Auto spell checker and styles

[jamesclaire]

I have for the first time started using Styles in a Word document. I
have adopted the Styles I am using from a colleague's Word file. All is
OK except that automatic spell checking does not work (no red lines
under mis-spelt words). The language for all styles is set to English
(UK) and spell checking via Tools>Spelling and Grammar.. works fine.
"Check spelling as you type" is selected in Preferences. It is just the
automatic aspect that doesn't work.

Any ideas would be very welcome.

 

[Beth Rosengard]

Be sure the text is also set to English (UK). Place your cursor anywhere
inside a paragraph that's not spell-checking and go to Tools>Language. Does
it say English (US) or English (UK)? If the former, select all the text and
change the language setting in Tools>Language.

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[jamesclaire]

Thanks, but the text is already set to English (UK).

James

 

[Beth Rosengard]

Hi James,

Hmmm. See if there's anything in this article that you may have overlooked:
<http://word.mvps.org/MacWordNew/Spell-Check.htm>
(If using Safari, hit Refresh once or twice; better yet, use another
browser.)

If not, post back and we'll attack the problem from another direction.

Beth