Microsoft KB Archive/292040

= Spelling errors are not flagged after you change the formatting of text in your Word document =

Article ID: 292040

Article Last Modified on 11/15/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 2002 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Office Word 2003
 * Microsoft Office Word 2007

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This article was previously published under Q292040



For a Microsoft Word 2000 version of this article, see 284217.



SYMPTOMS
If you change the formatting of text in your document and then you run the spelling checker, Microsoft Word may display the following message even if some of the words in your document are misspelled:

The spelling and grammar check is complete.



CAUSE
This behavior can occur if the text is formatted in a decorative or symbol font. Word does not check the spelling of text formatted in any of the following fonts:

Arial CE

Arial Cyr

Arial Greek

Arial Narrow Special G1

Arial Special G1

Arial Special G2

Bookshelf Symbol 1

Bookshelf Symbol 2

Courier Greek

Courier New CE

Courier New Cyr

Marlett

Monotype Sorts

MS LineDraw

MS Outlook

Symbol

Times New Roman CE

Times New Roman Cyr

Times New Roman Greek

Times New Roman Special G1

Wingdings

Wingdings1

Wingdings2

Note There may be other symbol or decorative fonts not listed here that also cause this issue.



MORE INFORMATION
To determine whether your font is a symbol or decorative font, follow these steps:
 * 1) On the Insert menu, click Symbol.

Word 2007

On the Insert tab, click Symbol in the Symbols group, and then click More Symbols.
 * 1) On the Symbols dialog box, click the down arrow in the Font list.

If the font that you are using is displayed in this list, the font is considered a symbol or decorative font, and any text formatted with this font will not be checked for spelling errors.

Additional query words: prb WORD2007 WD2007 ignore ignored recognize recognized

Keywords: kbfont kbprb kbfaq kbusage KB292040

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