I have an upgrade install of Word 2003 and don't have Standard, Casual,
etc., just the choice you describe for Word 2007 (and that's the way it's
always been in that version for me). IIRC, it was that way in Word 2002 as
well.
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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so
all may benefit.
Standard/Casual and a few other options were available in some earlier
versions of Word, and if you upgraded along a certain path, those options
even appeared as recently as in Word 2003 (but not if you did a clean
install of Word 2003). They are not present in Word 2007 at all. Instead,
Word 2007 offers Grammar Only and Grammar & Style, as major "sets".
You
can,
of course, click Settings and pick and choose as desired.
--
Herb Tyson MS MVP
Author of the Word 2007 Bible
Blog:
http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
Web:
http://www.herbtyson.com
There is no tools menu (that I can find) in Word 2007. However, I
did
go
into
the spell check options/grammar and I don't see where I can change from
standard to casual. I couldn't find anything in the help menu about
this.
:
If there really isn't any corruption, what about how the writing style
is
checked in Tools\Options\Grammar - for instance, from Standard to
Casual.
I'm sure you've already done that.
DSG
: It really sounds as if you have a corrupted Data key in the
registry,
and
: perhaps a corrupted normal.dotm as well. To test this... if you
start
Word
: with the /a switch (Start - Run - winword.exe /a), do you still
encounter
: these bizarre quirks? If starting with the /a switch makes any or
all
of
the
: problem go away, then try deleting the Data key and renaming
normal.dotm.
:
: This article (title notwithstanding) explains in general terms --
let
us
: know if you need Office 2007 - specific instructions:
:
:
http://word.mvps.org/FAQS/AppErrors/ProbsOpeningWord.htm
:
:
: --
: Herb Tyson MS MVP
: Author of the Word 2007 Bible
: Blog:
http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
: Web:
http://www.herbtyson.com
:
:
: : >I tried all of the suggestions and it appears that I have to "save
as"
each
: > time or the spelling & grammar changes don't actually save from
session
to
: > session. I've written 3 novels and it's very annoying that Word
keeps
: > rechecking the same grammar mistakes I choose to leave in. One
thing
I
: > noticed with Word 2007- the "ignore once" button. All the other
options
: > are
: > grayed out so everytime I open my books I have to ignore those
words
all
: > over
: > again. Any suggestion to ignore permanently?
: >
: > One more thing- this just happened today. I cannot add a header
AND
a
page
: > number to my books. When I add the header and save, then go
back
in
to
add
: > the page numbers- it deletes the header and adds the number and
visa
: > versa.
: > Any suggestions for this? Thanks for your help!
: >
: > Rosemary
: >
: > "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
: >
: >> The fact that the Recheck Document button exists does suggest
that
there
: >> has
: >> to be a way to turn off "ignoring," though of course that
could
still
be
: >> within a single session. As I said, however, I suspect that
the
problem
I
: >> experienced was just with a general overload of "misspellings"
and
: >> probably
: >> also a basic understanding of how spell checking works (since
remedied,
: >> at
: >> least to some extent).
: >>
: >> --
: >> 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.
: >>
: >> : >> > When I saw the thread, I checked to see what Word did
here...
and
I
: >> learned
: >> > what I reported. It would be interesting to see if my
experience
is
: >> unusual.
: >> >
: >> > To reset the "ignored" so that Word will re-check them, I have
to
click
: >> the
: >> > Recheck Document button in the Proofing section of Word 2007's
options
: >> > (there's a corresponding option in Word 2003).
: >> >
: >> > Rosemary... you might check to see if the problem exists
only
for
that
: >> > document, or if it exists for other documents as well. Try
creating a
: >> > new
: >> > document with some deliberate spelling mistakes, then exercise
the
: >> > speller
: >> > and choose Ignore.
: >> >
: >> > Then save/close/reopen that document and see if Word remembered
the
: >> Ignore,
: >> > or if amnesia has set in.
