[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

A grey check means that the selected text has mixed formatting. Are you sure
you're selecting all the text in the document before clearing the check box?

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"john gibb" wrote in message
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Hi Stefan and Suzanne,

Thanks for looking at this problem.

Stefan, yes, the check mark is usually grey and I have to click it twice
in
order to attempt to disable the checking.

In fact, I would say that it is this checkbox which is broken. Because,
even
if I leave it unchecked, thereby asking for it to perform the checking,
and
then click OK to leave the dialog, when I reenter the dialog, the checkbox
has gone back to being greyed.



Any other thoughts?

FWIW I am using Word 2003 (11.6568.6568) SP2.

thanks,

-john





"Stefan Blom" wrote in message
...
But note that if the selection includes text with the setting on as
well as text with the setting turned off, the check mark will be grey.
This means that the first click activates the setting, and a second
click is required to turn it off for all text.

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
This should be working.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"john gibb" wrote in message
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Hi,

I need to Spell/Grammar check documents that may have sections in
which:

Tools-Language-Set Language-Do not check spelling or
grammar

had been enabled.

I want to disable it in order to recheck spelling and grammar.

However, I find that I can only disable this feature on pieces of
the
document, not on the entire doc at once. (I am having to select
individual
tables for example.)

Am I doing something wrong by:

a) Edit-Select All
b) Tools-Language-Set Language
c) unchecking 'Do not check spelling or grammar' so that it
WILL check
spelling and grammar

?

thanks,

-john

[Roger Over]

I've seen this behaviour on many documents in the past. In Word 2010 the problem persists:

1. Select all text in the document using Ctrl-a
2. Review - Language - Set proofing language
3. Uncheck the "Do not check spelling or grammar" check box
4. Press OK.
5. Repeat steps 1-2 and observe that the check box is still gray.

Does anyone have a foolproof solution to this issue? I still don't know if any of the document is disabled for spell checking -- I hope not.

Originally Posted by Suzanne S. Barnhill

A grey check means that the selected text has mixed formatting. Are you sure
you're selecting all the text in the document before clearing the check box?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org