Turning Off Spelling/Grammar Checking

[Sheldon]

We have a weekly Word document that is placed on our web site. Because
it contains text and graphics, Word gets confused and thinks there are
grammar errors each week. So we manually have to go through the
document and indicate ignore, ignore, ignore... for each error until
the 'squigglys' are gone. When the Word doc is placed on the web site,
no one viewing the web site will see the squigglys which is what we
want. It would be nice (in this case) to be able to tell Word's
Spelling/Grammar checkers that everything is okay without going through
the 'ignore' process. Even if I hide all the errors and I don't see
them, others accessing the web site will see them unless the errors are
ignored/corrected. Can the Spelling/Grammar checkers be set somehow
without the manual intervention we're doing?
Thanks,
Sheldon Potolsky

 

[Guest]

Tools | Options | Spelling & Grammar | Deselect check grammar with spelling.
If you do not want it spell checked at all - Tools | Language | Set Language
| Do not check spelling or grammar.

 

[Sheldon]

I had tried both options previously but without success. Even after I
deselected the grammar and spelling checking, another person opening
the document would still see the squigglys. And when I went through
the Tools | Language | Set Language option and clicked on the checkbox,
after I closed the document and reopened it (I'm using Word 2000), that
option was unchecked again.
Sheldon

 

[Charles Kenyon]

You have to change the language option with all your text selected. It is
like turning it bold or a different color.
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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

On the Spelling & Grammar tab of Tools | Options, check the boxes for "Hide
spelling/grammatical errors in this document."

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
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Words into Type
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[Sheldon]

Thanks to all that responded so quickly and thank you Charles for
pointing out that I needed to change the language option with all my
text selected. That was the piece of the "puzzle" that I was missing.
Shedon Potolsky

 

[Sheldon]

On the Spelling & Grammar tab of Tools | Options, check the boxes for "Hide

spelling/grammatical errors in this document."

This hid the "squigglys" from my view but not from others who opened
the document. Charles' suggestion was the one that worked.
Sheldon Potolsky

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Since that setting is saved with the document, it should have affected the
display on anyone's computer *provided that the document was actually
saved.* If you did not make any other changes in the document after changing
this setting, it may not have been saved. It does *not* prevent a user from
running a spelling or grammar check manually, but it does prevent "Check
spelling/grammar as you type" from displaying.

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

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