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| Thread ID: 70434 | 2006-07-03 06:02:00 | Microsoft Word 2000 SR-1 problem | Beemer (6956) | Press F1 |
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| 468212 | 2006-07-03 06:02:00 | Word was loaded on my PC when I bought it and apart from the odd crash, I've had no trouble with it. Until recently, that is, when it's come up with some odd error messages and other problems while spell-checking. The first one says something about not being able to find the grammar file German something or other (not that I would expect it to, I was checking an English document!). And it also prompted me to insert the Publisher 2002 disk, followed by the Word 2000 SR-1 disks the other day - which I did. Yesterday it played up when adding new words to the dictionary. I'm proofing some documents at present that contain quite a few Maori words and I usually double-check them in a dictionary and then add them as the spell-checker picks them up. All fine and dandy, but for some reason it's not working properly. I already had the word Maori added long ago, but it keeps coming up with that word (and the version with an accent, likewise with whenua and other common words) and despite adding it again each time, the next time I open the document or add the word to an existing document, it underlines it again. And just now it stopped on the word Barnardos and I went to click 'add' but the selection was greyed out. I remember there used to be a way of going in and adding words to the dictionary but I can't find it under any of the tools options. I've got the proverbial truck-load of documents to proof this week and I really don't need this! A few minutes ago Word shut itself down and wanted to send a nice error message away so there is obviously a problem. Question is, is it me/my computer or something else, and what can I do to fix it? |
Beemer (6956) | ||
| 468213 | 2006-07-03 06:56:00 | There are 3 SR's for Word 2000, SR1, SR2 and SR3. Are you still only at SR1? If any text has been pasted into a document it's not uncommon for it to come in and be marked as another language (happens to me often), you need to select-all and go Tools - Languages - Select Language, set it all to your choice. It's also possible that normal.dot is corrupt. Check out this site, about the best there is: www.theofficeexperts.com |
godfather (25) | ||
| 468214 | 2006-07-03 08:34:00 | Call me blonde, but I never realised it was so old...! How do I go about updating it and any idea of how much it would cost me? I have a current student card if that helps keep the cost down. It's highly likely that bits of the document have been cut and pasted because often it comes up with UK English, then US English from page to page. I did notice it kept prompting me to load the saved version of normal (or words to that effect) every now and then but I couldn't remember what I was meant to do to fix it - so I've probably been clicking on the wrong thing! First stop, head to that website and see what I can do myself! |
Beemer (6956) | ||
| 468215 | 2006-07-03 08:55:00 | Just go to the MS Office update site office.microsoft.com Click on check for updates at top right of the page. Cost is nil |
CliveM (6007) | ||
| 468216 | 2006-07-03 09:19:00 | Thanks, I've just downloaded an update, but I've still got the problem of it not keeping words I've added. I just typed Maori and whanau (with the accents) and when I closed Word and opened it again, as soon as I type in those words, they are underlined again. I have always added in words like place names, etc but for some reason it is not holding the words in the memory. Fingers crossed the update has fixed the other problems but adding words to the dictionary is one feature I would like back if possible! Disregard that - found a "Shortcuts in Word 2000" book I bought but never got around to reading... funnily enough, it tells you how to add entries to the dictionary... off to stand in the corner now! |
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