Automatic Spell Checking Flags Words Incorrectly

ID: Q133984

The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft Word for Windows 95, version 7.0

SYMPTOMS

• Automatic Spell Checking may not flag words as misspelled or as repeated words if they are formatted as hidden text.

  -or-

• Automatic Spell Checking (the red, wavy underline) may flash off and on as you type.

CAUSE

These symptoms appear when you work with text formatted as hidden and View Hidden Text is turned off on the View tab of Tools Options.

In the first case, Word will not spell check any hidden text you typed while View Hidden Text was turned off. Once you turn View Hidden Text on, Word will automatically check only the word immediately to the left of the insertion point. Thus, Word does not check any other misspelled or repeated words that you typed.

In the second case, if the insertion point precedes or follows hidden text, then as you type nonhidden text, you may see the red, wavy lines flash on and off.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Word for Windows 95, version 7.0. Microsoft is researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

WORKAROUND

These problems do not occur if you have View Hidden Text turned on while working with a document that contains hidden text. To turn this option on:

1. On the Tools menu, click Options. 2. Click the View tab. 3. Under Nonprinting Characters, select the Hidden Text check box.

KBCategory: kbusage buglist7.0 KBSubcategory: kbproof Additional reference words: word95 7.0 word7 winword

Keywords          : kbproof 
Version           : 7.0
Platform          : WINDOWS

Last Reviewed: February 6, 1998