Spell check does not work in Word 2007

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I deleted the registry key and it was rebuilt as "Update Complete". The
spell check still doesnt work. Did i delete the incorrect reg key?

Thanks
 
I was told that there is NO spell checker in Word 2007. I was also told to
transfer a version of spell checker from a previous Word program, such as
Word 2000.
 
You were told wrong. There is a spell checker in Word 2007, and it works for
most people. It doesn't work for a small number of people, usually because
of misconfiguration (often a wrong language setting), a registry problem
such as Herb discussed, or a badly written add-in.

Further, the spell checkers from previous versions of Word won't work --
each one is version-specific, and you never could mix & match them.

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Microsoft Word MVP
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My spell check suddenly quit working, and I followed all the advice in this
thread to no avail.

Someone mentioned (possibly in this thread or perhaps another as I've been
looking all over) that there might be a bad add-in. I was going to disable
add-ins one by one and see if spell check started working again.

I clicked on the Office button, went to Word Options, then Add-ins. In the
drop-down menu at the bottom of the screen for Manage ___ Add-ins, I noticed
a choice for Disabled Items. I clicked that ... and there was the solution to
my problem. enUS was listed as a disabled item because it caused a problem
the last time it was used. I enabled it, and spell check is back.

I have no idea how or when Word disabled the add-in and haven't had any
problems that I'm aware of before it was disabled.

Perhaps this will help someone else ...
 
lillieammann said:
My spell check suddenly quit working, and I followed all the advice in this
thread to no avail.

Someone mentioned (possibly in this thread or perhaps another as I've been
looking all over) that there might be a bad add-in. I was going to disable
add-ins one by one and see if spell check started working again.

I clicked on the Office button, went to Word Options, then Add-ins. In the
drop-down menu at the bottom of the screen for Manage ___ Add-ins, I noticed
a choice for Disabled Items. I clicked that ... and there was the solution to
my problem. enUS was listed as a disabled item because it caused a problem
the last time it was used. I enabled it, and spell check is back.

I have no idea how or when Word disabled the add-in and haven't had any
problems that I'm aware of before it was disabled.

Perhaps this will help someone else ...
Click to expand...
 
this worked for me - my spell checker had stopped working in word 2007 and
when I checked in add ins - the en-|UK had been disabled!. My spell checker
is now working again. PS I had deleted and reinstalled office 2007 - but it
made no difference
 
Hello -

In my Registry there isn't a: Override > - en-US.

Just: Microsoft, Shared> Tools, Proofing Tools, 1.0

I've tried uninstalling re-installing. I have followed all other advice in
checking the language. The error I get is:

"Cannot find proofing tools for English (U.S.). If you have the proofing
tools, try installling or re-installing them. Contact your local reseller to
obtain Office proofing tools. For more information, see the Microsoft Office
Site."

And here I am.

After that above error if I push the issue with Word 2007 by hitting F7 or
clicking on spell check it will justtell me that "Spell Check is Complete."
No red or green wavey underlines ever. The Thesaurus will not work either
however, it will act as though it will by bringing up the right side panel
with options.

I see I am not the only one that does not have the override-en-US in their
regedit and there have been no solutions posted for this matter. PLEASE HELP,
thanks in advance!
 
To verify your Language settings, if you go to Start/All Programs/Microsoft
Office/Microsoft Office Tools/Microsoft Office 2007 Language Settings, is
English (US) enabled as your Primary Editing Language and is enabled?



If so, what happens if you exit all Microsoft applications, set another
language as the Primary Editing Language (such as an Arabic language), click
OK, then return to the Language Settings and set English (US) as the Primary
Editing Language?

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assistance by email cannot be acknowledged.

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Microsoft Office MVP

Coauthor of Word 2007 Inside Out:
http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/books/9801.aspx#AboutTheBook

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Hi Beth:
No override option on the regedit for shared programs in my situation.
Confirmed the language was set to US English. Selected a different primary
language, and still no spell checking.

By the way, I installed Office 2007 on my desktop and my traveling laptop as
allowed by the license agreement. No problems with spell checking on the
desktop, but the laptop has the problem. Both run XP. When I ran Office
diagnostics, the desktop show one more file set (20) being analyzed compared
to the laptop (19). I uninstalled and reinstalled Office 2007 on the laptop
as well, but no fix.
 
In the famous words of Rosanne Roseannadanna... "Nevermind"

I ran the Office set up and selected change. Found that all of the shared
resources were selected as off. Selected them for on, and now spellchecker
works.

Kevin
 

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