How do I stop Word from "forgetting" words marked as German or Gr.

[George]

I am writing a document, primarily in US-English, but with extensive quotes
in German and Greek (ancient). I mark the German as German, and the Greek as
Greek with "do not check spelling." Periodically, Word XP then forgets the
marked words and pops up a window that says there are too many mistakes to be
displayed, so I have do scan the document again for errors. Even when this is
done, and the German words are marked as German, and the Greek is marked as
"ignore," a few days later the same thing happens and word objects to Greek
and German words previously marked. -- How can I stop this from happening?

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Have you cleared the check box for "Detect language automatically" in Tools
| Language | Set Language?

 

[George]

Have you cleared the check box for "Detect language automatically" in Tools
| Language | Set Language?

Yes, because I also have a number of very British English citations and I
noted that word became confused by trying to distinguish them.

Thank you for the suggestion though. Is there a logic next place to consider?

George

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Are you applying "Do not check spelling or grammar" to the words directly
(by selecting them and checking this in Set Language) or by using "Ignore"?
I find that Word has a regrettable tendency to forget which words you've
told it to ignore. I don't know that direct formatting would work any
better, though.

 

[TF]

Agreed. Ignore only seems to last one session - and sometimes not even that
session!

Terry Farrell


: Are you applying "Do not check spelling or grammar" to the words directly
: (by selecting them and checking this in Set Language) or by using
"Ignore"?
: I find that Word has a regrettable tendency to forget which words you've
: told it to ignore. I don't know that direct formatting would work any
: better, though.
:
: --
: Suzanne S. Barnhill
: Microsoft MVP (Word)
: Words into Type
: Fairhope, Alabama USA
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: all may benefit.
:
: : >
: >
: > "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
: >
: > > Have you cleared the check box for "Detect language automatically" in
: Tools
: > > | Language | Set Language?
: >
: > Yes, because I also have a number of very British English citations and
I
: > noted that word became confused by trying to distinguish them.
: >
: > Thank you for the suggestion though. Is there a logic next place to
: consider?
: >
: > George
: >
: >
: >
: > >
: > > --
: > > Suzanne S. Barnhill
: > > Microsoft MVP (Word)
: > > Words into Type
: > > Fairhope, Alabama USA
: >
: > > Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
: newsgroup so
: > > all may benefit.
: > >
: > > : > > > I am writing a document, primarily in US-English, but with extensive
: > > quotes
: > > > in German and Greek (ancient). I mark the German as German, and the
: Greek
: > > as
: > > > Greek with "do not check spelling." Periodically, Word XP then
forgets
: the
: > > > marked words and pops up a window that says there are too many
: mistakes to
: > > be
: > > > displayed, so I have do scan the document again for errors. Even
when
: this
: > > is
: > > > done, and the German words are marked as German, and the Greek is
: marked
: > > as
: > > > "ignore," a few days later the same thing happens and word objects
to
: > > Greek
: > > > and German words previously marked. -- How can I stop this from
: happening?
: > > >
: > > >
: > >
: > >
:

 

[George]

Thanks to Suzanne Barnhill and Terry Farrell,

it seems I'm stuck with it as it is, but I can also try hard formatting the
German with Do not check grammer and spelling, if I know the German is right,
of course. Most of the Greek was hard-marked that way and I only had to rely
on the "ignore" in the rescan process when too many mistakes were anounced.
It's something for Microsoft to work on: Is it a memory-write problem, or are
the marked words not saved as marked in the document itself at all?

Thanks again,

George