Summary of Responses: MS Word & the Grammar of P&O

Summary of Responses: MS Word & the Grammar of P&O

William Lifford, CP

10/31/2011

Hello colleagues,
Sorry for the delay in posting this summary of responses. Here goes.
Thanks again to all who responded! I really appreciate it. In the end,
I used response 11 and so far it seems to work okay.

Bill Lifford, CP


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*The funniest responses were these two:*_
1. What would [/an old boss this colleague and I once worked for/]
say if he knew you were wasting time posting questions?
2. Dude - you have issues if that's what drives you crazy


_*These six responses were all basically very similar:*_
3. Ignore spellcheck. It often incorrectly flags certain words or
usage of words that have multiple forms. In spellcheck when the flagged
correction shows up, simply click on Ignore Rule or Ignore All.
4. You could ignore the rule
5. Your problem should be solved if you right click on a
transfemoral then select grammar, then select ignore rule.
6. Just add words to your personal Word dictionary maybe that helps.
7. Grammar issues cannot be changed and added to the data base in
your computer as a misspelled but correct word can be added. Our grammar
is to complex and this function is defiantly not correct ALL the time. I
am rewriting my book with the help of an editor. I lean toward the
correctness of the editor all the time and just have to deal with the
grammar function understanding why it's incorrect.
8. Right click on the phrase a transfemoral next time you use it
and select add to dictionary. Check out this link
<URL Redacted>
teach-ms-words-grammar-check-and-how-to-do-it/
< <URL Redacted>>.
It appears to tell you more about Word's grammar than you will ever want
to know and may give you the solution to your problem. It appears you
can go in and uncheck certain autocorrect tools. Usually I check
spelling only, not grammar. I don't have autocorrect turned on in my
word program.

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One response just empathized:*_
9. I am smiling as I write this as I have had the same experience.
Seems trivial, but after typing hundreds of letters, it does get a
little bothersome to say the least. I will look forward to the
responses on this. Hopefully, there is someone out there with knowledge
of Word that can show us how we can eliminate this spell check
annoyance. Thank you!!


_*The most helpful responses were these two:*_
10. What a great question! I have noticed that myself. The Microsoft
program even asked my permission to use my data for grammar and spelling
due to the fact that I kept adding p&o words to the dictionary! They
didn't ask me this personally, they must have something set up in the
program.... did this happen to you? Anyway, i feel your pain, and other
than adding words one by one, i don't see a better solution.
Unfortunately it doesn't let you do this with the grammar section. I was
thinking that there must be a program you can buy that has medical
terms. I found this:
<URL Redacted>.
You can set your dictionary to represent Stedman's Medical Dictionary.
(Apple has similar options.) I don't know if this will help for
grammar, but I, for one, am going to try it!

11. In the instance you cite, MSWord is being too helpful, trying to
prevent you from modifying a noun incorrectly. These instructions are
for MSWord 2010 but the same options are available in all versions of
Word. Go to: File>Options>Proofing. Under 'when correcting spelling
and grammar in Word' click the Settings button. In the Grammar Settings
dialog window, remove the checkmark under Grammar: Noun Phrases. Click
OK to return to your document. MSWord will no longer indicate a grammar
error for the phrase He walks with a transfemoral prosthesis.















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