As I explained before, reinstalling rarely does anything to address issues
that arise over time... The programs do not go bad, so "dragging" them from
anywhere will not correct the problem either. In fact, reinstalling or
attempting to do any kind of partial restoration like that will more likely
make matters worse and/or create other problems.
No sarcasm, but the fact that the programs were "working fine for years" is
irrelevant. The fact is that something is not working now & the reason it
isn't is either that changes have taken place with files external to the
applications but on which they rely or aspects of the documents themselves.
The most common reason Spell Check doesn't perform as expected is related to
Language as described in the info I directed you to. This is even more
likely today because of the indiscriminant copying from source documents
about which the user has no knowledge other than what they actually are able
to see. I'm glad you found the material "informative" but what you don't
mention is whether you've followed any of the advice recommended there.
The second bulleted item in topic #2 most directly addresses the specific
question you've raised. Since we have no indication of whether the problem
is occurring in one specific document, some documents, or all including new
documents you create now ‹ or even whether you've created them yourself ‹
makes it difficult to guide you beyond that. I'm 97% certain, however, that
the answers & solution you need are there.
Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac