Word 2007 Spell check not "checking"

I have Office 2007 installed on my machine and the Spell Check seems to be
working well in Outlook and Excel, however, it does not check in Word even
though it gives me the Spelling and Grammar is Complete message. I have
checked the settings against the other PCs that have the same software and
cannot find any differences. Those PCs work fine with Spell check. All of
these PCs were new last summer and we bought the licenses for the software
and installed here not at manufacturer. I have tried to do an Add/change
for the dictionary in the control panel but that has not solved the issue. I
need to use English US dictionary. I have purposely misspelled words to
check this out and they have been skipped. I have copied my typing into
Outlook and proofed it from there which works fine. Any suggestions?
--
Bec

DeanH
Thu Mar 13 05:32:03 PDT 2008

Try the following select the whole document (Ctrl+A), Language, Set Language,
clear the "Do not check spelling and grammar" box?
What you describe nearly always point to this box being ticked for the text
that is not being checked.
DeanH


"Beccie" wrote:

> I have Office 2007 installed on my machine and the Spell Check seems to be
> working well in Outlook and Excel, however, it does not check in Word even
> though it gives me the Spelling and Grammar is Complete message. I have
> checked the settings against the other PCs that have the same software and
> cannot find any differences. Those PCs work fine with Spell check. All of
> these PCs were new last summer and we bought the licenses for the software
> and installed here not at manufacturer. I have tried to do an Add/change
> for the dictionary in the control panel but that has not solved the issue. I
> need to use English US dictionary. I have purposely misspelled words to
> check this out and they have been skipped. I have copied my typing into
> Outlook and proofed it from there which works fine. Any suggestions?
> --
> Bec

Beccie
Thu Mar 13 07:18:00 PDT 2008

Could you be a bit more explicit on the instructions? I am not sure of the
path/steps at this point as I have went to the Commands and found Lauguage
but cannot access the Set language feature. I have also accessed the Word
Options Menus and feel I have spent an inordinate, excessive amount of time
already trying to resolve this issue.
--
Bec


"DeanH" wrote:

> Try the following select the whole document (Ctrl+A), Language, Set Language,
> clear the "Do not check spelling and grammar" box?
> What you describe nearly always point to this box being ticked for the text
> that is not being checked.
> DeanH
>
>
> "Beccie" wrote:
>
> > I have Office 2007 installed on my machine and the Spell Check seems to be
> > working well in Outlook and Excel, however, it does not check in Word even
> > though it gives me the Spelling and Grammar is Complete message. I have
> > checked the settings against the other PCs that have the same software and
> > cannot find any differences. Those PCs work fine with Spell check. All of
> > these PCs were new last summer and we bought the licenses for the software
> > and installed here not at manufacturer. I have tried to do an Add/change
> > for the dictionary in the control panel but that has not solved the issue. I
> > need to use English US dictionary. I have purposely misspelled words to
> > check this out and they have been skipped. I have copied my typing into
> > Outlook and proofed it from there which works fine. Any suggestions?
> > --
> > Bec

Beccie
Thu Mar 13 07:54:01 PDT 2008

I did find it under the Review Tab, Proofing, Set Language, however, the box
was not checked so we are back to square one!
--
Bec


"DeanH" wrote:

> Try the following select the whole document (Ctrl+A), Language, Set Language,
> clear the "Do not check spelling and grammar" box?
> What you describe nearly always point to this box being ticked for the text
> that is not being checked.
> DeanH
>
>
> "Beccie" wrote:
>
> > I have Office 2007 installed on my machine and the Spell Check seems to be
> > working well in Outlook and Excel, however, it does not check in Word even
> > though it gives me the Spelling and Grammar is Complete message. I have
> > checked the settings against the other PCs that have the same software and
> > cannot find any differences. Those PCs work fine with Spell check. All of
> > these PCs were new last summer and we bought the licenses for the software
> > and installed here not at manufacturer. I have tried to do an Add/change
> > for the dictionary in the control panel but that has not solved the issue. I
> > need to use English US dictionary. I have purposely misspelled words to
> > check this out and they have been skipped. I have copied my typing into
> > Outlook and proofed it from there which works fine. Any suggestions?
> > --
> > Bec

DeanH
Thu Mar 13 08:02:00 PDT 2008

Unfortunately (or fortunately) I am on 2003 so don't know exactly where this
options is.
On the bottom status bar do you see the Language button (saying
"English(UK)"?), double click this.
The online help says that the Set language option in 2007 is on the Review
tab, Proofing Group and then under the Thesaurus icon.
Hope this helps
DeanH

"Beccie" wrote:

