2007 Spell Checker question

[Hugh Jeego]

Hi all,

I have a version of Office 2007 which includes Outlook 2007. The only real
beef I have with it is that if I type the word "wont" or "cant" within a
letter without an apostrophe, spell check does the right thing and wants to
put an apostrophe in it. However, the option to "change all" is greyed out
and if I have two or more "wont" or "cant" with no apostrophe, then I have
to keep changing all individually.

Is there any way to correct this so it will allow me to correct ALL
occurrences again? Prior to Office 2007 and Vista, I had XP and Outlook 2002
with spell checking from Word 2000. It worked just fine back then.
Thanks....

 

[Gordon]

Hi all,

I have a version of Office 2007 which includes Outlook 2007. The only real
beef I have with it is that if I type the word "wont" or "cant" within a
letter without an apostrophe, spell check does the right thing and wants
to put an apostrophe in it.

It shouldn't do, because "wont" and "cant" are perfectly legitimate
words....

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

How about using autocorrect to replace wont and cant with won't and can't?
If for some reason you need wont and cant, hit ctrl+z to undo the
autocorrection.


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[Hugh Jeego]

Not as spelled they aren't. Cant is a concatenation of "cannot" or, if you
prefer, "can not" where the apostrophe represents the missing letters. Same
with wont.

 

[Hugh Jeego]

Diane,

That works and will certainly do the job in the end but on a totally
mystified level for me, it still doesn't really answer the question. In Word
2000, if you wrote 3 of "cant" in a letter and 3 of "wont" it would allow
you to "change all" when you hit send and it was spell checking. In Outlook
2007 which uses Word 2007 dictionaries, it wont. However, other words with
apostrophes DO get that option to correct all in one hit and you get that
same correction option to correct all "cant" and "wont" without apostrophes
in one hit via "change all" when using Windows Mail as I am while writing
this in a newsgroup. It just doesn't really make sense.

Oh well, your suggestion works so all is well but you wouldn't want to be
someone's 87 year old grandmother with no computer experience and Outlook
2007 spell checker or you will be getting somewhat frustrated, I bet. Such a
person may not be capable enough to add to autocorrect.

How about using autocorrect to replace wont and cant with won't and can't?
If for some reason you need wont and cant, hit ctrl+z to undo the
autocorrection.


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Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]





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Hi all,

I have a version of Office 2007 which includes Outlook 2007. The only
real beef I have with it is that if I type the word "wont" or "cant"
within a letter without an apostrophe, spell check does the right thing
and wants to put an apostrophe in it. However, the option to "change all"
is greyed out and if I have two or more "wont" or "cant" with no
apostrophe, then I have to keep changing all individually.

Is there any way to correct this so it will allow me to correct ALL
occurrences again? Prior to Office 2007 and Vista, I had XP and Outlook
2002 with spell checking from Word 2000. It worked just fine back then.
Thanks....

 

[Earle Horton]

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Earle

 

[Gordon]

Not as spelled they aren't. Cant is a concatenation of "cannot" or, if you
prefer, "can not" where the apostrophe represents the missing letters.

Sorry, no. From the Oxford English Dictionary:
. noun 1 hypocritical and sanctimonious talk. 2 derogatory language
peculiar to a specified group. 3 before another noun denoting a phrase or
catchword temporarily current: a cant word.


Same

with wont.

From the same source:
.. adjective archaic or literary accustomed.
. noun (one's wont) formal or humorous one's customary behaviour.

. verb (3rd sing. present wonts or wont; past and past part. wont or
wonted) archaic make or become accustomed.

 

[Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]]

Sorry, no. From the Oxford English Dictionary:
. noun 1 hypocritical and sanctimonious talk. 2 derogatory language
peculiar to a specified group. 3 before another noun denoting a phrase or
catchword temporarily current: a cant word.

It also means a slant, tilt, or external angle, like the cant of a wall or
building, or a square-sided log.