WD98: Case Change in Spelling Checker Causes Constant Recheck (184045)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Word 98 Macintosh Edition
This article was previously published under Q184045

SYMPTOMS

If you spell check a document with the spelling option "Ignore words in UPPERCASE" turned off, when you change the case of a word that is repeated in the document and you click Change All, the spelling checker will constantly recheck the same word.

NOTE: Press ESC to stop the spelling checker from constantly rechecking the same word.

CAUSE

This problem occurs when all of the following conditions are true:

  • On the Spelling And Grammar tab (click Preferences on the Tools menu), you have turned off the "Ignore words in UPPERCASE" option.

    -and-
  • The misspelled word is not in the main and custom dictionaries.

    -and-
  • The spelling checker finds more than one instance of the misspelled word.

    -and-
  • You click Change All in the Spelling And Grammar dialog box.

    -and-
  • You changed the case of the misspelled word in the Not In Dictionary box in the Spelling And Grammar dialog box.

WORKAROUND

Use one of the following methods to correct the case of your misspelled word:

Method 1: Select the "Ignore Words in UPPERCASE" Option

  1. On the Tools menu, click Preferences, and then click the Spelling And Grammar tab.
  2. Click to select the "Ignore words in UPPERCASE" check box and click OK.
  3. On the Tools menu, click Spelling And Grammar.

Method 2: Change the Case of each Misspelled Word Individually

  1. On the Tools menu, click Spelling And Grammar.
  2. When the spelling checker selects (flags) a misspelled word, type in the corrected spelling.
  3. When you are prompted "You have chosen a word that is not found in the main or custom dictionaries. Do you want to use this word and continue checking," click No.

    NOTE: The misspelled word is now changed and is still selected.
  4. Click Ignore. The spelling check continues to the next misspelled word.
  5. Repeat your changes to the next misspelled word and then click Change.
  6. Repeat steps 2 through 5 until the spell check is complete.

Method 3: Use Replace to Change the Case of each Misspelled Word

  1. On the Edit menu, click Replace.
  2. On the Replace tab, type the misspelled word in the Find What box.
  3. In the Replace With box, type your correction to the misspelled word and then click Replace All.
  4. When you receive a message indicating that Word has completed its search and replaced the misspelled words, click OK.
  5. Click Close x.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

For additional information, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

184047 WD98: Spelling Checker Constantly Checks Same Word

184049 WD98: Punctuation May Cause Word to Constantly Check Same Word

For more information about correcting spelling errors, click Contents And Index on the Help menu (or on the Balloon Help menu if you are using a version of the Macintosh operating system earlier than 8.0), click the Index button in Word Help, type the following text

spell checking, how to

and then click Show Topics. Select the "Correct spelling and grammar" topic and click Go To. If you are unable to find the information you need, ask the Office Assistant.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:10/4/2002
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