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Q107669: Writer: Speller Does Not Spell Check Document

Article: Q107669
Product(s): Microsoft Home Kids Products
Version(s): MACINTOSH:1.0,1.1,1.1a; WINDOWS:1.0,1.1,1.1a
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbbuglist kbfaq
Last Modified: 30-APR-1999

1.00 1.10 1.10a| 1.00 1.10 1.10a
WINDOWS        | MACINTOSH
kbbuglist kbtool kbprb kbfaq

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Creative Writer for Windows, versions 1.0, 1.1, 1.1a 
- Microsoft Creative Writer for the Macintosh, versions 1.0, 1.1, 1.1a 
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SYMPTOMS
========

If you choose the Speller but it does not spell check your document or catch
misspelled words, your dictionary file may have been damaged or deleted.

Creative Writer won't let you know if your thesaurus or dictionary files get
damaged or are deleted. If the dictionary is missing and you choose to spell
check your document, Spike appears with the message "I finished checking your
spelling," even though the Speller has not checked the document or corrected any
spelling.

If the dictionary or thesaurus files are missing, Creative Writer should generate
an error message letting you know that you need to reinstall them.

RESOLUTION
==========

If the Speller does not seem to be spell checking your document and does not
catch misspelled words, check the words - are they capitalized? Creative
Writer's spell checker does not check capitalized words, because it assumes they
are proper nouns, such as names.

If you verify that the words are not capitalized, and are not being checked, exit
from Creative Writer and reinstall it. This should restore your dictionary and
thesaurus files.


STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products that are
listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION
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The following are the default locations of the dictionary and thesaurus in
Creative Writer:

Operating System  Tool        Location
----------------  ----        --------
Windows           Dictionary  MSKIDS\WRITER\SPELL.DCT
Windows           Thesaurus   MSKIDS\WRITER\THES.DCT
Macintosh         Dictionary  MSKids:Creative Writer:Spelling Dictionary
Macintosh         Thesaurus   MSKids:Creative Writer:Thesaurus Dictionary

Additional query words: 1.00 1.10 1.10a spelling bee lost gone missing erased win mac mskids mczee bumblebee

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Keywords          :  kbbuglist kbfaq
Technology        : kbHWMAC kbOSMAC kbHomeProdSearch kbPTProdChange kbCreativeWriter100 kbCreativeWriter110 kbCreativeWriter110a kbCreativeWriter110Mac kbCreativeWriter110aMac kbCreativeWriter100Mac
Version           : MACINTOSH:1.0,1.1,1.1a; WINDOWS:1.0,1.1,1.1a
Issue type        : kbprb

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