Spelling error in Word with citations

reimick
I don't know if this is a Microsoft Word problem or a Zotero problem, but I have no clue what to do.

I have used Zotero in Word for several years, and I have not experienced this before.

I use the Nature citation style with superscript numbers.

Recently Word has started to underline each word that has a citation with the red spelling error. When clicking on it Word suggest the word without the citation, and it seems that suddenly Word thinks that the citation is part of the word.

I have added a screenshot of a short section showing the problem:

https://s3.amazonaws.com/zotero.org/images/forums/u17103016/xllo1fwrym9miy7qq0tr.png


I'm sorry for the confusion between Word and word.

I hope someone can help me

Thanks in advance

Sebastian
  • adomasven
    edited 3 days ago
    See https://www.zotero.org/support/kb/citations_underlined

    EDIT: Sorry, I misread your question. I've added a follow up.
  • adomasven
    @reimick What is the full version number of Word that you are running? Do you remember if you've recently updated it? Can you reproduce this in a new document? Did you have spell checking enabled before?
  • reimick
    Hi @adomasven, thank you for the reply. The Word information is:
    Microsoft® Word for Microsoft 365 MSO (Version 2504 Build 16.0.18730.20122) 64-bit
    I don’t think I recently updated it, but maybe it could have been without me noticing it. For my earlier written projects where I used citation with Zotero I think it was another version of Word, for instance Word didn’t have text predictions back then.

    Yes, the same happens when I open a new document, and I have always had spell checking enabled in word
  • adomasven
    Under Word Options -> Proofing is "Ignore word that contain numbers" checked? If so, you should check it. There may be other Word options that you have changed that could also impact spellcheck if it's not this option.
  • reimick
    The "Ignore word that contain numbers" was not checked, but now that it is the red lines are gone. So thank you very much for your help, it is truly appreciated.

    However, now there are no spelling checks on any word containing a citation, but maybe it has always been like that.

    But thanks again, it was really helpful.
  • adomasven
    This option is enabled by default when you install Word, so it's always been that way.
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