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How do I get rid of the blue wavy lines under parts of my WORD 2007 text
documents once and for all? In other words, how do I disable this proofing
function? I realize that these lines have something to do with what Microsoft
considers grammatical, spelling or stylistic mistakes -- but I am a writer by
profession, and I often write incomplete setences on purpose -- for effect,
to make a point, etc.
I dont need Microsoft to "help" me.
I have tried everything I could think of -- disabling (unchecking) the
proofing tools in "Options" etc., but the blue wavy lines under parts of the
text are still there.
HELP!

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

I don't have Word 2007 installed, but I think someone said the wavy blue
lines were used there to indicate "contextual spelling" errors. See
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/he...4671033.aspx#5

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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"CyberTaz" typegeneraltaz1ATcomcastdotnet wrote in message
...
If the wavy underline is actually *blue* it indicates a "formatting
inconsistency". To turn them OFF click the Office button, select the
Advanced category. In the first section (Editing Options) remove the check
on: Mark Formatting Inconsistencies.
--
HTH |:)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

" wrote in
message
...
How do I get rid of the blue wavy lines under parts of my WORD 2007 text
documents once and for all? In other words, how do I disable this
proofing
function? I realize that these lines have something to do with what
Microsoft
considers grammatical, spelling or stylistic mistakes -- but I am a
writer
by
profession, and I often write incomplete setences on purpose -- for
effect,
to make a point, etc.
I dont need Microsoft to "help" me.
I have tried everything I could think of -- disabling (unchecking) the
proofing tools in "Options" etc., but the blue wavy lines under parts of
the
text are still there.
HELP!

[CyberTaz]

If the wavy underline is actually *blue* it indicates a "formatting
inconsistency". To turn them OFF click the Office button, select the
Advanced category. In the first section (Editing Options) remove the check
on: Mark Formatting Inconsistencies.
--
HTH |:)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

" wrote in message
...
How do I get rid of the blue wavy lines under parts of my WORD 2007 text
documents once and for all? In other words, how do I disable this proofing
function? I realize that these lines have something to do with what
Microsoft
considers grammatical, spelling or stylistic mistakes -- but I am a writer
by
profession, and I often write incomplete setences on purpose -- for
effect,
to make a point, etc.
I dont need Microsoft to "help" me.
I have tried everything I could think of -- disabling (unchecking) the
proofing tools in "Options" etc., but the blue wavy lines under parts of
the
text are still there.
HELP!

[CyberTaz]

And the following is quoted from Word 2007 Help (as it was in 2003):
--------------
Mark formatting inconsistencies Select this option to mark formatting with
a
wavy blue underline when it is similar to, but not exactly the same as,
other
formatting in your documents. To use this option, you must also select the
Keep
track of formatting check box.
--------------

Also, a search in 2003 Help for "blue wavy underline" leads to this
information, whereas the same search (as well as several other permutations)
in 2007 produces nothing relevant to either of the tw features.

I guess one simply must be intuitive enough to divine which of the intuitive
features is active when and what it is that the feature is attempting to
intuit - and heaven help those who are blue/green color blind %{

--
Regards |:)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
I don't have Word 2007 installed, but I think someone said the wavy blue
lines were used there to indicate "contextual spelling" errors. See
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/he...4671033.aspx#5

--
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.

"CyberTaz" typegeneraltaz1ATcomcastdotnet wrote in message
...
If the wavy underline is actually *blue* it indicates a "formatting
inconsistency". To turn them OFF click the Office button, select the
Advanced category. In the first section (Editing Options) remove the
check
on: Mark Formatting Inconsistencies.
--
HTH |:)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

" wrote in
message
...
How do I get rid of the blue wavy lines under parts of my WORD 2007
text
documents once and for all? In other words, how do I disable this
proofing
function? I realize that these lines have something to do with what
Microsoft
considers grammatical, spelling or stylistic mistakes -- but I am a
writer
by
profession, and I often write incomplete setences on purpose -- for
effect,
to make a point, etc.
I dont need Microsoft to "help" me.
I have tried everything I could think of -- disabling (unchecking) the
proofing tools in "Options" etc., but the blue wavy lines under parts
of
the
text are still there.
HELP!

[[email protected]]

thank you thank you thank you!
Just yesterday I had been very seriously considering a reinstall of Word
2003, for I could not bear the visual distraction of the blue wavy lines
another day.
Thanks to you, I now discover that I had been desperately trying to fix the
problem via adjustments to the Proofing Tools -- and of course that did not
eliminate the wavy blue lines. I had never thought it might be linked to the
Formatting options.
Thanks so much!


"CyberTaz" wrote:

If the wavy underline is actually *blue* it indicates a "formatting
inconsistency". To turn them OFF click the Office button, select the
Advanced category. In the first section (Editing Options) remove the check
on: Mark Formatting Inconsistencies.
--
HTH |:)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

" wrote in message
...
How do I get rid of the blue wavy lines under parts of my WORD 2007 text
documents once and for all? In other words, how do I disable this proofing
function? I realize that these lines have something to do with what
Microsoft
considers grammatical, spelling or stylistic mistakes -- but I am a writer
by
profession, and I often write incomplete setences on purpose -- for
effect,
to make a point, etc.
I dont need Microsoft to "help" me.
I have tried everything I could think of -- disabling (unchecking) the
proofing tools in "Options" etc., but the blue wavy lines under parts of
the
text are still there.
HELP!

[[email protected]]

Dear Suzanne, my thanks to you as well as to "CyberTaz". As it turns out,
both "Mark Formatting Inconsistencies" AND, as you suggested: "Contextual
Spelling" had been enabled -- I have disabled them and am now "wave-free".
In addition, I found other helpful information on the MS Website you
directed me to.
Many thanks.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

I don't have Word 2007 installed, but I think someone said the wavy blue
lines were used there to indicate "contextual spelling" errors. See
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/he...4671033.aspx#5

--
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.

"CyberTaz" typegeneraltaz1ATcomcastdotnet wrote in message
...
If the wavy underline is actually *blue* it indicates a "formatting
inconsistency". To turn them OFF click the Office button, select the
Advanced category. In the first section (Editing Options) remove the check
on: Mark Formatting Inconsistencies.
--
HTH |:)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

" wrote in
message
...
How do I get rid of the blue wavy lines under parts of my WORD 2007 text
documents once and for all? In other words, how do I disable this
proofing
function? I realize that these lines have something to do with what
Microsoft
considers grammatical, spelling or stylistic mistakes -- but I am a
writer
by
profession, and I often write incomplete setences on purpose -- for
effect,
to make a point, etc.
I dont need Microsoft to "help" me.
I have tried everything I could think of -- disabling (unchecking) the
proofing tools in "Options" etc., but the blue wavy lines under parts of
the
text are still there.
HELP!