Stop autocorrect for specific style only

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Greg sent me the document. Somehow, the "Computer word" style has gotten
corrupted. I was able to fix the problem by deleting that style, recreating
it, and applying it to the same bits of text. I've sent the repaired
document back to Greg to see if it remains fixed.


Herb Tyson
Author of the Word 2007 Bible

http://www.herbtyson.com


-----Original Message-----
From: Reese, Gregory J. Dr. ]
Sent: Friday, August 03, 2007 10:23
To:
Subject: File with sticky style

Herb,
Attached is the file with the problem. Thanks for looking at it.
Greg


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"Greg Reese" wrote in message
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Is Computer word a character style or a paragraph style?
Computer word is a character style based on "default Paragraph font".

I'm assuming that
it's a character style, and that Computer code is a paragraph style. Is
that
correct?
Correct on both.

I'm able to create styles by those names, and the Do not check setting
"sticks". I'm wondering if it might be a normal.dotm corruption problem.

Try starting Word using the /a switch (don't know if you're running XP or
Vista; in XP, Start - Run - type winword.exe /a and press Enter; in
Vista,
Start - type winword.exe /a into the Start Search box and press Enter.
I'm running XP.

When starting Word using the /a switch, do styles now work as you expect
them to?
No, I still have the same problem.

Is it appropriate to post the document or is that bad netiquette in this
newsgroup?

Thanks.
Greg Reese


"Greg Reese" wrote in message
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Herb,

What's the name of the style for which the "Do not check..." language
setting won't "stick"?
Computer word

If you create a new document, does the setting
"stick" there?
No, it doesn't. The other style is called "Computer code". I renamed
them
to
Computer_code and Computer_word, in case Word was only looking at the
first
word of the style name, but that didn't help either.

Greg Reese


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"Greg Reese" wrote in message
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You can absolutely include this property in a character style
(because
language is a character property); is your character style based on
Default
Paragraph Font?

Yep, sure is. I have Word 2007 on XP. Does the indeterminate
checkbox
in
one
style but not the other mean something?
Greg


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"Greg Reese" wrote in message
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Thanks Suzanne.

In one of my custom styles (based on a paragraph style) I did
this
and
it
worked. However, in another custom style (based on a character
style)
it
doesn't seem to work. In the latter style, the "Do not check
spelling
or
grammar" box is indeterminate. If I check it, close the Language
dialog
box
with OK, and then open it right back up the box is unchecked and
indeterminate again. Any suggestions?
Thanks.
Greg Reese

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Modify the style to include the "Do not check spelling or
grammar"
property
(in earlier versions, you'd do this through Format | Language
in
the
Modify
Style dialog). If you also set the style to some language other
than
the
one
assigned to your .acl (AutoCorrect) file, presumably
AutoCorrect
won't
work,
either.

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Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Greg Reese" wrote in
message
...
In Word 2007, how do I stop autocorrecting or spell checking
for
a
specific
style only?
Thanks.
Greg Reese