Pasting text from the Web or another document can cause this. Form fields
are also formatted as "(no proofing)" by default, I believe. And I have had
a case where one of my styles mysteriously became formatted as "Do not check
spelling or grammar" in a particular document although it was not so
formatted in the template. As Office MVP Bob Buckland has famously said,
"Word rarely misses an opportunity to perplex."

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"IainH" wrote in message
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I keep finding that Word 'thinks it knows better' and keeps switching off
spell-checking.

If I check in my Normal.dot under Tools:Options:Spelling & Grammar both
spelling and grammar checks are ENabled.

If I check in my Normal.dot under Tools:Language:Set Language... the 'Do
not
check spelling or grammar' option is DISabled. The language is set as
English
UK with both UK and US dictionaries loaded.

If I then create a new blank document and start typing I find spelling has
miraculously become DISabled, i.e. under Tools:Language:Set Language...
the
'Do not check spelling or grammar' option has suddenly bencome ENabled!

If I then select all (Ctrl+A) and go back to Tools:Language:Set
Language...
and uncheck the 'Do not check spelling or grammar' option and 'OK' and
then
go straight back in to recheck, I find the 'Do not check spelling or
grammar'
option partially re-ENabled (i.e. grey tick) even though I just DISabled
it!

It's as if Word thinks it knows better and does not want to spell check
and
it becomes a real battle to mark my text for checking.

Anyone any idea what's going on? I find these kind of 'features' ever
increasingly intrusive and very counter -productive. I spent my time
'doing
battle' with Word (and other MS products) trying to make the do as I wish
as
opposed to following some set of unknown rules developed by someone sat in
Sattle thinking they'll add some cool new feature to help me. It would
seem 9
times out of 10 they work against me!

Can someone help me before Word finally does me in!

Thx.../Iain