dear all,

windows xp pro sp2, office 2003 pro sp2,

i have searched for solution to my situation but what i found was people
wanting to turn-off spellcheck! i am writing a large document (at the moment,
it is up to pages 290 with 1.5 spacing). the most odd thing happened today
after i opened my document, instead of seeing sea of reds underlines
when/where there is mis-spelling, there was none. the spellchecker icon at
the bottom of the screen showed a cross so i know there is(are) mis-spelled
words. i have clicked and un-clicked hide spelling error to turn the
spellchecker back unsuccesfully.

i would appreciate advice and/or suggestion on how to turn the spellcheker
back on. contrary to a lot of the postings, i do find the spellchecker
feature incredibly useful.

thank you,
jess

Re: how to keep spellcheck on by Suzanne

Suzanne
Fri Aug 24 17:59:51 CDT 2007

You might see http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/MasterSpellCheck.htm to see
if any of the explanations provided there apply to you.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"xppuser" <xppuser@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:72D3DF3C-428F-4AD7-B519-E34F2991F148@microsoft.com...
> dear all,
>
> windows xp pro sp2, office 2003 pro sp2,
>
> i have searched for solution to my situation but what i found was people
> wanting to turn-off spellcheck! i am writing a large document (at the
moment,
> it is up to pages 290 with 1.5 spacing). the most odd thing happened today
> after i opened my document, instead of seeing sea of reds underlines
> when/where there is mis-spelling, there was none. the spellchecker icon at
> the bottom of the screen showed a cross so i know there is(are)
mis-spelled
> words. i have clicked and un-clicked hide spelling error to turn the
> spellchecker back unsuccesfully.
>
> i would appreciate advice and/or suggestion on how to turn the spellcheker
> back on. contrary to a lot of the postings, i do find the spellchecker
> feature incredibly useful.
>
> thank you,
> jess


Re: how to keep spellcheck on by xppuser

xppuser
Mon Sep 03 12:02:10 CDT 2007

suzanne, thanks for your link. unfortunately none seems to apply in my case.
but here is what happened since i received your reply. after reading the link
and not having a solution, i decided to cut and paste, initially page by page
to a new document -> spellchecker automatically identified mis-spellings on
the new document. then i proceeded to do cut and paste more pages (at one
point, it was up to 10 pages at a time) and correct the spellings where there
were mis-spellings. at about page 90+, when i cut the pages, suddenly the
spellcheckers started to appear again on the remaining pages. most odd!

i tried this on my colleague's machine (same brand & set-up hardware &
software) and the outcome was the same. i wonder whether there was a
limitation of some sort to word 2003 spellchecking facilities that we should
spellcheck and correct as we go rather than waiting towards the end of
writing of the document.

anyway, my problem was unexpectedlly solved but would be glad to hear your
opinion.

thank you,
jes



"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

> You might see http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/MasterSpellCheck.htm to see
> if any of the explanations provided there apply to you.
>
> --
> Suzanne S. Barnhill
> Microsoft MVP (Word)
> Words into Type
> Fairhope, Alabama USA
> Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
> Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
> all may benefit.
>
> "xppuser" <xppuser@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:72D3DF3C-428F-4AD7-B519-E34F2991F148@microsoft.com...
> > dear all,
> >
> > windows xp pro sp2, office 2003 pro sp2,
> >
> > i have searched for solution to my situation but what i found was people
> > wanting to turn-off spellcheck! i am writing a large document (at the
> moment,
> > it is up to pages 290 with 1.5 spacing). the most odd thing happened today
> > after i opened my document, instead of seeing sea of reds underlines
> > when/where there is mis-spelling, there was none. the spellchecker icon at
> > the bottom of the screen showed a cross so i know there is(are)
> mis-spelled
> > words. i have clicked and un-clicked hide spelling error to turn the
> > spellchecker back unsuccesfully.
> >
> > i would appreciate advice and/or suggestion on how to turn the spellcheker
> > back on. contrary to a lot of the postings, i do find the spellchecker
> > feature incredibly useful.
> >
> > thank you,
> > jess
>
>

Re: how to keep spellcheck on by Suzanne

Suzanne
Mon Sep 03 13:05:18 CDT 2007

This may depend on system resources available, but at some point, in a
document with many misspellings, Word will throw up a message saying, in
effect, "There are too many errors in this document. I can't keep track of
them any more, so I'm hiding them." It then checks the "Hide spelling errors
in this document" check box on the Spelling & Grammar tab of Tools | Options
(if you had checked, you would have seen that this option was enabled). You
can still use manual spell check to work your way through the document; when
you've corrected enough, you will be able to turn this option off (which you
can do by right-clicking the Spelling and Grammar Status button on the
status bar and deselecting Hide Spelling Errors).