> Could you be a bit more explicit on the instructions? I am not sure of the
> path/steps at this point as I have went to the Commands and found Lauguage
> but cannot access the Set language feature. I have also accessed the Word
> Options Menus and feel I have spent an inordinate, excessive amount of time
> already trying to resolve this issue.
> --
> Bec
>
>
> "DeanH" wrote:
>
> > Try the following select the whole document (Ctrl+A), Language, Set Language,
> > clear the "Do not check spelling and grammar" box?
> > What you describe nearly always point to this box being ticked for the text
> > that is not being checked.
> > DeanH
> >
> >
> > "Beccie" wrote:
> >
> > > I have Office 2007 installed on my machine and the Spell Check seems to be
> > > working well in Outlook and Excel, however, it does not check in Word even
> > > though it gives me the Spelling and Grammar is Complete message. I have
> > > checked the settings against the other PCs that have the same software and
> > > cannot find any differences. Those PCs work fine with Spell check. All of
> > > these PCs were new last summer and we bought the licenses for the software
> > > and installed here not at manufacturer. I have tried to do an Add/change
> > > for the dictionary in the control panel but that has not solved the issue. I
> > > need to use English US dictionary. I have purposely misspelled words to
> > > check this out and they have been skipped. I have copied my typing into
> > > Outlook and proofed it from there which works fine. Any suggestions?
> > > --
> > > Bec

Suzanne
Thu Mar 13 08:09:14 PDT 2008

You did have the entire document selected when you looked at the setting?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Beccie" <Beccie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2A4B7681-2CB6-47DF-BF89-FDD8DF1BA6FA@microsoft.com...
>I did find it under the Review Tab, Proofing, Set Language, however, the
>box
> was not checked so we are back to square one!
> --
> Bec
>
>
> "DeanH" wrote:
>
>> Try the following select the whole document (Ctrl+A), Language, Set
>> Language,
>> clear the "Do not check spelling and grammar" box?
>> What you describe nearly always point to this box being ticked for the
>> text
>> that is not being checked.
>> DeanH
>>
>>
>> "Beccie" wrote:
>>
>> > I have Office 2007 installed on my machine and the Spell Check seems to
>> > be
>> > working well in Outlook and Excel, however, it does not check in Word
>> > even
>> > though it gives me the Spelling and Grammar is Complete message. I
>> > have
>> > checked the settings against the other PCs that have the same software
>> > and
>> > cannot find any differences. Those PCs work fine with Spell check. All
>> > of
>> > these PCs were new last summer and we bought the licenses for the
>> > software
>> > and installed here not at manufacturer. I have tried to do an
>> > Add/change
>> > for the dictionary in the control panel but that has not solved the
>> > issue. I
>> > need to use English US dictionary. I have purposely misspelled words
>> > to
>> > check this out and they have been skipped. I have copied my typing into
>> > Outlook and proofed it from there which works fine. Any suggestions?
>> > --
>> > Bec
>

Beccie
Thu Mar 13 08:47:06 PDT 2008

Yes, I did. This is what is so fustrating as I have looked into this very
subject on this discussion board to see if I could find a solution and
nothing seems to work.
--
Bec


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

> You did have the entire document selected when you looked at the setting?
>
> --
> Suzanne S. Barnhill
> Microsoft MVP (Word)
> Words into Type
> Fairhope, Alabama USA
>
> "Beccie" <Beccie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:2A4B7681-2CB6-47DF-BF89-FDD8DF1BA6FA@microsoft.com...
> >I did find it under the Review Tab, Proofing, Set Language, however, the
> >box
> > was not checked so we are back to square one!
> > --
> > Bec
> >
> >
> > "DeanH" wrote:
> >
> >> Try the following select the whole document (Ctrl+A), Language, Set
> >> Language,
> >> clear the "Do not check spelling and grammar" box?
> >> What you describe nearly always point to this box being ticked for the
> >> text
> >> that is not being checked.
> >> DeanH
> >>
> >>
> >> "Beccie" wrote:
> >>
> >> > I have Office 2007 installed on my machine and the Spell Check seems to
> >> > be
> >> > working well in Outlook and Excel, however, it does not check in Word
> >> > even
> >> > though it gives me the Spelling and Grammar is Complete message. I
> >> > have
> >> > checked the settings against the other PCs that have the same software
> >> > and
> >> > cannot find any differences. Those PCs work fine with Spell check. All
> >> > of
> >> > these PCs were new last summer and we bought the licenses for the
> >> > software
> >> > and installed here not at manufacturer. I have tried to do an
> >> > Add/change
> >> > for the dictionary in the control panel but that has not solved the
> >> > issue. I
> >> > need to use English US dictionary. I have purposely misspelled words
> >> > to
> >> > check this out and they have been skipped. I have copied my typing into
> >> > Outlook and proofed it from there which works fine. Any suggestions?
> >> > --
> >> > Bec
> >
>
>
>

DeanH
Thu Mar 13 11:59:03 PDT 2008

Seems that there could be a little bug with 2007 Proofing.
See the following posting
http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/list/en-us/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.office.misc&mid=b5d35f5f-7405-4cf8-ad9b-25aa124710a8&sloc=en-us

Not saying this will solve your problem, but here's crossing of fingers and
toes for you.
All the best
DeanH

"Beccie" wrote:

