[Lori]

Dana~

Here's a laundry list of other things to try, after this I'm tapped out.

- Use the Reveal Formatting pane to see and check "direct formatting" at
the bottom to see more specifically what's going on with the text, if you see
anything about Asian Text ... Sorry you're own your own - pesky MS Proofing
tools ... grrr
- Look for hidden text, this includes Track Changes so make sure you're in
Final w/Markup
- Try changing the font to something "usual" like Times New Roman or Arial,
if you are using one of those, switch to the other
- Is the text in all upper or include numbers, if so clear those boxes
under Tools Options Spelling

If those leave you still having problems I'd use the sledgehammer

Try deleting your Normal.dot and your word temp files, look for any
undeleted autosaves that sort of thing. If all else fails, copy the text,
paste it into notepad and back into a brand spanking new doc, you'll have to
restylize it.



"Dana" wrote:

Thanks Lori - I tried your suggestions and it is still defaulting to "do not
check" this is frustrating!

Dana

"Lori" wrote:

Dana~

A style can have a language setting, trying looking at the style to see if
it's been set to Do Not Check Spelling under Language.

You can also try selecting the whole doc, clearing the Do Not Check under
Language and then go to Tools Options Spelling tab and click Recheck Doc.
I've had this happen and I think doing the two steps back to back has
cleared some "document issue" thing.

~Lori