No Spell Check

[Luca]

Hello,

I have a problem with the spellchecker on Word/Office vX which I have
not been able to solve, despite having reinstalled the whole package a
couple of time (including all possible dictionaries and proofing tools).

Briefly, there are no problems in the preference panel: I can switch the
checker on BUT the check is not actually working; typos are not
underlined in red. The same happens regardless of the language I
choose. I have tried to select all the text and then set the language
through the tools-language option, but still it's not working.

While the spellchecker is not working at all, the grammar check (which
is in my view useless...) works fine (mistakes underlined in green).

Thanks a lot for your help,
Luca

 

[Elliott Roper]

Hello,

I have a problem with the spellchecker on Word/Office vX which I have
not been able to solve, despite having reinstalled the whole package a
couple of time (including all possible dictionaries and proofing tools).

Briefly, there are no problems in the preference panel: I can switch the
checker on BUT the check is not actually working; typos are not
underlined in red. The same happens regardless of the language I
choose. I have tried to select all the text and then set the language
through the tools-language option, but still it's not working.

There is one more thing you should check. Select text that is not spell
checking and go to format-> style. Does the paragraph's language match
the language you selected in Tools->Language...
If there is no mention of language, you may have to go back up the
'based-on' tree of styles till you find one.

What happens when you ask for a spell check with cmd-opt-L?

 

[peter]

i have a similar problem. my spellchecker does not work. i've made
all sorts of adjustments in the preferences panel, but nothing works.

grammer works fine, but spelling does not.

is it possible to download some new english dictionary?

 

[Beth Rosengard]

Hi Peter,

Did you try the suggestions below? You need to be sure that you have
selected a Custom Dictionary (Preferences >Spelling & Grammar) and you have
to be sure you have correctly set the language of ALL the text in the
document (Tools menu> Language).

--
Beth Rosengard
Mac MVP

Mac Word FAQ: <http://word.mvps.org/MacWordNew/index.htm>
Entourage Help Page: <http://www.entourage.mvps.org>

 

[Dayo Mitchell]

If in Office X, are you completely updated?
http://word.mvps.org/MacWordNew/Update.htm
(hit refresh a few times in Safari, or use a different browser)

And for the original poster, reinstalling is unlikely to help unless you
un-installed first.
http://word.mvps.org/MacWordNew/RemoveReinstall.htm
(hit refresh a few times in Safari, or use a different browser)

And if those don't help, work through the general troubleshooting
suggestions:
http://word.mvps.org/MacWordNew/TroubleshootingIndex.htm
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