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Spellchecker not checking documents??
My parents recently purchased a new PC with Word 2003. I have been trying
for ages to work out why the spellchecker is not working wondered if someone could help. I have checked all the usual settings and they are all ok - they are exactly the same as on my PC. However no matter what you spell or how the spellchecker reports no errors. I have checked the thesaurus and that is working ok. I have tried to uninstall and reinstall Word to no avail. Thing is if you create a document on their PC and transfer it to any other machine the spelling will not work for that document ont he other machine either??? I have never seen this before and I am lost as to what to try next. |
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Spellchecker not checking documents??
Tools options spelling & grammar - check 'check spelling as you type'
and uncheck 'hide spelling errors' -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Suzy1978 wrote: My parents recently purchased a new PC with Word 2003. I have been trying for ages to work out why the spellchecker is not working wondered if someone could help. I have checked all the usual settings and they are all ok - they are exactly the same as on my PC. However no matter what you spell or how the spellchecker reports no errors. I have checked the thesaurus and that is working ok. I have tried to uninstall and reinstall Word to no avail. Thing is if you create a document on their PC and transfer it to any other machine the spelling will not work for that document ont he other machine either??? I have never seen this before and I am lost as to what to try next. |
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Spellchecker not checking documents??
"Hide spelling errors" is a per-document setting and should not affect all
new documents (unless it's somehow selected in Normal.dot); in any case, it only hides the wavy lines; F7 will still run a spelling check. Disabling "Check spelling as you type" would also not prevent the spelling checker from detecting errors when it is run explicitly. The fact that an explicit spelling check fails on other machines as well suggests that the text is formatted with the wrong language or as "Do not check spelling or grammar." -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... Tools options spelling & grammar - check 'check spelling as you type' and uncheck 'hide spelling errors' -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Suzy1978 wrote: My parents recently purchased a new PC with Word 2003. I have been trying for ages to work out why the spellchecker is not working wondered if someone could help. I have checked all the usual settings and they are all ok - they are exactly the same as on my PC. However no matter what you spell or how the spellchecker reports no errors. I have checked the thesaurus and that is working ok. I have tried to uninstall and reinstall Word to no avail. Thing is if you create a document on their PC and transfer it to any other machine the spelling will not work for that document ont he other machine either??? I have never seen this before and I am lost as to what to try next. |
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Spellchecker not checking documents??
Select all the text in a document and go to Tools | Language | Set Language.
Make sure that the correct language is selected and that "Do not check spelling or grammar" is not checked. Then click the Default... button to make this the default for new documents. If you continue to experience problems, make sure that the language set in Windows (Regional Options) is the same as that selected for Word/Office; see http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister/LangFmt.htm -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Suzy1978" wrote in message ... My parents recently purchased a new PC with Word 2003. I have been trying for ages to work out why the spellchecker is not working wondered if someone could help. I have checked all the usual settings and they are all ok - they are exactly the same as on my PC. However no matter what you spell or how the spellchecker reports no errors. I have checked the thesaurus and that is working ok. I have tried to uninstall and reinstall Word to no avail. Thing is if you create a document on their PC and transfer it to any other machine the spelling will not work for that document ont he other machine either??? I have never seen this before and I am lost as to what to try next. |
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