Removing the files would result in Word's throwing an error if you try to
check spelling, which might not be desirable. It would certainly have the
desired effect, however, if that was to prevent users (students, presumably)
from using the feature.

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"Charles Kenyon" wrote in
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Completely shut off? Remove the dictionary files.

Short of that, you can format text in the document to "do not check
spelling
and grammar."
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See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!
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"pauls" wrote in message
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How do you go about completely shutting off spelling and grammer
checking
in
Word 2000????