auto-correct in word 2000

[Patty]

Auto-correct keeps popping words into the docuemt where they don't belong,
e.g., I type U.S.A. several times in a report and when I print the page it
might say CPA or XXX-XX or something else from auto-correct wherever U.S.A.
is supposed to be. This has happened on my old computer and now on my new
one, too. I was using Windows 98 on the old one, Windows XP Professional on
the new one, but they're both doing the same odd thing in Word documents.
Any ideas? Thanks

 

[Graham Mayor]

The operating system has nothing to do with it. Check your autocorrect
entries in Word and delete the one relating to U.S.A. which is causing the
problem.

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[Patty]

The operating system has nothing to do with it. Check your autocorrect
entries in Word and delete the one relating to U.S.A. which is causing the
problem.

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There are no entries in auto-correct relating to U.S.A. That was just one instance. It occasionally pops a date such as June 1, 1989 or some other date in wherever a proper name is placed, or sometimes will put some other auto-corrrect entry in where it doesn't belong and where I have not used an auto-correct entry.

 

[Graham Mayor]

Unless you have some third party application that monitors the keyboard, I
cannot imagine any other cause for this problem. See
http://www.gmayor.com/what_to_do_when_word_crashes.htm then
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/ProbsOpeningWord.htm for the usual range
of trouble shooting tips, especially in relation to the normal.dot template
and add-ins.

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