Thanks Allen for jumping in on this. My problem is with spell checking. A misspelled word in the Subject box gets the red wavy line underneath. The same wrong word in the e-mail text area does not get caught. Autocorrect (auto replacing of some commonly misspelled words) appears to be working fine.
Thanks Mark > From: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Sun, 6 Apr 2003 20:00:01 -0700 > To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Entourage-Talk Digest - 04/06/03 > > From: Allen Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Sun, 06 Apr 2003 11:24:26 -0700 > Subject: Re: Spelling doesn't work > > When you say it is "auto spell correcting in the Subject" it sounds to me as > if you are referring to "autocorrect" and not spell checking. Spell checking > indicates misspelled words by a red squiggle underscore. Auto correct > actually replaces the word you mistyped with the correct one, if the > misspelling is included in the auto correct list (viewable under > Tools-Autocorrect). > > We may be trying to solve the wrong problem here (Sven's problem, though, is > clearly with spell checking, not auto correct). Which is it that words in > subject but not body, Mark? Auto correct or spell check? > > > On or near 4/5/03 1:35 AM, Mark Benton at [EMAIL PROTECTED] observed: > >>>> Using Entourage X with OS X 10.2.4. For some reason, my automatic spell >>>> checking (as I type) no longer functions. Actually, it works for the >>>> Subject >>>> field of an e-mail message, but not in the e-mail text body. I can type all >>>> sorts of misspelled words, but the wavy red line never shows up. In the >>>> Word >>>> component of Office X, spell checking works correctly. >>>> >>>> I've rebuilt the database, basic and advanced, plus fiddled with the >>>> spelling preferences, all to no avail. >>>> >>>> Automatic spell checking used to work. The only change I've made is to add >>>> a >>>> custom dictionary from a third-party vendor, but I don't recall if the >>>> problem started at that time. However, spell checking does work in the >>>> Subject field as well as other Office applications. >>>> >>>> I appreciate your advice. >>> >>> Restarting often fixes this problem. >>> >>> Go to Word's Preferences and check to see if Custom Dictionary -- with >>> language set to None -- is selected. Also be sure the Custom Dictionary is >>> at the top of the list of dictionaries. Entourage can only access the top >>> dictionary in the list. >>> >>> Go to MS Word/Preferences/Spelling & Grammar/Custom Dictionary, and browse >>> again to your Custom Dictionary. You're best leaving language as (none). >>> Restart your computer. Now, try Entourage again. >>> -- >>> Diane Ross >>> MVP Entourage (MVPs are volunteers) >>> Entourage Help Page >>> <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/> >> >> Thanks for the advice. Unfortunately, it's still acting the same. Auto spell >> correcting in the Subject, but not in the body of an e-mail message. I put >> the Custom Dict to the top of the list in Word and made sure it was set to >> None for language. Restarted my Mac, but no difference. Any other ideas? >> Thanks. >> > > -- > Microsoft MVP for Entourage/OE/Word (MVPs are volunteers) > Allen Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Entourage FAQ site: > <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/> > AppleScripts for Outlook Express and Entourage: > <http://members.thinkaccess.net/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/Scripts/> > Entourage Help Pages: <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/> -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