> Yes, I did. This is what is so fustrating as I have looked into this very
> subject on this discussion board to see if I could find a solution and
> nothing seems to work.
> --
> Bec
>
>
> "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
>
> > You did have the entire document selected when you looked at the setting?
> >
> > --
> > Suzanne S. Barnhill
> > Microsoft MVP (Word)
> > Words into Type
> > Fairhope, Alabama USA
> >
> > "Beccie" <Beccie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:2A4B7681-2CB6-47DF-BF89-FDD8DF1BA6FA@microsoft.com...
> > >I did find it under the Review Tab, Proofing, Set Language, however, the
> > >box
> > > was not checked so we are back to square one!
> > > --
> > > Bec
> > >
> > >
> > > "DeanH" wrote:
> > >
> > >> Try the following select the whole document (Ctrl+A), Language, Set
> > >> Language,
> > >> clear the "Do not check spelling and grammar" box?
> > >> What you describe nearly always point to this box being ticked for the
> > >> text
> > >> that is not being checked.
> > >> DeanH
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> "Beccie" wrote:
> > >>
> > >> > I have Office 2007 installed on my machine and the Spell Check seems to
> > >> > be
> > >> > working well in Outlook and Excel, however, it does not check in Word
> > >> > even
> > >> > though it gives me the Spelling and Grammar is Complete message. I
> > >> > have
> > >> > checked the settings against the other PCs that have the same software
> > >> > and
> > >> > cannot find any differences. Those PCs work fine with Spell check. All
> > >> > of
> > >> > these PCs were new last summer and we bought the licenses for the
> > >> > software
> > >> > and installed here not at manufacturer. I have tried to do an
> > >> > Add/change
> > >> > for the dictionary in the control panel but that has not solved the
> > >> > issue. I
> > >> > need to use English US dictionary. I have purposely misspelled words
> > >> > to
> > >> > check this out and they have been skipped. I have copied my typing into
> > >> > Outlook and proofed it from there which works fine. Any suggestions?
> > >> > --
> > >> > Bec
> > >
> >
> >
> >

garfield-n-odie
Tue Mar 18 19:09:25 PDT 2008

1. Verify settings in Word 2007:
a. Open a document that has this problem, press Ctrl+A to select all of
the text.
b. Click on Review tab | Proofing: Set Language | <choose your language>
| uncheck the "Detect language automatically" and "Do not check spelling
or grammar" boxes | Default | OK.
c. Click on Office Button | Word Options | Proofing | check the "Check
spelling as you type" and "Check grammar with spelling" boxes | uncheck
the "Hide spelling errors in this document only" and "Hide grammar
errors in this document only" boxes | OK.

2. If the previous suggestion doesn't help, then in Word 2007 click on
Office Button | Word Options | Add-Ins | Manage: Disabled Items. If you
see any disabled items that relate to spelling, try enabling them.

3. If the previous two suggestions don't help, then:
a. Close Word and any other open applications.
b. Click on Start | Run | Open: regedit .
c. If the key "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Shared
Tools\Proofing Tools\1.0\Override" exists, delete it.
d. Exit regedit.
e. Restart your computer.

Beccie wrote:
> Yes, I did. This is what is so fustrating as I have looked into this very
> subject on this discussion board to see if I could find a solution and
> nothing seems to work.

Beccie
Mon Mar 24 06:49:01 PDT 2008

The following thread had the answer for me under Pensio's instructions for
those of you reading this thread due to my issue.
http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx?dg=microsoft.public.word.docmanagement&mid=141006c4-1fe1-4eee-b80d-a149261cd199&tid=e0265d69-f087-48c4-9157-6bc10dc5db39
--
Bec


"garfield-n-odie [MVP]" wrote:

> 1. Verify settings in Word 2007:
> a. Open a document that has this problem, press Ctrl+A to select all of
> the text.
> b. Click on Review tab | Proofing: Set Language | <choose your language>
> | uncheck the "Detect language automatically" and "Do not check spelling
> or grammar" boxes | Default | OK.
> c. Click on Office Button | Word Options | Proofing | check the "Check
> spelling as you type" and "Check grammar with spelling" boxes | uncheck
> the "Hide spelling errors in this document only" and "Hide grammar
> errors in this document only" boxes | OK.
>
> 2. If the previous suggestion doesn't help, then in Word 2007 click on
> Office Button | Word Options | Add-Ins | Manage: Disabled Items. If you
> see any disabled items that relate to spelling, try enabling them.
>
> 3. If the previous two suggestions don't help, then:
> a. Close Word and any other open applications.
> b. Click on Start | Run | Open: regedit .
> c. If the key "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Shared
> Tools\Proofing Tools\1.0\Override" exists, delete it.
> d. Exit regedit.
> e. Restart your computer.
>
> Beccie wrote:
> > Yes, I did. This is what is so fustrating as I have looked into this very
> > subject on this discussion board to see if I could find a solution and
> > nothing seems to work.
>
>