BTW, I can reliably reproduce this error if I insert enough chunks of lorem
ipsum text (see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/DummyText.htm) into a
document. Although my "lorem" AutoText entry is supposed to be formatted as
"Do not check spelling or grammar," this evidently didn't "take" the first
time I created the entry; I've fixed it now.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"xppuser" <xppuser@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:64AD9924-4379-4C32-A8C0-2B01548F7A02@microsoft.com...
> suzanne, thanks for your link. unfortunately none seems to apply in my
case.
> but here is what happened since i received your reply. after reading the
link
> and not having a solution, i decided to cut and paste, initially page by
page
> to a new document -> spellchecker automatically identified mis-spellings
on
> the new document. then i proceeded to do cut and paste more pages (at one
> point, it was up to 10 pages at a time) and correct the spellings where
there
> were mis-spellings. at about page 90+, when i cut the pages, suddenly the
> spellcheckers started to appear again on the remaining pages. most odd!
>
> i tried this on my colleague's machine (same brand & set-up hardware &
> software) and the outcome was the same. i wonder whether there was a
> limitation of some sort to word 2003 spellchecking facilities that we
should
> spellcheck and correct as we go rather than waiting towards the end of
> writing of the document.
>
> anyway, my problem was unexpectedlly solved but would be glad to hear your
> opinion.
>
> thank you,
> jes
>
>
>
> "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
>
> > You might see http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/MasterSpellCheck.htm to
see
> > if any of the explanations provided there apply to you.
> >
> > --
> > Suzanne S. Barnhill
> > Microsoft MVP (Word)
> > Words into Type
> > Fairhope, Alabama USA
> > Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
> > Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
> > all may benefit.
> >
> > "xppuser" <xppuser@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:72D3DF3C-428F-4AD7-B519-E34F2991F148@microsoft.com...
> > > dear all,
> > >
> > > windows xp pro sp2, office 2003 pro sp2,
> > >
> > > i have searched for solution to my situation but what i found was
people
> > > wanting to turn-off spellcheck! i am writing a large document (at the
> > moment,
> > > it is up to pages 290 with 1.5 spacing). the most odd thing happened
today
> > > after i opened my document, instead of seeing sea of reds underlines
> > > when/where there is mis-spelling, there was none. the spellchecker
icon at
> > > the bottom of the screen showed a cross so i know there is(are)
> > mis-spelled
> > > words. i have clicked and un-clicked hide spelling error to turn the
> > > spellchecker back unsuccesfully.
> > >
> > > i would appreciate advice and/or suggestion on how to turn the
spellcheker
> > > back on. contrary to a lot of the postings, i do find the spellchecker
> > > feature incredibly useful.
> > >
> > > thank you,
> > > jess
> >
> >


Re: how to keep spellcheck on by xppuser

xppuser
Mon Sep 03 17:52:01 CDT 2007

thanks suzanne for your input. it's clearer now.

regards,
jes

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

> This may depend on system resources available, but at some point, in a
> document with many misspellings, Word will throw up a message saying, in
> effect, "There are too many errors in this document. I can't keep track of
> them any more, so I'm hiding them." It then checks the "Hide spelling errors
> in this document" check box on the Spelling & Grammar tab of Tools | Options
> (if you had checked, you would have seen that this option was enabled). You
> can still use manual spell check to work your way through the document; when
> you've corrected enough, you will be able to turn this option off (which you
> can do by right-clicking the Spelling and Grammar Status button on the
> status bar and deselecting Hide Spelling Errors).
>
> BTW, I can reliably reproduce this error if I insert enough chunks of lorem
> ipsum text (see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/DummyText.htm) into a
> document. Although my "lorem" AutoText entry is supposed to be formatted as
> "Do not check spelling or grammar," this evidently didn't "take" the first
> time I created the entry; I've fixed it now.
>
> --
> Suzanne S. Barnhill
> Microsoft MVP (Word)
> Words into Type
> Fairhope, Alabama USA
> Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
> Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
> all may benefit.
>
> "xppuser" <xppuser@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:64AD9924-4379-4C32-A8C0-2B01548F7A02@microsoft.com...
> > suzanne, thanks for your link. unfortunately none seems to apply in my
> case.
> > but here is what happened since i received your reply. after reading the
> link
> > and not having a solution, i decided to cut and paste, initially page by
> page
> > to a new document -> spellchecker automatically identified mis-spellings
> on
> > the new document. then i proceeded to do cut and paste more pages (at one
> > point, it was up to 10 pages at a time) and correct the spellings where
> there
> > were mis-spellings. at about page 90+, when i cut the pages, suddenly the
> > spellcheckers started to appear again on the remaining pages. most odd!
> >
> > i tried this on my colleague's machine (same brand & set-up hardware &
> > software) and the outcome was the same. i wonder whether there was a
> > limitation of some sort to word 2003 spellchecking facilities that we
> should
> > spellcheck and correct as we go rather than waiting towards the end of
> > writing of the document.
> >
> > anyway, my problem was unexpectedlly solved but would be glad to hear your
> > opinion.
> >
> > thank you,
> > jes
> >
> >
> >
> > "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
> >
> > > You might see http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/MasterSpellCheck.htm to
> see
> > > if any of the explanations provided there apply to you.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Suzanne S. Barnhill
> > > Microsoft MVP (Word)
> > > Words into Type
> > > Fairhope, Alabama USA
> > > Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
> > > Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
> newsgroup so
> > > all may benefit.
> > >
> > > "xppuser" <xppuser@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > > news:72D3DF3C-428F-4AD7-B519-E34F2991F148@microsoft.com...
> > > > dear all,
> > > >
> > > > windows xp pro sp2, office 2003 pro sp2,
> > > >
> > > > i have searched for solution to my situation but what i found was
> people
> > > > wanting to turn-off spellcheck! i am writing a large document (at the
> > > moment,
> > > > it is up to pages 290 with 1.5 spacing). the most odd thing happened
> today
> > > > after i opened my document, instead of seeing sea of reds underlines
> > > > when/where there is mis-spelling, there was none. the spellchecker
> icon at
> > > > the bottom of the screen showed a cross so i know there is(are)
> > > mis-spelled
> > > > words. i have clicked and un-clicked hide spelling error to turn the
> > > > spellchecker back unsuccesfully.
> > > >
> > > > i would appreciate advice and/or suggestion on how to turn the
> spellcheker
> > > > back on. contrary to a lot of the postings, i do find the spellchecker
> > > > feature incredibly useful.
> > > >
> > > > thank you,
> > > > jess
> > >
> > >
>
>