It was somewhere in the middle of the table. I went through the table line by line and set the proofing language to English US. That seemed to clear up the problem. Before I did that, it was even trying to correct my grammar and punctuation to a French style.
It wanted me to put a space before a semicolon. Maybe that is done in France, but not here. I am going through the details thinking that it may be helpful to someone else. I am virtually certain that it is some sort of "glitch" that occurred when my subscription changed from Office to Microsoft Stefan Blom MVP.
In reply to bokis's post on May 9, In reply to Stefan Blom's post on May 9, Stefan--I understand how to do that, and I tried that first. It simply did not work as you believe it does and as I thought it would. After that failure I checked the individual lines in the problem table and changed them one by one.
That approach worked. I do not know whether part of the issue involved that the affected text was in a table. I simply am reporting what I observed. When checking spelling and grammar automatically, right-click the word with the red squiggly line, and then click Add to Dictionary.
When running the spelling and grammar checking tool, click Add or Add to Dictionary for the flagged word. Note: If the Add to Dictionary option is not available, make sure you have a default custom dictionary selected in the Custom Dictionaries dialog box.
See the section Change the custom dictionary to which the spelling checker adds words , below, to learn how to select a default custom dictionary. To learn more, see Check spelling and grammar. Open the Custom Dictionaries dialog box by following the steps in the Open the Custom Dictionaries dialog box section, above. If you want the new dictionary to be used for another language, while the new dictionary is still selected in the Dictionary List , select the language on the Dictionary language menu.
If you want your new custom dictionary to be the default dictionary, where any words you add will be saved, see the next task, Change the custom dictionary to which the spelling checker adds words. When you add words while checking spelling, new words are added to the default custom dictionary, which is the one at the top of the list when you open the Custom Dictionaries dialog box.
You can change the default custom dictionary used for all Office programs:. To change the default dictionary for all languages, click the dictionary name under All Languages. To change the default dictionary for a particular language, click the dictionary name under the language heading.
Note: If there is only one dictionary under a heading, it must be the default dictionary. The next time that you check spelling, the program uses the default custom dictionaries that you selected. By default, when you create a new custom dictionary, the program sets the dictionary to All Languages , which means that the dictionary is used when you check the spelling of text in any language.
However, you can associate a custom dictionary with a particular language so that the program uses the dictionary only when you check the spelling of text in a particular language.
On the Dictionary language menu, click the language for which the dictionary should be used. The Custom Dictionaries dialog box lists the available custom dictionaries the program can use to check spelling. If the dictionary you want to use, such as one purchased from a third-party company, is installed on your computer but not listed in the Dictionary list box, you can add it.
Locate the folder containing the custom dictionary you want, and then double-click the dictionary file. If you want this custom dictionary to be the default dictionary, where any new words you add will be saved, see the section Change the custom dictionary to which the spelling checker adds words above.
If you want to use custom dictionaries, make sure the Suggest from main dictionary only check box is cleared. Note: When you edit a custom dictionary, Word stops checking your spelling as you type. You can change the language for spelling and thesaurus purposes within a document. For example, if you have a letter with both English and Spanish sections — Word can spell check each using the right dictionary.
A common example is programming code. You can set the language as part of a style — either paragraph or character style. However it is possible to change interface language with optional packs from Microsoft. Menu Cart. Contact us with your question or problem. Check spelling and grammar. Add or edit words in a spell check dictionary.
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