Do not check spelling

Jeannie · External Since: Nov 01, 2004 Posts: 10

(Word 2003) I have a user who has a document on which the spelling is not
being checked. If I open the document on my workstation, I see that the Do
not check spelling or grammar checkbox is checked, however, when I go to her
station, the box is not checked
Any ideas?
Jeanne

Charles Kenyon · External Since: Apr 16, 2004 Posts: 2212

Select some text in the document that contains a known mispelling. Under
Tools > Language, look at the box for "do not check spelling or grammar." If
it is gray or checked, uncheck it. Run the spell check. What happens?

This is a text-specific setting, like bold or italics. It does not apply to
a computer, an instance of Word, or even an entire document. This is
different from the setting under Tools > Options > Spelling and Grammar,
which applies to all documents opened (but does not override the
text-specific settings).

If this is the problem, you can clear the problem up by selecting your
entire document (Ctrl-A) and unchecking the box.
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Charles Kenyon

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"Jeannie" <Jeannie RemoveThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> (Word 2003) I have a user who has a document on which the spelling is not
> being checked. If I open the document on my workstation, I see that the
> Do
> not check spelling or grammar checkbox is checked, however, when I go to
> her
> station, the box is not checked
> Any ideas?
> Jeanne

Jeannie · External Since: Nov 01, 2004 Posts: 10

Thanks, however, the problem is that on my workstation I see the box as being
checked, however, on the user's workstation it is not, so I cannot uncheck it
from the user's workstation and I also cannot keep unchecking it from mine
and saving documents for her.
Any suggestions

"Charles Kenyon" wrote:

> Select some text in the document that contains a known mispelling. Under
> Tools > Language, look at the box for "do not check spelling or grammar." If
> it is gray or checked, uncheck it. Run the spell check. What happens?
>
> This is a text-specific setting, like bold or italics. It does not apply to
> a computer, an instance of Word, or even an entire document. This is
> different from the setting under Tools > Options > Spelling and Grammar,
> which applies to all documents opened (but does not override the
> text-specific settings).
>
> If this is the problem, you can clear the problem up by selecting your
> entire document (Ctrl-A) and unchecking the box.
> --
> Charles Kenyon
>
> Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word
>
> Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
> Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide
>
> See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!
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> "Jeannie" <Jeannie DeleteThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:B82D7466-4D3F-43AC-B2F0-A1474AE276C7@microsoft.com...
> > (Word 2003) I have a user who has a document on which the spelling is not
> > being checked. If I open the document on my workstation, I see that the
> > Do
> > not check spelling or grammar checkbox is checked, however, when I go to
> > her
> > station, the box is not checked
> > Any ideas?
> > Jeanne
>
>
>

Charles Kenyon · External Since: Apr 16, 2004 Posts: 2212

This is _not_ a machine specific setting. It is text specific. I think we
may be talking about different settings.
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Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!
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"Jeannie" <Jeannie.RemoveThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Thanks, however, the problem is that on my workstation I see the box as
> being
> checked, however, on the user's workstation it is not, so I cannot uncheck
> it
> from the user's workstation and I also cannot keep unchecking it from mine
> and saving documents for her.
> Any suggestions
>
> "Charles Kenyon" wrote:
>
>> Select some text in the document that contains a known mispelling. Under
>> Tools > Language, look at the box for "do not check spelling or grammar."
>> If
>> it is gray or checked, uncheck it. Run the spell check. What happens?
>>
>> This is a text-specific setting, like bold or italics. It does not apply
>> to
>> a computer, an instance of Word, or even an entire document. This is
>> different from the setting under Tools > Options > Spelling and Grammar,
>> which applies to all documents opened (but does not override the
>> text-specific settings).
>>
>> If this is the problem, you can clear the problem up by selecting your
>> entire document (Ctrl-A) and unchecking the box.
>> --
>> Charles Kenyon
>>
>> Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word
>>
>> Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
>> Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide
>>
>> See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!
>> --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
>> This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies
>> and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn
>> from my ignorance and your wisdom.
>>
>> "Jeannie" <Jeannie.RemoveThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:B82D7466-4D3F-43AC-B2F0-A1474AE276C7@microsoft.com...
>> > (Word 2003) I have a user who has a document on which the spelling is
>> > not
>> > being checked. If I open the document on my workstation, I see that
>> > the
>> > Do
>> > not check spelling or grammar checkbox is checked, however, when I go
>> > to
>> > her
>> > station, the box is not checked
>> > Any ideas?
>> > Jeanne
>>
>>
>>