Word spell check and some words with first letter capitalised

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Hey all,&nbsp;Word&nbsp;16.0.17830.20056.&nbsp;When typing the two words Hapy or Geneal, Word does not show them as being possible incorrect spellings.&nbsp; However typing hapy or geneal it does underline them red.&nbsp;I can see that Hapy is an ancient Egyptian God and that Geneal is an abbreviation for genealogy, but I didn't think that would be enough for Word to say these words are ok, particularly Geneal with a capitalisation.&nbsp;Does anyone know the reason for the behaviour regarding these two words?&nbsp;thanks&nbsp;j

kidd_ip · Answer

justletmelogin50&nbsp;
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Microsoft Word spell-checker often treats capitalized word differently from lowercase. This is because capitalized is more likely to be proper nouns, acronyms, or specialized terms that might not be in the standard dictionary.

justletmelogin50 · Answer

Thanks for the reply&nbsp;Kidd_Ip&nbsp;&nbsp;I can understand it being cautious, particularly with proper nouns.&nbsp; I remember an article about non-english names always being labelled as incorrect.&nbsp; It is a bit hit and miss though.

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