Open your essay. Ctrl-A to select all.

Tools Language...

Make sure that "Do not check spelling or grammar" is unchecked (not just
gray).

Press F7.
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Charles Kenyon

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Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
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See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
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I have wrote an essay and for some reason the spell check will no longer
work. If i open a new document the spell check works fine; however if i
copy
and paste the essay into this document the spell check will not work