Thursday, July 1, 2010
Red and Green Squiggly Line Loops in Microsoft Word
Posted by Jeff Lipshaw
Lawyers and law professors do a lot of writing in Word. I like the red squiggly lines, because it's usually a good sign that I've either misspelled something or am using a name or expression that I ought to add to my dictionary. I don't like the green squiggly lines that signify syntax or grammar or usage errors because, while they are sometimes helpful (as in identifying passive voice when I shouldn't use it), clicking "ignore" doesn't really make them go away.
Word just did something to me that I've not seen before. I was writing a book chapter with a sentence that used the word "Midwestern" to describe a law firm. When I typed it with a lower case "m", it gave me a red squiggly line, suggesting that I change it to "Midwestern," but when I did that, it gave me a green squiggly line suggesting that I change it back to "midwestern."
I wish I could learn simply to ignore the green squiggly lines.
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Comments
You can turn off grammar checking (the green squigglies) in the Options.
Word 2003> Tools> Options> Spelling and Grammar> turn off "Check grammar as I write"
Word 2007+> Alt+T, O> Proofing> turn off "Check grammar as I write"
Posted by: Andy Tuba | Nov 1, 2010 1:54:24 PM
Go back to WordPerfect. It's a better program.
Posted by: ABC | Jul 1, 2010 7:27:12 AM