFT]
Microsoft Natural Language Group




:

I don't know how many languages it applies to, but in the little I've
used
Word 2007 (in English) I've found it helpful. For more, see
http://blogs.msdn.com/microsoft_office_word/archive/2006/10/25/contextual-spell-checking.aspx
and/or
http://blogs.msdn.com/correcteurort...ling-in-the-2007-microsoft-office-system.aspx.
There's a scientific evaluation of it at
http://ftp.cs.toronto.edu/pub/gh/Hirst-2008-Word.pdf.

None of these pages gives any indication that it's available in any
language
other than English, however.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

I wasn't aware that the spellchecking had been improved in Word 2007.
Maybe
this applies only to flavors of English?

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



If you have Word 2007, the contextual spelling checker will pick up
misuses of words such as those you mention. In earlier versions,
the
grammar checker *might* catch them, but the possibility is probably
not
worth the hassle of putting up with the grammar checker. The only
alternative, therefore, would be to add all the words to an
exclusion
dictionary. The result would be that they would all be marked as
misspelled every time they appeared, which might be overkill. If
you
really want so drastic a solution, see
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/ExcludeWordFromDic.htm

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

I want to have Microsoft Word alert me when I use commonly
misspelled
words
like form vs. from or you vs. your. Is there any way to get these
letters to
standout when they are typed in a letter?
 

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