Microsoft KB Archive/133984

= Automatic Spell Checking Flags Words Incorrectly =

Article ID: 133984

Article Last Modified on 8/16/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 95 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q133984



SYMPTOMS
 Automatic Spell Checking may not flag words as misspelled or as repeated words if they are formatted as hidden text.

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 Automatic Spell Checking (the red, wavy underline) may flash off and on as you type.



CAUSE
These symptoms appear when you work with text formatted as hidden and View Hidden Text is turned off on the View tab of Tools Options.

In the first case, Word will not spell check any hidden text you typed while View Hidden Text was turned off. Once you turn View Hidden Text on, Word will automatically check only the word immediately to the left of the insertion point. Thus, Word does not check any other misspelled or repeated words that you typed.

In the second case, if the insertion point precedes or follows hidden text, then as you type nonhidden text, you may see the red, wavy lines flash on and off.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Word for Windows 95, version 7.0. Microsoft is researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.



WORKAROUND
These problems do not occur if you have View Hidden Text turned on while working with a document that contains hidden text. To turn this option on:


 * 1) On the Tools menu, click Options.
 * 2) Click the View tab.
 * 3) Under Nonprinting Characters, select the Hidden Text check box.

Additional query words: word95 7.0 word7 winword

Keywords: kbproof KB133984

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