Two correctly spelled words separated by ")"

[Guest]

Not sure what the generic summary should be, so here's the example - users
can type something like:

application)please

- no spaces between the words and the ")" - and Word doesn't pick this up as
a misspelling - like it's treating the parentheses as a space. Is there a
setting in Word to change or fix this issue of a character in the middle of
two correctly spelled words not being picked up as a misspelling? Thank you.

 

[Herb Tyson [MVP]]

Wow. I've never run into that, but I'm seeing the identical behavior in Word
2003 and Word 2007. I can't imagine how that would EVER be useful.

 

[Herb Tyson [MVP]]

There does not appear to be a setting that handles it. I've consulted some
others, and our best guess is that this is allowed so that things such as
f(x) and f(y) aren't flagged as misspellings (at least not due to the
parentheses... the solitary f, x, and y are flagged as errors here). It
would be nice if there were an explicit option to treat embedded punctuation
marks as errors, but there's no such option at present.

 

[Henk57]

Just an idea: if you run a spelling check with "Check_grammar" checked
Word flags "spacing" unless it is a mathematical operator (It work
with ")" but not with "*" for instance). Does this help?
Henk

;2194042']There does not appear to be a setting that handles it. I'v
consulted some
others, and our best guess is that this is allowed so that things suc
as
f(x) and f(y) aren't flagged as misspellings (at least not due to the
parentheses... the solitary f, x, and y are flagged as errors here). I

would be nice if there were an explicit option to treat embedde
punctuation
marks as errors, but there's no such option at present.

--
Herb Tyson MS MVP
Author of the Word 2007 Bible
Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
Web: http://www.herbtyson.com


"Lori S" (e-mail address removed) wrote in message
Not sure what the generic summary should be, so here's the example
users
can type something like:

application)please

- no spaces between the words and the ")" - and Word doesn't pick thi
up
as
a misspelling - like it's treating the parentheses as a space. I
there a
setting in Word to change or fix this issue of a character in th
middle
of
two correctly spelled words not being picked up as a misspelling?
Thank
you.

 

[Herb Tyson [MVP]]

I noticed the same thing. This might help the original poster. Oddly enough,
this isn't a typo I ever recall having made, and certainly not worth having
the otherwise-useless (IMO, anyway) grammar checker enabled. In my
experience, if I followed the grammar checker's advice, I'd be introducing
lots of grammatical errors into what I write. It's the perfect example of AI
that isn't "there" yet.

--
Herb Tyson MS MVP
Author of the Word 2007 Bible
Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
Web: http://www.herbtyson.com

Just an idea: if you run a spelling check with "Check_grammar" checked,
Word flags "spacing" unless it is a mathematical operator (It works
with ")" but not with "*" for instance). Does this help?
Henk

;2194042']There does not appear to be a setting that handles it. I've
consulted some
others, and our best guess is that this is allowed so that things such
as
f(x) and f(y) aren't flagged as misspellings (at least not due to the
parentheses... the solitary f, x, and y are flagged as errors here). It

would be nice if there were an explicit option to treat embedded
punctuation
marks as errors, but there's no such option at present.

--
Herb Tyson MS MVP
Author of the Word 2007 Bible
Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
Web: http://www.herbtyson.com


"Lori S" (e-mail address removed) wrote in message
Not sure what the generic summary should be, so here's the example -
users
can type something like:

application)please

- no spaces between the words and the ")" - and Word doesn't pick this
up
as
a misspelling - like it's treating the parentheses as a space. Is
there a
setting in Word to change or fix this issue of a character in the
middle
of
two correctly spelled words not being picked up as a misspelling?
Thank
you. -

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

It isn't necessarily a common typo, but it's a very common problem for me
because when I move parenthetical text (by dragging and dropping), Word
doesn't automatically add space after the closing parenthesis (sensible,
since it might be followed by a punctuation mark), so I have to be careful
to make sure I've corrected the spacing around the moved text.

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

Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

I noticed the same thing. This might help the original poster. Oddly enough,
this isn't a typo I ever recall having made, and certainly not worth having
the otherwise-useless (IMO, anyway) grammar checker enabled. In my
experience, if I followed the grammar checker's advice, I'd be introducing
lots of grammatical errors into what I write. It's the perfect example of AI
that isn't "there" yet.

--
Herb Tyson MS MVP
Author of the Word 2007 Bible
Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
Web: http://www.herbtyson.com

Just an idea: if you run a spelling check with "Check_grammar" checked,
Word flags "spacing" unless it is a mathematical operator (It works
with ")" but not with "*" for instance). Does this help?
Henk

;2194042']There does not appear to be a setting that handles it. I've
consulted some
others, and our best guess is that this is allowed so that things such
as
f(x) and f(y) aren't flagged as misspellings (at least not due to the
parentheses... the solitary f, x, and y are flagged as errors here). It

would be nice if there were an explicit option to treat embedded
punctuation
marks as errors, but there's no such option at present.

