why is my tab for spelling and grammer not highlighted?

[VELMA]

I AM TRYING TO SET AUTO CORRECT FOR SPELLING AND GRAMMER . I GO INTO
TOOLS,>OPTIONS> AND FIND THAT I CAN NOT GET INTO SPELLING AND GRAMMER SINCE
THE TAB IS NOT HIGHLIGHTED AND IS UNRESPONSIVE. PLEASE HELP. IS THERE
SOMETHING WRONG WITH MY MSFT OFFICE?

ALSO WHEN I CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW .. ABOUT DISPLAY NAMES... A BLANK MSFT
PAGE WITH A RED CIRCLE WITH A LINE THROUGH IT KEEPS COMING UP. THE SAME IS
TRUE WITH OTHER PLACES I HAVE CLICKED ON.

 

[Jezebel]

Please don't shout.

 

[Graham Mayor]

Like your Caps lock, it seems your Word data key in the registry is corrupt.
....... And your spell check is not working either.......
Rename the following key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Word\Data (where 11.0 is
the Office version)
to (say) olddata and restart Word. You will lose some personalisations.
CAPs are considered SHOUTING!!! We don't appreciate being shouted at

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP


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[VELMA]

thanks for the info, i didn't know about "shouting" and i will be more aware
of the use of caps. i am not a chat room or blogger person and rarely enter
into any discussion forums so i am not familar with the protocol of this form
of communication. i am also not familar with the workings of a computer, so
please explain where i find this "key" that i have to rename. or maybe it
might just be easier to download another 'Word" program and remove the old
corrupted one.... any thoughts???? thanks, again, velma.

 

[VELMA]

actually i am very soft spoken.... "shouting" is a new term for me in this
kind of communication. thankfully, graham mayor told me what " shouting" is
in keyboard terms. velma

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Well, all lowercase is generally frowned on, too. The best approach is to
type just as you (presumably) would in writing a letter.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

The key is in the Windows Registry. On the Start menu, select Run and type
"regedit" (without the quotation marks), then press Enter. This will open
the Registry. You can navigate it the same way you would an Explorer window;
Graham has given you the path: click the + beside the HKEY_CURRENT_USER
folder, then open the Software folder within it, then Microsoft within that,
and so on. For more on how to do this, see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/MissingMenusEtc.htm

Note that uninstalling and reinstalling Word/Office (even if you could
"download" another copy) will not help in this case because it doesn't
overwrite the Registry.

 

[VELMA]

to suzanne s. barnhill.........thank you so much for the info on how to
repair the word registry.... i found it so helpful.... have a great day!
velma ps. i have been using all lower case in email since forever when i got
an electric typewriter, i just make so many mistakes when i try to capitalize
properly. but thanks for the info.