Microsoft KB Archive/21735

Spelling Checker Interprets Number or Punctuation as a Space

PSS ID Number: Q21735 Article last modified on 11-02-1994

3.x 4.00 5.00 5.50 6.00

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The spelling checker interprets a number or a punctuation mark the same way it interprets a space. If you check a word that contains a number or a punctuation mark, the spelling checker interprets the word as two different words.

For example, if you enter the word “mot5er” (which is supposed to be “mother”), Spell comes up with two words to check: “mot” and “er”.

Note that Word versions 5.00 and 5.50 correctly interpret numbers and punctuation marks. Therefore, the word “mot5er” will cause the spelling checker to respond with “Invalid character.”

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