[Richard in AZ]

The system requirements for the new MS Home & Student Suite states:

"Grammar and contextual spelling in Word is not turned on unless the machine has 1 GB memory."

Has anyone using this software with less than 1 GB of memory found that they can manually turn on
the spelling and grammar checks?

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

The ordinary proofing tools (the same type of spelling and grammar checkers
you had in previous versions) will work with less than 1 GB of memory.
"Contextual spelling" is something new in Word 2007.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Richard in AZ" wrote in message
...
The system requirements for the new MS Home & Student Suite states:

"Grammar and contextual spelling in Word is not turned on unless the
machine has 1 GB memory."

Has anyone using this software with less than 1 GB of memory found that
they can manually turn on
the spelling and grammar checks?

[Richard in AZ]

Thanks Suzanne. I had not picked up on the "contextual" modifier. As I age, I could use both more
memory and the help that contextual spelling would give me.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
The ordinary proofing tools (the same type of spelling and grammar checkers
you had in previous versions) will work with less than 1 GB of memory.
"Contextual spelling" is something new in Word 2007.

--
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.

"Richard in AZ" wrote in message
...
The system requirements for the new MS Home & Student Suite states:

"Grammar and contextual spelling in Word is not turned on unless the
machine has 1 GB memory."

Has anyone using this software with less than 1 GB of memory found that
they can manually turn on
the spelling and grammar checks?

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

For more on the contextual spelling checker (which really is neat), see
http://blogs.msdn.com/jensenh/archiv...13/629124.aspx and
http://blogs.msdn.com/correcteurorth...05/617653.aspx

Also note that I am not confident about the grammar checker; the sysreqs you
read do suggest that grammar checking is lumped in with contextual spell
checking (which is pretty natural), so it may be that you'd need the extra
RAM for that as well. I never use the grammar checker, so I wouldn't miss
it, but I agree that the contextual spell check would be helpful.

--
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.

"Richard in AZ" wrote in message
...
Thanks Suzanne. I had not picked up on the "contextual" modifier. As I
age, I could use both more
memory and the help that contextual spelling would give me.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
The ordinary proofing tools (the same type of spelling and grammar
checkers
you had in previous versions) will work with less than 1 GB of memory.
"Contextual spelling" is something new in Word 2007.

--
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.

"Richard in AZ" wrote in message
...
The system requirements for the new MS Home & Student Suite states:

"Grammar and contextual spelling in Word is not turned on unless the
machine has 1 GB memory."

Has anyone using this software with less than 1 GB of memory found that
they can manually turn on
the spelling and grammar checks?