Spell Checking in Word 2007 (Problem with "Ignore All")

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Robel - 23 Dec 2007 14:35 GMT

If I use a non-accepted spelling the spell-checker suggests a correction. If
I then click on "Ignore" or "Ignore All", the word is passed over in the
spell check. Up to this point everything is fine.

My problem is that the next time I open that same document, the words I
"Ignored" in the previous session are again considered misspelled. That was
not the case with Word 2003. In Word 2003 if I "Ignored" a misspelled word it
would be ignored in all future sessions with that particular document. Is
Word 2007 supposed to be the same in that respect?

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Herb Tyson [MVP] - 25 Dec 2007 00:02 GMT

It remembers Ignored misspellings here, for me. Does Word 2007 "forget" for
all documents, or just for some?

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> If I use a non-accepted spelling the spell-checker suggests a correction.
> If
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> would be ignored in all future sessions with that particular document. Is
> Word 2007 supposed to be the same in that respect?

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Robel - 26 Dec 2007 10:57 GMT

Herb,

Thank you for reminding me of one of the basics of troubleshooting -- seing
if the problem can be replicated!

I created a new Word document to test the problem, and lo and behold, in the
new document Word *does* remember the ignored misspellings! I have no idea
what might be the problem in the document where Word "forgets", but is there
a way to correct the problem?

Thanks,
Robel

> It remembers Ignored misspellings here, for me. Does Word 2007 "forget" for
> all documents, or just for some?
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> > would be ignored in all future sessions with that particular document. Is
> > Word 2007 supposed to be the same in that respect?

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Herb Tyson [MVP] - 27 Dec 2007 02:39 GMT

The document is probably corrupted... which means that you might want to try
any of several different laundering methods. A couple methods are:

1. Copy the contents of the document to the clipboard, then paste it into a
new Document # window, and see if the problem gets left behind.

2. Save the file in .rtf format, close it, then re-open it and re-save it in
Word format.

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> Herb,
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