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MS Office Forum / Word / Spelling and Grammar / February 2004A Weird New Problem
I've been using Winword 2.0 for ages without a hitch, but suddenly Winword refuses to add anything during spell-checking; the function is even greyed out. Does anyone know what's happened and/or have a cure? Any help would be appreciated. Ron Hi, Ron, You certainly must have been using Word 2.0 for ages -- Word 6.0 was released more than 10 years ago! I don't know whether the operating limits for 2.0 were ever published anywhere, and I certainly can't find them now. But Word 97 and Word 2000 both have a limit of 5000 words in the custom dictionary, according to http://www.mvps.org/serenitymacros/reference.html and http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=211489. Maybe it's time to go clean out the rubbish bin... >I've been using Winword 2.0 for ages without a hitch, but suddenly >Winword refuses to add anything during spell-checking; the function [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > >Ron -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word Those limits don't apply to the Word 2000 (or XP or 2003) English.  SignatureDoug __ The Legal Guys make me say: Please do not send e-mail directly to this alias. This alias is for newsgroup purposes only. This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. ___ > Hi, Ron, > [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > Jay Freedman > Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word Hi, Doug, Does that mean the limit in http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=211489 (as spelled out specifically in Note 2 near the bottom) is wrong? I see that http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=291176 explains for Word XP that the limit is 64 KB, and that's approximately 5000 words depending on the lengths of the words. Is the situation the same in Word 2000? (While we're discussing this, could we please get KB articles describing operating limitations for XP and 2003 similar to 211489, pretty please?) >Those limits don't apply to the Word 2000 (or XP or 2003) English. > [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] >> Jay Freedman >> Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word Somewhere in a previous thread I explained this in more detail. For the English speller, there is no particular limit to the size of a custom dictionary except for available memory. Unfortunately, the there is a huge range of quality and parameters for the other language spellers. SignatureDoug __ The Legal Guys make me say: Please do not send e-mail directly to this alias. This alias is for newsgroup purposes only. This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. ___ > Hi, Doug, > [quoted text clipped - 43 lines] > Jay Freedman > Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word Thanks, Doug, I had missed that thread a month ago (eons in Net time!) but just read it on Google Groups. Should I ask for corrections in the KB articles I mentioned? SignatureRegards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org > Somewhere in a previous thread I explained this in more detail. For > the English speller, there is no particular limit to the size of a [quoted text clipped - 60 lines] >> Jay Freedman >> Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word Oh please do. I'd have to do some digging to figure out how to do that. SignatureDoug __ The Legal Guys make me say: Please do not send e-mail directly to this alias. This alias is for newsgroup purposes only. This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. ___ > Thanks, Doug, I had missed that thread a month ago (eons in Net time!) but > just read it on Google Groups. Should I ask for corrections in the KB [quoted text clipped - 64 lines] > >> Jay Freedman > >> Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word Thanks, Jay, I'll look and see. But I didn't upgrade to Word 6.0 mostly because I'm comfortable with what I have now. Only occasionally I'll use the processor in MS Works but I guess I'll always stick with Winword 2. Ron > Hi, Ron, > [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > Jay Freedman > Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word I had to create a new custom dictionary and that solved everything. Thanks, folks. Ron > I've been using Winword 2.0 for ages without a hitch, but suddenly > Winword refuses to add anything during spell-checking; the function [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Ron |
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