Why's there no basic spell-check provided in MS Word 07?

[GR]

Bought the Student and Home edition of MS Office 2007. Word's great except
there's no spell-check. Get an error message saying the English (US) proofing
tools cannot be found. Re-installed /configured MS Office 2007, and still no
joy. How do I get Spell check to work?

 

[Terry Farrell]

Well there definitely is a full set of proofing tools with Office. I suggest
that you run Setup, Advanced options and check that everything has been
installed. But first make sure that everything on your installation (such as
Keyboard/Region Settings) have been correctly set for your local language.

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi G.R.,

To add to Terry's reply, if this was an upgrade over an older version check to see if the Proofing Tools are listed as 'disabled' in
Office Button=>Word Options=>Add-Ins

Also check for the 'abc+checkmark' to see what proofing languages Word thinks are installed in
Review Tab=>Proofing Group=>Set Language button


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Bought the Student and Home edition of MS Office 2007. Word's great except
there's no spell-check. Get an error message saying the English (US) proofing
tools cannot be found. Re-installed /configured MS Office 2007, and still no
joy. How do I get Spell check to work?>>
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Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*