: >> >
: >> > --
: >> > Herb Tyson MS MVP
: >> > Author of the Word 2007 Bible
: >> > Blog:
http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
: >> > Web:
http://www.herbtyson.com
: >> >
: >> >
: >> > : >> > >I haven't made a scientific study of it, but my experience has
seemed
: >> > >to
: >> > > suggest that "ignoring" didn't survive a save and reopen.
I
could
be
: >> > > wrong.
: >> > > The only document in which I really had issues was a piece of
fiction
: >> that
: >> > > had a lot of really odd proper names (people and places). If
I
were
: >> doing
: >> > > it
: >> > > today, I'd define and apply a "(no proofing)" style, but when
I
was
: >> > > working
: >> > > on this document, I didn't know about that, so I just kept
ignoring
: >> them.
: >> > > Eventually Word got fed up and told me there were too many
spelling
: >> errors
: >> > > in the document and it couldn't check spelling as I typed any
more
: >> > > (this
: >> > > was
: >> > > on an older, underpowered machine running out of HD
space).
: >> > >
: >> > > --
: >> > > 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.
: >> > >
: >> > > : >> > >> Using Word 2007, "Ignore" is saved from session to session.
That
: >> > > information
: >> > >> is saved with the document. So, for example, if I save a
.docx
file
: >> > >> and
: >> > >> re-open it later, the ignored misspellings are still
ignored.
: >> > >> They're
: >> > >> also
: >> > >> ignored if I open that same document using Word 2003
(Compatibility
: >> > >> Pack),
: >> > >> or even if I open that same document on a different
computer,
using
: >> Word
: >> > >> 2007 or Word 2003 (assuming the compatibility pack is
installed
on
: >> > >> that
: >> > >> other computer).
: >> > >>
: >> > >> It's also retained with a .doc file -- regardless of which
version
: >> > >> of
: >> > > Word
: >> > >> I use to open it.
: >> > >>
: >> > >> I've never encountered a situation where "Ignore" wasn't
retained.
I
: >> > >> guess
: >> > > I
: >> > >> would begin by opening Word using the /a switch (start -
winword.exe
: >> /a)
: >> > > or
: >> > >> in safe mode (hold down Ctrl as Word is starting, and click
Yes
to
: >> > > starting
: >> > >> in safe mode).
: >> > >>
: >> > >>
: >> > >> --
: >> > >> Herb Tyson MS MVP
: >> > >> Author of the Word 2007 Bible
: >> > >> Blog:
http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
: >> > >> Web:
http://www.herbtyson.com
: >> > >>
: >> > >>
: >> > >> : >> > >> >I think "Ignore" may be a per-session setting. A more
permanent
: >> solution
: >> > > is
: >> > >> > to define a character style as Default Paragraph Font + Do
not
: >> > >> > check
: >> > >> > spelling or grammar and apply that to text you don't want
: >> > >> > spell-checked.
: >> > >> >
: >> > >> > --
: >> > >> > 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.
: >> > >> >
in
message
: >> > >> > : >> > >> >> I use spell checker to correct all spelling and
grammar
errors
: >> > >> >> and
: >> > >> >> also
: >> > >> >> choose to ignore certain ones. I save the document,
however
the
: >> > >> >> next
: >> > > time
: >> > >> > I
: >> > >> >> open it- the same errors appear. Why are my changes
not
saving
: >> > >> >> (Word
: >> > >> > 2007)?
: >> > >> >>
: >> > >> >> Also, I converted the document from Word 2003 (saved with
a
: >> different
: >> > >> > name)
: >> > >> >> and the same things happens to that one as well. This is
a
: >> manuscript
: >> > >> >> 300+
: >> > >> >> pages and it's very annoying to have to run spell
check
every
: >> > >> >> time I
: >> > > open
: >> > >> > the
: >> > >> >> file. How can I fix this?
: >> > >> >>
: >> > >> >> Thanks- Rosemary
: >> > >> >
: >> > >>
: >> > >
: >> >
: >>
: >>
:
