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# Writer: Spelling Checker Does Not Recognize All Caps

Article ID: 110324

Article Last Modified on 8/15/2005

APPLIES TO

- Microsoft Creative Writer 2.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Creative Writer 1.0 for Macintosh

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## SUMMARY

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

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

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

   `APLE`
   `aple`
   `Aple`
   `Aple Aple`

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

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

107669 Creative Writer: Speller Does Not Spell Check Document

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