Spell check -- text marked skip spelling and grammar check

[Guest]

I inherited a document and when I went to run spell check I get the message
that some text was skipped because it was marked, "Do not check spelling or
grammar". How do I turn this feature off so I can check the full document?

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Ctrl+A to Select All, then go to Tools | Language | Set Language, select the
correct language, and clear the check box for "Do not check spelling and
grammar."

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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I inherited a document and when I went to run spell check I get the message
that some text was skipped because it was marked, "Do not check spelling or
grammar". How do I turn this feature off so I can check the full

document?

 

[Jay Freedman]

I inherited a document and when I went to run spell check I get the
message that some text was skipped because it was marked, "Do not
check spelling or grammar". How do I turn this feature off so I can
check the full document?

It's an attribute of specific parts of the text, just like italic or bold.

Select the entire document (Ctrl+A), then go to Tools > Language > Set
Language and clear the check box for "Do not check spelling or grammar". (If
the box initially contains a green square, that means some of the text has
it turned on and some has it turned off. You want the box to be empty.)

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Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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[Sten]

Hi Suzanne,

I have the same problem, but I have word 2007. Please help.

Thanks,
Sten

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

See http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/MasterSpellCheck.htm#WordsSkipped

 

[Sten]

Hi Suzanne,

This did not help. I think it is with the styles.

Thanks,
Sten

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Even if the styles are formatted as "Do not check," changing this in the
Language dialog should permit spell checking (provided the spelling checker
is properly installed).

 

[Sten]

I don't konw but I modified style and now, it works. I am not getting what
do you mean by language dialog box. can you guide me?

Thanks,

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

If you had referred to the article I referenced, you would have been guided
to the Language dialog: Review | Proofing | Set Language.