[garfield-n-odie [MVP]]

Open the document that has this problem, click on Office Button | Word
Options | Proofing | uncheck the boxes for "Hide spelling errors in this
document only" and "Hide grammar errors in this document only" | OK.

Word 2007 spellchecks headers and footers like Word 2003 does.

Kim wrote:

Can anyone tell me why auto spellchecking is not working when I open a Word
2003 document in 2007? My options are set up to spell checking as I type.

Also, does the spell check work in headers and footers in Word 2007?