[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

But the Exam Boards are not requiring the use of MS Word. That's a practical
requirement, as Ian said, because the students are familiar with it.

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

"Graham Mayor" wrote in message
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This is not a Microsoft issue (and the contributors here do not work for
nor speak for Microsoft) but something that will have to be resolved
between yourselves and the examination board, as a requirement to use
Microsoft Word without the integral tools it provides is not viable.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



"Ian_T" wrote in message
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Unfortunatley, until the Exam Boards take the Microsoft line, that's not
much
use. It seems a shame that they are taught using MS Office, but can't
actually use that in an examination environment... we are talking about
students who can't use pen and ink for whatever reason obviously. I've
suggested Wordpad, but it doesn't provide the same familiarity that Word
does, so increases the students anxiety about it during the exam - not
the
ideal situation.

I should say that this is for those students with special needs, rather
than
the rest of the student body., and once again, these conditions are
imposed
the the Exam Boards, not us.



On Jan 15, 4:31 am, "Graham Mayor" wrote:
I believe Word will re-install the spell check in these circumstances.
If
you want to ensure that users do not employ spell checking you are
going to
have to provide tools that do not include it and ensure they don't
have
access to third party spelling checkers such as may be provided by the
internet. WordPad should work.

There was a lot to be said for the old methods of pen and paper!

I agree with Suzanne, that in an age where word-processing will be
used to
submit documents to paper/screen, it is unrealistic to expect users
not to
take advantage of the tools provided. Students will require a
knowledge of
the principles of grammar to be able to use a computerised grammar
checker
or their documents will be gibberish. Such is the richness of the
English
language, that even with a spell checker, users would still have to
know
which alternative spelling was correct.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web sitewww.gmayor.com
Word MVP web sitehttp://word.mvps.org


"Ian_T" wrote in message

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Actually, I tried that last night on an existing install, by marking
the
proofing tools unavailable. Opening Word after that still left the
spell
checker intact. Is it not possible to make that kind of change to an
existing
install?

Thanks for the replies by the way...

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Then you will have to uninstall the Proofing Tools.

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

"Ian_T" wrote in message
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We have the same problem. It needs to be disabled, and unusable
(which
appears impossible), as it's for English examinations, where
students
are
graded on spelling and grammar, NOT on how well they can use
Word.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Short of uninstalling the proofing tools, there is no practical
way..
And,
given that it requires some judgment to use the proofing tools
intelligently, and students are unlikely ever to have to work
without
them,
why hamstring them?

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

"Oistein" wrote in message
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Does anyone now hove too disable spell check in word 2007?
I need to be sure that my students can't start the tool during
a
test.
.