Word 2007 Spell Check Issues

[Erwitt Chan]

First, click the Microsoft Office Button, close it, and see if spell check
begins to work. (Believe it or not, there's a slight bug with spell check
and the Microsoft Office Button, you need to click it once for it to start
working. Note that this only applies to new installations and it will only
happen once.)

If that doesn't work then if no custom spell checker have been installed on
the computer, exit Word, and then backup and delete the following registry
key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Shared
Tools\ProofingTools\1.0\Override\en-US

This key will be rebuilt the next time you start Word. Please let us know if
this resolves the issue. This resolution, found by Bob Buckland on another
forum, has been only recently been confirmed by Microsoft.

Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for
assistance by email can not be acknowledged.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP

Co-author of Word 2007 Inside Out:
http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/books/9801.aspx#AboutTheBook

Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word
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The deleting of the registry key does works after all for my case. Thanks Beth Melton =) Maybe u all could try it also if u manage to come across this article.

 

[jlobaza]

I opened the registry editory and could not find the file listed that
you mentioned to delete: "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Shared
Tools\ProofingTools\1.0\Override\en-US" The only file listed was
"Default." Per another posting, I switched my Language Preferences to
English (Australia) and restarted. This did not fix issue. The
preferences to hide spelling errors isn't checked. Any other
suggestions?

 

[Beth Melton]

I opened the registry editory and could not find the file listed that
you mentioned to delete: "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Shared
Tools\ProofingTools\1.0\Override\en-US" The only file listed was
"Default." Per another posting, I switched my Language Preferences to
English (Australia) and restarted. This did not fix issue. The
preferences to hide spelling errors isn't checked. Any other
suggestions?

In the Office Setup (Add/Remove Programs) under Office Shared Features make
sure the Proofing Tools are set to "Run from My Computer"
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP
https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Melton
What is a Microsoft MVP? http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/gp/mvpfaqs

Guides for the Office 2007 Interface:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/training/HA102295841033.aspx

 

[jlobaza]

Thanks Beth...Feel kind of stupid asking this, but I don't know where
to access "Office Setup (Add/Remove Programs) under Office Shared
Features." I'm running Vista with Word 2007. Tried looking for it, but
to no avail.

 

[Herb Tyson [MVP]]

Click the Vista orb in the taskbar (also called the Start button, even
though it doesn't say Start anymore). In the Start Search box, type:

programs and features

Actually, by the time you've typed the word "and", "Programs and Features"
will have appeared under Programs. Click on it. This will get you Vista's
equivalent of the Add/Remove Programs part of the Control Panel. From there,
look for Microsoft Office ___ 2007. ___ depends on which version of Office
you have. If you have only Word, and not Office, it might be called
Microsoft Office Word 2007 (I don't know, since I've never installed just
Word... always Office). With Office or Word selected, click on Change, which
is above the list of programs.

 

[jlobaza]

I checked as suggested and "Run From My Computer" was selected.
rebooted and still had the problem. I ran the repair function an
rebooted. Still have problem. I read that a Norton Anti Viru
preference could be selected, but I'm using Norton 360, and no softwar
resides on my computer. Maybe there's a conflict with anothe
application I have installed

 

[Bond782]

I was having the same problem with the Spell checking in Word 2007
defaulting to "French" no matter what setting I set up in the program it
would always use "French" as the spelling and grammer checker. So I
looked into the registry and went to
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Proofing Tools\1.0".
Now in 1.0 there was a REG_DWORD with something to do with French so I
deleted it and in the folder Office that's under 1.0 there is also a
REG_DWORD with something to do with French so I deleted that one also.
This seemed to fix it. I am having no problems with Spell checking in
Word 2007 anymore. I hope this helps someone.




Chris

 

[Skuszmaul]

Beth we have this issue in both Office 2003 and Office 2007. We have a
word...Indentify that the dictionary says is a word, but not in any
dictionary we can find. Some on our network use Windows XP with Office 2003
and others use Vista with Office 2007. Neither the dictionary in 2003 or in
2007 identifies this word as a misspelling. I've checked all the settings in
both systems and ensured the word is NOT in the custom dictionary in both
systems but we can't get Word to identify it as a misspelling.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Earle Horton]

He's right. It's in the English dictionary used by Office, but it is not a
"real" English word. How does one use it?

