spelling and grammar problems

[Keith G Hicks]

I've got a doc that's about 30 pages long (word 03) that's full of spelling
and grammar errors (according to word) because it's a technical spec doc for
a program. I suddenly had a message pop up the other day telling me that
there were too many errors for word to keep displaying them. So I tried
right clickign the little icon at the bottom of the window to hide them
myself. The message kept popping up so I set word to not show me them in the
spelling/grammar section of the options form. So now it's fine. The message
doesn't keep annoying me. But now all the other docs I hvae opened up at the
same time no longer display errors which I do want them to do. Am I stuck
with this "all or nothing" annoyance or is there a way around it?

Keith

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

"Hide spelling/grammar errors in this document" is a per-document setting.
Setting it for that specific document should not affect others, and you
should not need to disable "Check spelling/grammar as you type."

 

[Jay Freedman]

In the spec doc, select all the text, go to Tools > Language > Set
Language, and check the box for "Do not check spelling or grammar".
That will affect only that document.

Another approach is to define one or more styles that include that
setting, and apply them to specific text (such as code) that you know
will trigger the spell checker. Leave the regular text with spell
checking turned on.

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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