Scary, yes, but Word is actually pretty clever with this kind of construct.
It _uses_ spell checker suggestions in its own way, it doesn't just blindly
take an only one and disregard multiples.

As well as "accounta nd" it will correct "accounte nd", for example, or
"accountp eriod", or, perhaps less likely and just for fun, if you put an
extra space in "accountant" and type "accounta nt", you'll get "account
ant".

It's easy to find examples, and if you're a clumsy typist like me, it
happens a lot and I'm very glad that it does. Essentially, as I understand
it, if the previous word is marked as a spelling error that can be
'corrected' by the removal of the last letter and the addition of that
single letter to the beginning of the current misspelled word also results
in a correction, it will be assumed that the space has simply been
misplaced.

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"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
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Well, I confess I didn't test this, but if it does work this way, then it
is scarier than I thought!

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"Paul B" wrote in message
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On Wed, 15 Jul 2009 14:11:54 -0500, Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:

I don't think this can be a spell check issue, because the speller
checks
only individual words, not combinations of words. If this were an issue
of
"accountand" (rather than "accounta nd"), and even if Eric had the box
checked in AutoCorrect Options to "Automatically use suggestions from
the
spelling checker," this option kicks in only when there is just a single
suggested correction. While "account and" is one of the suggestions for
"accountand," there are three others, and the first one is "accountant."

I cannot think of any explanation for this correction if there is no
AutoCorrect entry involved.


Strange, it's definitely related to 'use suggestions from spell
check', since it doesn't occur when that is disabled. But in
repeated testing here AC made the substitution every other time
only, without fail.

p.
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