XL2002: Spelling Checker Does Not Correct to the Suggested Spelling

In Microsoft Excel, if you use the spelling checker (click Spelling on the Tools menu) and the spelling checker finds a spelling error, when you select a suggested correction, and you then click Change, you may receive the following message: When you click OK on the message, you receive the following message but the suggested correction does not occur as expected.

This behavior can occur when you have more that 911 characters in the formula bar and you are attempting to check the spelling of the words in the worksheet.

To resolve this issue, check the spelling of very long text strings in the formula bar. To check the spelling of very long text strings, follow these steps:

1. Select the cell with the long text string.
2. Place the insertion point into the text string on the formula bar.
3. On the Tools menu, click Spelling.

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.