Thesaurus not working,

[Pyrrhos]

Thesaurus stopped working. I know not why.
Word 2002 – done the check and repair thing.
How do I reinstal it / turn it back on?
I need it - Please help.

 

[Cindy M.]

Hi =?Utf-8?B?UHlycmhvcw==?=,

Thesaurus stopped working. I know not why.
Word 2002 – done the check and repair thing.

Does it just not give you a result, or do you get some kind
of message? If a message, please quote the exact text.

If no result, I'd suspect the text is not formatted with a
language for which you have a thesaurus. Click in a word
you want to look up, then go to Tools/Language/Set
language. Which language is selected? (And what is the
setting of "Do not check spelling or grammar?)

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update
Jun 17 2005)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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[Pyrrhos]

Hi =?Utf-8?B?UHlycmhvcw==?=,

Does it just not give you a result, or do you get some kind
of message? If a message, please quote the exact text.

If no result, I'd suspect the text is not formatted with a
language for which you have a thesaurus. Click in a word
you want to look up, then go to Tools/Language/Set
language. Which language is selected? (And what is the
setting of "Do not check spelling or grammar?)

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update
Jun 17 2005)


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No message
Do not check spelling or grammar was checked.
Detect language automatically was unchecked.
The words I had copied from the internet were
French and German.
Thank you, Cindy Meister for the refresher course
on where to go to correct the problem!

 

[Cindy M.]

Hi pyrrhos,

Thank you, Cindy Meister for the refresher course
on where to go to correct the problem!

So you're all set on this question?

Cindy Meister

 

[Pyrrhos]

Hi pyrrhos,

So you're all set on this question?

Cindy Meister

I underline a clause and the whole page is instantly underlined. Why?
I bold a sentence and the whole page is instantly bold. Why?
I color phrazes to stand out and the whole page turns that color. Why?
I have to use ‘ctrl Z’ to correct this action every time I use any of these
tools.
Now spell check doesn’t work. Why?
The Tesaurus is gone again.
Several times, I have seen windows saying that tesaurus and spelling check
could not be found or just not respond atall.
I also can’t get rid of the ‘custom with numbers’ in the tool bar window.
I can’t remove Option toolbar.
Word 2002 – I’ve done the check and repair thing.
I’m dyslexic and there are just too many options. This is bewildering.
How do I stop Internet Explorer from changing the address icons in my
favorits column to Explorer icons?

 

[Cindy M.]

Hi =?Utf-8?B?UHlycmhvcw==?=,

I underline a clause and the whole page is instantly underlined. Why?
I bold a sentence and the whole page is instantly bold. Why?
I color phrazes to stand out and the whole page turns that color. Why?
I have to use ‘ctrl Z’ to correct this action every time I use any of these
tools.

This sounds like the style used to format the paragraph ("Normal", usually) is set
to automatically update.

Use the Format/Style command; as I recall, in Word 2002 this displays the Styles
and Formatting task pane. Look for the style name you see in the "Styles" list in
the Formatting toolbar. Right-click that entry in the task pane and choose
"Modify". Deactivate the checkbox "Automatically update".

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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