Earle

 

[LVTravel]

He's right. It's in the English dictionary used by Office, but it is not
a "real" English word. How does one use it?

Earle SNIP\
\

Apparently to name a company:

Indentify
99 S Lake Ave
Pasadena, CA 91101
Phone: (626) 395-0441

Also to misspell identify in many older web sites that have or haven't been
corrected (a simple Google search shows many INDENTIFY topics.)

These two still have the misspelling.

http://www.jjkeller.com/browse/product.html?group_id=1813&action_code=88928
http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-22764871_ITM

 

[skuszmaul]

So the only option is to create an "exclude" file and add it there. That way
the dictionary will IDENTIFY it as a misspelling.

Thanks!

 

[skuszmaul]

Thanks LVTravel, but that's Identify Strategic Recruitment, not Indentify. We
still have the same issue then. I can't find anything when I Google Indentify
except for misspellings of Identify. So back to my original question. How
can I "correct" or more properly, ensure that this word will show as a
misspelling in Office 2003 and 2007? Is the only way to make an exceptions
file? The real issue for me is why the dictionary doesn't identify it as a
misspelling and what other words does it miss?

 

[Alex]

that registry doesn't exist "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Shared
Tools\ProofingTools\1.0" does but there is no override subfolder

 

[ccossey]

Bless you, CTFAN240!!! I tried everything to get my spell check working
but your suggestion with the disabled add-in worked!!!!

I am not a hooplehead when it comes to PC's and software, but this on
had me stumped for days.
I have even tried the registry deletion to no avail.

So, for those of you with issue who have tried everything else, tr
this:
Click on top left Word circle Icon
Go to bottom click on Word Options
Go to Add-ins
At bottom, should say "Manage: CD Add-ins" - change to "Disabled Items
then hit Go...
This should bring up Spell-check add in - select this.
Try spell check... IT WORKS!!

Hope this helps others who are going crazy with this

 

[Mr Froody]

How do you change a registry key on windows xp

 

[Tony]

I didn't find the registry key either. However, I did the following and it
worked. You may try doing this also.

Click on Office button (top left) in word.
Click on word oprions button.
Click on Add-ins.
In the Manage box select "Disabled items" and click on Go.
In the dialog box select en-US spell checker if it is there and Click on
Enable.

Good Luck,
Tony

 

[stanedinger]

I am having the same problem with office 29007 spell checker-however th
you mentioned does not exist in my registry. I tried to use the fi
program but that did not help. Do you have any suggestios

 

[willie46]

Deleting the Key didn't work for me. I had to delete the values inside the
key, and that did work.

 

[lesmoore]

I have Word 2007 installed on two machines - one Windows XP, where it
works just fine, and the other a Vista machine where spell check just
will not work.

Grammar checking is working, so it identifies "abcde fghij" as a
"Fragment", but can't see any spelling errors in it.

I have hunted this and other forums and have tried every solution I
could find, but with no success.

- there are no "disabled addins"
- I have renamed HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Shared
Tools\Proofing Tools\1.0 to ....\zz1.0
- there is no entry for .....\Proofing Tools\1.0\Override
- in Add/Remove under Office Shared Features, Proofing Tools ARE set to
"Run from my computer"

I notice that in the registry, the newly created .....\Proofing
Tools\1.0 contains a folder named "Custom Dictionaries", whereas the
"old" ....\Proofing Tools\1.o0 (now renamed ....Proofing Tools\zz1.0)
contains, as well as Custom Dictionaries, a folder named "Office".

I would really appreciate any advice on how to get spellcheck to work.

 

[lesmoore]

This was bound to happen!

I could fight the problem every way I could find without success then,
after I post my query (above), I stumble upon the answer.

I used Word Options/Resources to "run Microsoft Office Diagnostics". It
worked its way through the various tests - took a long time over the
last one - and then announced that running the diagnostics had corrected
1 problem. No more information, but when I retry using Word, the
spellcheck miraculously works!

So, best wishes to anyone who arrives at my query, but I now have the
answer.