Spelling correction - NOT

[Peter]

I write in UK English and also have to 'convert' certain American articles
for the UK. I am totally puzzled by the failure of MS Word 2007's spelling
checker to offer as an alternative to 'colored' (the US English spelling)
the British spelling of 'coloured'. It has no difficulty with other words
which are missing the 'u' - 'savoured' for 'savored', 'flavoured' for
'flavored', and even 'favourite' for 'favorite'. So it seems to be just that
one word. I've 'added' it to the dictionary, I've tried setting it in
AutoCorrect, but 'coloured' is still not offered among the list of
alternatives, which are 'collared' and 'cooled'.

I've noticed the spell-checker also ignores what we charmingly call
'Anglo-Saxon', mostly the 'four-letter words' you shouldn't use in front of
your mother, so I wondered if there was some similar bar on the word
'coloured' - though if the US spelling is not a probelm, can't see why there
should be any difficulty over changing to the British spelling.

Is it a bug in the application?

Peter

 

[DeanH]

Please see the following:
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/ExcludeWordFromDic.htm
This Excluding Dictionary is of great help, especially to counter the US
spellings.
I have found that even with all indicators of Language have been change to
UK, Word seems to still accept US. The Excluding Dictionary will also allow
you to add the "four" letter words that are excepted by all dictionaries.
I have had such a dictionary to many years and it is simple to maintain and
edit.
Hope this helps
DeanH

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Note, however, that the referenced article hasn't been updated for Word
2007. In that version, instead of having to create the exclusion dictionary
yourself, you must use the one MS has already created: C:\Documents and
Settings\<Profile Name>\Application Data\Microsoft\UProof\EN0409.lex. You
can edit it in WordPad or Notepad. Find further instructions at
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/HA101473031033.aspx.

 

[Terry Farrell]

I hadn't noticed this change: something definitely is wrong. I tested this
and found that 'color' was not autocorrected but underlined red (as it
should) but when I enter 'colored', it gets autocorrected to 'colour'!
absolutely bonkers!