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On Tue, 24 May 1994, Douglas C. Merrill wrote:

> Hi to all...
>
> I use EndNote+ & Mac Word, and would like to figure out a way to
> spell-check a document with citations in it.  I'd be willing to commit to
> only spell-checking a document before formatting the citations, though a
> more general solution would be better for me.
>
> For example, could Niles & Assoc get the folks who make the Word spell
> checker select a hidden character that tells the spell checker "ignore
> everything until you see the matching close hidden character" -- then all
> EN+ material could be placed within these "spell-checker off-limits"
> brackets, making spell-checking a lot less annoying for long documents!
>
> Douglas C. Merrill

I second this, although I'm not sure how much sway Niles has with
Monolith -- I mean Microsoft.  But if you ask them about it, while you
have their attention, could you get them to also make Word Count ignore
material within citation markers.  Journals like Science expect you to
give them an accurate word count of your submitted manuscript...

Dave Tapley