Select the text (Ctrl+A), and choose Tools - Language - Set Language. Set
the Mark selected text as: to the correct language, and remove the check
next to Do not check spelling...
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"Roughwriter" wrote in message
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In word, I can't disable the feature where the spell checker skips text
marked with do not check spelling. after spell checking, I get the message
"text marked with do not check spelling. I didn't mark it that way, but it
usually happens to me in mail-merged files.