WD97: Grammar Checker Runs Continuously (Screen Flickers)

When you type in an international version of Microsoft Word 97, the screen flickers and CPU usage is at or near 100 percent.

The Check Grammar As You Type option is turned on. When Word encounters certain groups of characters, the Grammar Checker does not stop and continues processing the document; this continuous processing causes screen flickering and heavy CPU usage.

To correct this problem, obtain Microsoft Word 97 Service Release 2 (SR-2).

To temporarily work around the screen flicker and heavy CPU usage problem, turn off the Check Grammar As You Type option. To do this, follow these steps:

1. On the Tools menu, click Options, and then click the Spelling & Grammar tab.
2. Under Grammar, click to clear the Check Grammar As You Type check box.
3. Click OK.

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was corrected in Microsoft Office 97 Service Release 2 (SR-2).

For additional information about SR-2, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: This problem was corrected in Microsoft Word 2000.