Q110324: Writer: Spelling Checker Does Not Recognize All Caps

Article: Q110324
Product(s): Microsoft Home Kids Products
Version(s): 1.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 26-FEB-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Creative Writer for Windows, version 1.0 
- Microsoft Creative Writer for the Macintosh, version 1.0 
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SUMMARY
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The Spelling Bee in Creative Writer 1.0 doesn't find misspellings you have typed
in all capital letters. It also does not find misspellings if the beginning of
the word is capitalized and not at the beginning of the sentence.

The manner of spell checking was changed in Creative Writer, version 1.1 and 1.1a
on CD-ROM. Versions 1.1 and 1.1a spell check all words, capitalized or not.

RESOLUTION
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To avoid this problem, type your text in lowercase characters first, and then
check the spelling. After checking the spelling, change to uppercase characters
the words you want to appear in capital letters.

EXAMPLES
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1. In Creative Writer, enter the Writing Studio. On separate lines, type the
  following:

  "APLE" (without the quotation marks)

  "aple" (without the quotation marks)

  "Aple" (without the quotation marks)

  "Aple Aple" (without the quotation marks)

2. Choose the Bee on the toolbar.

3. Choose Spell.

4. The Creative Writer spelling checker will find that:

  APLE is not misspelled

  aple is misspelled

  Aple is misspelled

  Aple Aple - the first Aple is misspelled, but not the second.

MORE INFORMATION
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For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base:

  Q107669 Creative Writer: Speller Does Not Spell Check Document

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbHWMAC kbOSMAC kbHomeProdSearch kbZNotKeyword8 kbCreativeWriter100 kbCreativeWriter100Mac
Version           : :1.0

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