KB125803 - WD: Misspelled Words in Main Dictionary

Article ID: 125803

Article Last Modified on 8/16/2005

Microsoft Word 6.0 Standard Edition
Microsoft Word 6.0a
Microsoft Word 6.0c
Microsoft Word 95 Standard Edition
Microsoft Word 6.0 for Macintosh
Microsoft Word 6.01 for Macintosh
Microsoft Word 98 for Macintosh

This article was previously published under Q125803

SYMPTOMS

The spelling checker does not indicate that the following words are misspelled:

   histyory
     (Handled incorrectly in all the above versions of Word)

   ofd
     (Word 98 marks this word as incorrect)

   continuos
     (Continuos is the plural of continuo which is a musical term for a
      bass accompaniment. All versions of Word correctly accept this word.)

STATUS

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

WORKAROUND

Create an exclude dictionary that contains the words that you want to be checked during a spelling check.

For additional information about how to create an exclude dictionary, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

142100 How to Create an Exclude Dictionary in Word

Additional query words: 8.0 8.00

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