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Hi,
Posted below the issue and didn't get much advice. Really need advice on how to either delete these myself or get IT or support to do it as they said they would but didn't.
The errors are not in my spellcheck that I can find in user dictionary so they must be in main dictionary.
Anyone who has found a way to get IT or support to do their job and remove spellcheck errors in the dictionary, please please let me know.
To date, I have had 4 major errors because these words pass through spellcheck (so they must be in the main dictionary) and should be removed because they are not correct.
I've been back and forth with IT and support regarding the issue and the words are still in spellcheck.
1) Loratidine. Should be loratadine. (Last year I asked it be removed. It is still there.)
2) bene. Should be removed. Bene is not an English word. I looked bene up in 3 major dictionaries, and it is not an English word. (Two years ago I asked that it be removed. It is still there.)
3) The generic drug ciprofloxacin is in the spellchecker capitalized as Ciprofloxacin. IT kept telling me it was spelled correctly. I kept telling them it should not be capitalized. IT told me that the capitalized and uncapitalized versions are both correct. (Thinking maybe I could send that e-mail to QA to get the 1-point error back?)
4) When I run spellcheck, it suggests that I change cardiovascular or Cardiovascular to CArdiovascular.
5) When going through the spellcheck process, if I choose a word from spellcheck or if I get out of spellcheck and manually change a word, THOSE CHANGES DO NOT SAVE TO THE DOCUMENT. I have to run spellcheck, make any needed changes, close out of spellcheck without sending the report, do a manual save, run spellcheck again, and then send the report.
I have asked my TSM to help with this. I have sent e-mails repeatedly. No response. I sent a request to the head of QA to help with this because it is a patient safety issue. She told me to work with my TSM. I spoke with her and sent her the information and she did nothing.
Spellcheck is completely untrustworthy.
Anyone out there know how to get action on spellcheck issues and get them to remove erroneous entries? To date it has cost me 4 points.
Suggestions please.
If others have tried in vain, let me know that too. Because this spellcheck issue is a complete dealbreaker. If I cannot find out how to get support and/or IT to do their job, I'll go into any other line of work.