WD2000: Manual Hyphen Changes to Question Marks with German Pre-reform Spelling Rules (251169)



The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Word 2000

This article was previously published under Q251169
NOTE: The information in this article applies to the German version%3 of Office 2000.

SYMPTOMS

When you manually hyphenate German-language words, two question marks may appear instead of the hyphen in the hyphenated word.

CAUSE

This problem occurs when all of the following conditions are true:
  • You are using pre-reform spelling rules.

    -and-
  • You chose to place a hyphen in the letter combination "ck".

STATUS

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

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:12/6/2000
Keywords:kbbug KB251169