Microsoft KB Archive/292076

= You cannot find grammatical errors in headers, footers, and comments by using the Spelling and Grammer function in Word =

Article ID: 292076

Article Last Modified on 1/31/2007

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APPLIES TO


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

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This article was previously published under Q292076





SYMPTOMS
Grammatical errors in the header, footer, and comment areas of a Microsoft Word document may not be detected at the time that they are typed, nor are they found when the spelling and grammar are checked.



CAUSE
Word does not check the grammar of text in headers, footers, or the comments contained in your document.



WORKAROUND
To work around this behavior, follow these steps:
 * 1) In the header, footer, or comment, select the text that you want to check.
 * 2) On the Edit menu, click Cut.

Note In Microsoft Office Word 2007, click Cut in the Clipboard group on the Home tab.
 * 1) Close the header, footer, or comment.
 * 2) In the main body of the document, press ENTER to create a new paragraph.
 * 3) On the Edit menu, click Paste.

Note In Word 2007, click Paste in the Clipboard group on the Home tab.

Word now flags the errors for correction.
 * 1) After you have corrected any errors that were detected, select the text.
 * 2) On the Edit menu, click Cut.

Note In Word 2007, click Cut in the Clipboard group on the Home tab.
 * 1) Position the insertion point in the header, footer, or comment at the location where you want to place the corrected text.
 * 2) On the Edit menu, click Paste.

Note In Word 2007, click Paste in the Clipboard group on the Home tab.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

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