Fomating proper name Summer

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Fholman1 - 08 Mar 2008 16:38 GMT

How do I get Word to stop telling me that the proper name of a person,
Summer, is incorrect as it has determined that I refer to the season, not a
woman?

I know many ladies named after seasons, however, I do not wish to turn that
function off completely. (I have a cousins named December, April, May, June,
and know people named, Summer and Winter.)

I write some lengthy tales at times and every time I open the document to
add to it, I am promted to fix my errors that are not errors.

If I can just have Word ignore the word Summer in this document, I'll take
responsibility for making certain should I refer to a season it shall not be
capitalized.

Thank you for any help you can give.

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macropod - 08 Mar 2008 16:58 GMT

Hi Fholman,

Have you tries adding the names to your custom dictionary (ie the 'add' option when the spellchecker thinks its found an error but
you think the spelling is correct)?

Cheers

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> How do I get Word to stop telling me that the proper name of a person,
> Summer, is incorrect as it has determined that I refer to the season, not a
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Fholman1 - 08 Mar 2008 18:32 GMT

Sorry Macropod, it doesn't claim a misspelling, it claims a grammar error for
using a capital when Word believes it should be lower case.

The difference being:

This summer we went camping.

Last weekend Summer and I went camping.

Paste both into Word and see the results. Change the second sentence to:

Last weekend Mary and I went camping.

You now see my dilemma.

Word wants me to make it incorrect.

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macropod - 08 Mar 2008 18:58 GMT

Hi Fholman,

In that case, you could tell the grammar checker to ignore the rule (capitalization), but that would apply to other words as well.

Cheers

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> Sorry Macropod, it doesn't claim a misspelling, it claims a grammar error for
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Opinicus - 08 Mar 2008 20:29 GMT

> it doesn't claim a misspelling, it claims a grammar error for
> using a capital when Word believes it should be lower case.

First of all this isn't "grammar"; it's still spelling.

In any case, I suggest you turn off the "grammar checker" in Word entirely
and use the one built into your brain instead.

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Fholman1 - 10 Mar 2008 08:21 GMT

I am using it. However, without our complaints how can Microsoft learn of
the problems with their software?

By the way, in Word, a red underline means the Spell Checker has determined
there is a spelling error. The instance I refer to has a green underline
meaning the Grammar Checker deems it an error. A spelling error can be
"Ignore all", where you must "Ignore Once" in this case. I cannot even
"Ignore Rule".

Turning the whole thing off is the same as saying, "The air conditioner in
my new car doesn't work. I'll just leave it off."

> > it doesn't claim a misspelling, it claims a grammar error for
> > using a capital when Word believes it should be lower case.
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> In any case, I suggest you turn off the "grammar checker" in Word entirely
> and use the one built into your brain instead.

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