WD97: Can't Use Spelling Checker If Text Is Formatted with Certain Fonts

ID: Q164332

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word 97 for Windows
Microsoft Word for Windows 95, version 7.0

SYMPTOMS

When you run the spelling checker, Word may display the following message even if some of the words in your document are misspelled:

The spelling and grammar check is complete.

This problem occurs if the text is formatted in a decorative or symbol font.

CAUSE

Word won't flag misspelled words if the text is formatted in a decorative or symbol font.

The Word spelling checker skips text formatted with in any of the following fonts:

Arial CE

Arial Cyr

Arial Greek

Arial Narrow Special G1

Arial Special G1

Arial Special G2

Bookshelf Symbol 1

Bookshelf Symbol 2

Courier New CE

Courier New Cyr

Courier Greek

MS LineDraw

Times New Roman CE

Times New Roman Cyr

Times New Roman Greek

Times New Roman Special G1

Any Symbol Font such as: Marlett, Monotype Sorts, MS Outlook, Symbol, Wingdings

NOTE: There are other symbol fonts that are not listed here.

MORE INFORMATION

To determine whether your font is a symbol font:

On the Insert menu, click Symbol.

Click the Symbols tab.

Click the down arrow for the Font box.

If the font you are using is displayed in this list here, it is considered a Symbol font and will not be checked for spelling errors in Word.

For additional information, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q163059 WD97: Some Fonts Are Not Available in Word

Q159341 WD97: International Fonts Do Not Appear in Font List

Q89646 WD97: Error Msg: Text Formatted with No Proofing Was Skipped

Additional query words: 97 8.0 word8 word97 certain


Keywords          : kbualink97 kbusage kbFont 
Version           : WINDOWS:7.0,97
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: July 6, 1999