Well thanks for the exhaustive reply but sadly...
I have no global templates or add-ins and I really did check
And no I don't have any COM add-ins either
This is a pretty new Word 2003 installation on a new XP SP2 machine. My HDD
died a few months ago and so everything was rebuilt from scratch and I tend
not to like to add in any junk at all!
I'll try Suzanne's suggestion of something buried in a Normal.dot style
although I wasn't aware it was possible to switch off spell-checking by
style. But I'll try and see if that's the reason :-)
Thanks for you help.../Iain
"Beth Melton" wrote:
Sounds like you have a third party add-in causing the issue. When you
modify your preferences in Tools/Options then the settings should
stick.
Go to Tools/Templates and Add-Ins and see if there are any global
templates or add-ins listed. If so they are located in one of your
Startup folders. The location of the Word\Startup folder can be found
under Tools/Options/File Locations and the Office\Startup folder can
be found in the Office installation path..
Take a look in each folder and if you find more than one file move
them one at a time and try duplicating the error after each file is
moved out of the folder until you determine which one is causing the
problem.
As of Word 2000, Word can have COM add-ins. COM are added via the
Registry rather than the Startup folders. To determine whether or not
you are using COM Add-In you can add the "COM Add-in" command to your
toolbar:
- Right-click any toolbar and select Customize
- On the Commands tab, select the Tools category
- Locate COM Add-Ins on the right
- Drag/Drop to a location of your choice
For more information on COM Add-Ins, see this article:
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Custom...sInstalled.htm
For additional troubleshooting steps see this article:
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/AppErr...peningWord.htm
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"IainH" wrote in message
...
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