Spelling

[Francis Hookham]

Word 2000 and 2003

Very strange - a document from my laptop or desktop PC red underlines
misspelled words but my wife's PC does not.

All three computers have Options/Spelling & Grammar tab shows that Check
spelling as you type is still ticked and the CUSTOM.DIC is selected.

Take a Word doc from the PC where spelling DOES NOT work and put it on one
where spelling DOES work and it DOES NOT for that document!

Take a Word doc from the PC where spelling DOES work and put it on one where
spelling DOES NOT work and it DOES for that document!

It seems that the facility for seeing misspelled words and for right
clicking on a misspelled word to choose the correction, is imbedded in the
document itself.

So, is it something to do with the Normal template which produces the
document on each computer?

(I find it hit and miss whether or not I can find where the Normal template
is spirited away by Microsoft - as a second problem, please tell me how to
find it in any PC, wherever someone might have put it)

Thank you

Francis Hookham

 

[Tom Ferguson]

Go language settings. Assure that Do not check grammar or spelling is
_not_ checked. Mouse-click the Default button.

Tom
MSMVP 1998-2007

 

[CyberTaz]

In a doc where the errors do not display check the Spelling & Grammar
options for "Hide errors in this document".

HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[Francis Hookham]

Thanks to both Bob and Tom

The settings in both Language and in Options/Spelling & Grammar tab are the
same in both douments, one where errors show and one where the errors do not
show. So I am still mystified.

Any other suggestions - Normal template? If so where in it.

Francis

 

[Terry Farrell]

Do spelling or grammar errors show up for any document on the other PC - a
new document with deliberately misspelled words?

 

[Brian]

Have you checked the Regional and language settings in the Windows control
panel?

Hope this helps,

 

[Francis Hookham]

Thanks for taking an interest Terry -

It is bizarre:

1 My desktop Office 2000
2 Wife's desktop Office 2000
3 My laptop Office 2000
4 Mac Office 2004

Original problem doc probably came for 2
Second test doc from 1

Both docs perform as expected on all computers, that is, one spells and the
other does not.

Computer 2 seems to be the problem:
Save As… the 'good' doc, including text, as a template (accessible on
desktop) and documents from double clicking the template are ok, but only
while the old text is left there. Delete the text and misspells do not show!
Undo back to the original text and misspells, even new ones, show!!

If Microsoft's filing system was not so complicated I would delete the
Normal template but I have never found it except by chance sometimes in the
past – never when I want it!

Bizarre!

Any suggestions, apart from reinstalling Office or just Word?
Pro temp I have made up a template on 1 and put it on 2 where it seems to
work as it should.

Francis

 

[Francis Hookham]

Sorry Terry - by mistake I sent my answer to Brian - please see it there.

Francis

 

[Francis Hookham]

Aplogies Brian - my last should have gone to Terry.

In answer to your question, no, I have not checked the Windows control
panel.
I have much less Windows experience compared with Mac OS. Please tell me
where to go.

Many thanks for your interest.

Francis

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

See http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/MasterSpellCheck.htm for some avenues
to explore.

 

[Francis Hookham]

Many thanks Suzanne - I'll certainly check it out.

Francis