If this is happening for the program in general (all documents, including
new ones), then the issue is in the Registry (Options not being saved). But
in a single document, notice that "Hide spelling errors" has nothing to do
with the setting of "Do not check."
In your most recent post, you said that, even when you cleared the "Do not
check spelling or grammar" box, Word was not "highlighting" errors in a
specific document. I took that to mean that it was not marking them with a
wavy underline, which could be a result of having "Hide spelling errors in
this document" checked (note that this is a per-document setting, which does
not affect any other documents, and is enabled by default in documents
created in Word 97 and opened in Word 2002 or later).
If Word is not finding errors even when you run the spelling checker
explicitly, then that is another issue. And if you are clearing the box and
clicking OK and then immediately go back (not later, in another Word
session) and find that the box is checked, then there is something seriously
amiss. Believe me when I say that this is not normal and is not experienced
by most Word users.
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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