Word should contextually recognize persons names

[Guest]

When typing a name, such as Mr. Soandso, or: Soandso said ..., word should be
able to recognize that the word is a name and so not spellcheck it. I don't
think that this would be impossible given the amount of natural language
processing research that has been done.

 

[Chuck Davis]

When typing a name, such as Mr. Soandso, or: Soandso said ..., word should
be
able to recognize that the word is a name and so not spellcheck it. I
don't
think that this would be impossible given the amount of natural language
processing research that has been done.

Ben,
I'm going to answer a question with a question. Do you suppose that you can
determine which of these are correct without knowing the individual?
Jeannine
Jeanine
Janine

 

[Guest]

Ben:

If you don't want the spell checker to include the name, simply add it to
your dictionary and then Word won't see it as something that is spelled
incorrectly.

 

[Guest]

That solution will not work in some instances. For instance, in Aphra Behn's
<i>The Rover</i>, there is a character named Willmore. If I add "willmore"
to the dictionary, this is obviously going to mess things up. If I type:

Willmore people be coming to the party?

Word will recognize that as completely okay. There should be a seperate
dictionary for names, but even that has it's flaws. Perhaps a "this is a
name" option when right-clicked would do. Either way, the issue of names
needs to be resolved.