WD2000: AutoCorrect Fails to Correct Removed Exception

• Microsoft Word 2000

SYMPTOMS

When you add a word to the Other Corrections exceptions list (on the Tools menu, click AutoCorrect, and then click Exceptions) and then you delete that AutoCorrect exception, when you type the word in a document, it is not corrected.

CAUSE

Words added to the Other Corrections exceptions list are stored in your custom dictionary file and are not removed when you delete the exception from the list of Other Corrections.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, you must edit your custom dictionary to remove the word you added to (and then removed from) your list of Other Corrections.

To edit your custom dictionary:

1. On the Tools menu, click Options.



2. On the Spelling & Grammar tab, click Dictionaries.



3. In the Custom Dictionaries dialog box, click Edit.



4. Click OK at the alert.



5. Find and delete the word you added to your list of Other Corrections.



6. On the File menu, click Save.



7. Click YES at the alert.



8. On the File menu, click Close.



9. On the Tools menu, click Options.



10. On the Spelling & Grammar tab, click to select the Check spelling as you type check box.



11. Click OK.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

For additional information about working with AutoCorrect exceptions, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q203848 AutoCorrect Exceptions Not Working As Expected

Additional query words: intelligent autocorrect

Keywords          : kbdta wd2000 
Version           : WINDOWS:2000
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbbug 

Last Reviewed: July 20, 1999