Word 2003. Can't get spell check to work. Have tried switching on in tools
options > spelling/grammar. Still doesn't work.

Open a document where this problem occurs. Press Ctrl+A to select all
of the text. Click on Tools | Language | Set Language | <choose your
language> | uncheck the "Do not check spelling or grammar" and "Detect
language automatically" boxes | Default | OK. Press F7 to rerun
spellcheck.

Waysideruk wrote:

> Word 2003. Can't get spell check to work. Have tried switching on in tools
> options > spelling/grammar. Still doesn't work.

I had the same question: why did my spell check stop working? I did a search
through this newsgroup, found this answer (patting my self on the back) and
implemented it and it works. Thank you.

But out of curiosity: What happens that makes a document that opened with
the spell checker on and was working, underlining mis-spelled words, all of
sudden change to not working?

Steve K

"garfield-n-odie" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Open a document where this problem occurs. Press Ctrl+A to select all
> of the text. Click on Tools | Language | Set Language | <choose your
> language> | uncheck the "Do not check spelling or grammar" and "Detect
> language automatically" boxes | Default | OK. Press F7 to rerun
> spellcheck.
>
> Waysideruk wrote:
>
> > Word 2003. Can't get spell check to work. Have tried switching on in
tools
> > options > spelling/grammar. Still doesn't work.
>

Sometimes it can result from pasting in text from another source (especially
the Web) and then pressing Enter at the end of the pasted paragraph to get a
new one, which perpetuates the "(no proofing)" format.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"SteveK" <sk-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%23Aj$(E-Mail Removed)...
> I had the same question: why did my spell check stop working? I did a
search
> through this newsgroup, found this answer (patting my self on the back)
and
> implemented it and it works. Thank you.
>
> But out of curiosity: What happens that makes a document that opened with
> the spell checker on and was working, underlining mis-spelled words, all
of
> sudden change to not working?
>
> Steve K
>
> "garfield-n-odie" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Open a document where this problem occurs. Press Ctrl+A to select all
> > of the text. Click on Tools | Language | Set Language | <choose your
> > language> | uncheck the "Do not check spelling or grammar" and "Detect
> > language automatically" boxes | Default | OK. Press F7 to rerun
> > spellcheck.
> >
> > Waysideruk wrote:
> >
> > > Word 2003. Can't get spell check to work. Have tried switching on in
> tools
> > > options > spelling/grammar. Still doesn't work.
> >
>
>