Forbidden words in text field?

[Colin]

I have just discovered a very strange thing in Access 2000. I don't know
about other versions.

It seems to be impossible to enter the word "alway" into a text field.
Whenever you leave the field, access adds an "s" on the end. Does anyone
know about this?

Colin

 

[Douglas J. Steele]

Sounds as though you've got Autocorrect turned on, and the Spellchecker is
trying to help you out

Autocorrect is a property of the text box: just set it to No.

 

[Rick B]

Of course, "ALWAY" is not a word, so I'm not sure why you'd want to type it

 

[Hermie]

If you only want to type alway then follow Douglas advice If you want type
more then the word "alway" like: alway I do not nothing. Then zoom the
textbox and the spellingcheck not works


Herman

 

[Hermie]

Is not a word but it can be a name

herman

Of course, "ALWAY" is not a word, so I'm not sure why you'd want to type it

 

[John Vinson]

Of course, "ALWAY" is not a word, so I'm not sure why you'd want to type it

hah!

Al-way, adv. [ME alway, alle wey; AS ealne weg; ealne, acc. of eal,
all, and weg, acc. of weg, way; all the way.] Always. [Archaic or
poetic.]

- Webster's New Twentieth Century Dictionary

I feel that I have known this meaning - alway.

John W. Vinson[MVP]

 

[Colin]

Thanks Douglas, I never knew there was an auto-correct function. After about
10 years it shows up with a strange surname. Glad we keep learning. BTW auto
correct in a memo field does not stop "alway".

Colin