--
Herb Tyson MS MVP
Author of the Word 2007 Bible
Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
Web: http://www.herbtyson.com


"Lori S" (e-mail address removed) wrote in message
Not sure what the generic summary should be, so here's the example -
users
can type something like:

application)please

- no spaces between the words and the ")" - and Word doesn't pick this
up
as
a misspelling - like it's treating the parentheses as a space. Is
there a
setting in Word to change or fix this issue of a character in the
middle
of
two correctly spelled words not being picked up as a misspelling?
Thank
you. -

 

[Guest]

Thank you all - I have been away for a day or two, I'll look at your comments
and suggestions. In my scenario, the problem was that the user had been
editing text and neglected to add a space after the ending parentheses of the
previous word. I'm at least glad to know this is something unusual!

It isn't necessarily a common typo, but it's a very common problem for me
because when I move parenthetical text (by dragging and dropping), Word
doesn't automatically add space after the closing parenthesis (sensible,
since it might be followed by a punctuation mark), so I have to be careful
to make sure I've corrected the spacing around the moved text.

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

Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

I noticed the same thing. This might help the original poster. Oddly enough,
this isn't a typo I ever recall having made, and certainly not worth having
the otherwise-useless (IMO, anyway) grammar checker enabled. In my
experience, if I followed the grammar checker's advice, I'd be introducing
lots of grammatical errors into what I write. It's the perfect example of AI
that isn't "there" yet.

--
Herb Tyson MS MVP
Author of the Word 2007 Bible
Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
Web: http://www.herbtyson.com

Just an idea: if you run a spelling check with "Check_grammar" checked,
Word flags "spacing" unless it is a mathematical operator (It works
with ")" but not with "*" for instance). Does this help?
Henk

'Herb Tyson [MVP Wrote:
;2194042']There does not appear to be a setting that handles it. I've
consulted some
others, and our best guess is that this is allowed so that things such
as
f(x) and f(y) aren't flagged as misspellings (at least not due to the
parentheses... the solitary f, x, and y are flagged as errors here). It

would be nice if there were an explicit option to treat embedded
punctuation
marks as errors, but there's no such option at present.

--
Herb Tyson MS MVP
Author of the Word 2007 Bible
Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
Web: http://www.herbtyson.com


"Lori S" (e-mail address removed) wrote in message
Not sure what the generic summary should be, so here's the example -
users
can type something like:

application)please

- no spaces between the words and the ")" - and Word doesn't pick this
up
as
a misspelling - like it's treating the parentheses as a space. Is
there a
setting in Word to change or fix this issue of a character in the
middle
of
two correctly spelled words not being picked up as a misspelling?
Thank
you. -

 

[Guest]

I reviewed your comments and forwarded them to the user in question - seems
like turning on the grammar check or good ol' low-tech proofreading are the
answers. Thanks so much for your help ! - Lori

It isn't necessarily a common typo, but it's a very common problem for me
because when I move parenthetical text (by dragging and dropping), Word
doesn't automatically add space after the closing parenthesis (sensible,
since it might be followed by a punctuation mark), so I have to be careful
to make sure I've corrected the spacing around the moved text.

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

Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

I noticed the same thing. This might help the original poster. Oddly enough,
this isn't a typo I ever recall having made, and certainly not worth having
the otherwise-useless (IMO, anyway) grammar checker enabled. In my
experience, if I followed the grammar checker's advice, I'd be introducing
lots of grammatical errors into what I write. It's the perfect example of AI
that isn't "there" yet.

--
Herb Tyson MS MVP
Author of the Word 2007 Bible
Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
Web: http://www.herbtyson.com

Just an idea: if you run a spelling check with "Check_grammar" checked,
Word flags "spacing" unless it is a mathematical operator (It works
with ")" but not with "*" for instance). Does this help?
Henk

'Herb Tyson [MVP Wrote:
;2194042']There does not appear to be a setting that handles it. I've
consulted some
others, and our best guess is that this is allowed so that things such
as
f(x) and f(y) aren't flagged as misspellings (at least not due to the
parentheses... the solitary f, x, and y are flagged as errors here). It

would be nice if there were an explicit option to treat embedded
punctuation
marks as errors, but there's no such option at present.

--
Herb Tyson MS MVP
Author of the Word 2007 Bible
Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
Web: http://www.herbtyson.com


"Lori S" (e-mail address removed) wrote in message
Not sure what the generic summary should be, so here's the example -
users
can type something like:

application)please

- no spaces between the words and the ")" - and Word doesn't pick this
up
as
a misspelling - like it's treating the parentheses as a space. Is
there a
setting in Word to change or fix this issue of a character in the
middle
of
two correctly spelled words not being picked up as a misspelling?
Thank
you. -