Spell Check

[Antonio]

Hi Everyone,

Please help with a MS Word problem: I'm writing a big research paper
with lots of topic-specific terminology, like "habitus" or
"securitization," and, of course, MS Word counts these terms as
misspelled. So, in order to improve the view of the document, I right
click on these terms and click "ignore all." This works while I'm in
the document, but when I close it and then eventually reopen it, the
words AGAIN have a little red squiggly line underneath. I have to
follow the same process (right click all terms and choose "ignore all"
if I want my document to look good). What's the point of have the
"ignore all" option if it is just temporary?

This is a big flaw in MS Word. How can MS allow something so
fundamental to happen.

Antonio

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

You have two other choices. You can either add the words to your custom
dictionary (you can even create a separate custom dictionary just for these
terms), or you can apply a "No Proofing" character style. For more on the
latter, see http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/MasterSpellCheck.htm

 

[Jay Freedman]

Hi Everyone,

Please help with a MS Word problem: I'm writing a big research paper
with lots of topic-specific terminology, like "habitus" or
"securitization," and, of course, MS Word counts these terms as
misspelled. So, in order to improve the view of the document, I right
click on these terms and click "ignore all." This works while I'm in
the document, but when I close it and then eventually reopen it, the
words AGAIN have a little red squiggly line underneath. I have to
follow the same process (right click all terms and choose "ignore all"
if I want my document to look good). What's the point of have the
"ignore all" option if it is just temporary?

This is a big flaw in MS Word. How can MS allow something so
fundamental to happen.

Antonio

It isn't a flaw in Word, it's your misunderstanding of what is supposed to
happen.

"Ignore all" is _intended_ to be only for the current session. If you know
that the flagged word is correctly spelled, add it to your custom dictionary
by right-clicking it and choosing "Add to Dictionary". After that it will
never be flagged again.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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all may benefit.

 

[Antonio]

It isn't a flaw in Word, it's your misunderstanding of what is supposed to
happen.

"Ignore all" is _intended_ to be only for the current session. If you know
that the flagged word is correctly spelled, add it to your custom dictionary
by right-clicking it and choosing "Add to Dictionary". After that it will
never be flagged again.

--
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.

Thanks for answering my question, I really appreciate it. I'm still
confused as to the logic of the "ignore all" option if it is just
temporary. I think it is more MS's misunderstanding of how to create
a software package that is user friendly, and don't even get me
started on Vista.

 

[Antonio]

Thanks!

You have two other choices. You can either add the words to your custom
dictionary (you can even create a separate custom dictionary just for these
terms), or you can apply a "No Proofing" character style. For more on the
latter, seehttp://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/MasterSpellCheck.htm

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA