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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. |
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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 ... 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. |
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Disable spell check in word 2007
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 ... 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. . |
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Disable spell check in word 2007
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 ... 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. . |
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Disable spell check in word 2007
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 ... 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 ... 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. . |
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Disable spell check in word 2007
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 ... 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 ... 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. . |
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Disable spell check in word 2007
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 ... 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 ... 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. . . |
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Disable spell check in word 2007
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 ... 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 ... 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. . . |
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Disable spell check in word 2007
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 site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org "Ian_T" wrote in message ... 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 ... 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 ... 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. . . |
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Disable spell check in word 2007
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 site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org "Ian_T" wrote in message ... 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 ... 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 ... 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. . . |
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Disable spell check in word 2007
Best, of course, is when they've typed a wrong word but the mistake is
a real word, so the spellcheck won't notice -- their there they're might trip the grammarchecker, but bough/bow/beau wouldn't. (Cf. "Gladly the crosseyed bear" and "There is a bomb in Gilead.") 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... 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. |
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Disable spell check in word 2007
Best, of course, is when they've typed a wrong word but the mistake is
a real word, so the spellcheck won't notice -- their there they're might trip the grammarchecker, but bough/bow/beau wouldn't. (Cf. "Gladly the crosseyed bear" and "There is a bomb in Gilead.") 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... 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. |
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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 ... 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 ... 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 ... 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. . |
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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 ... 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 ... 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 ... 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. . |
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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 news  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 ... 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 ... 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 ... 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. . |
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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 news 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... 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. . |
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Disable spell check in word 2007
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 ... 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 news 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... 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. . |
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Disable spell check in word 2007
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 ... 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 news 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... 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. . |
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