Word - Spell Check

[Kevin]

Please include our national President's name in the Spell Check dictionary.
Barack Obama. When his last name is typed, spell check recommends Osama.
That's not good!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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[Scott M.]

This would most likely be addressed via a service pack update for MS
Word/Office. In the meantime, you can certainly add the word to your own
custom dictionary by simply right-clicking on the unrecognized word and
choosing "Add to dictionary". The spell checker will now accept the word.

Scott

 

[Thierry Fontenelle [MSFT]]

Hello Kevin,

The latest versions of the Office speller include the word "Obama"and users
can freely download an update from the following sites, depending on their
version of Office:

1) Office 2007: the Service Pack 1 (SP1) update includes the fix:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/downloads/default.aspx

2) Office 2003 users can request the fix following the steps described on
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/935305/

3) Two KB articles from the Microsoft Knowledge Base were posted in Spring
2007 and address this topic:
a. For Office 2003: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/935305/
b. For Office 2007: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/933699


4) Individual users who have not installed these updates can also
right-click the flagged word, and then click Add to Dictionary. (= Scott's
suggestion below)

I hope it helps,

Thierry

Thierry Fontenelle [MSFT]
Microsoft Natural Language Group