Why is Mark Grammar Errors greyed out in Word Proofing?

Why is Mark Grammar Errors greyed out in Word Proofing?
Als greyed out is Check Grammar, and Show Readability.
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Thank you in advance for your time.

Regards,
Ken

garfield-n-odie
Wed Sep 19 14:53:21 CDT 2007

In Word 2007, open a document that has this problem, press Ctrl+A to
select all of the text, click on Review tab | Proofing group: Set
Language | <choose your language> | uncheck the "Detect language
automatically" and "Do not check spelling or grammar" boxes | Default |
OK. The option to "Show readability statistics" is only available when
"Check grammar with spelling" is selected.

Ken wrote:

> Why is Mark Grammar Errors greyed out in Word Proofing?
> Als greyed out is Check Grammar, and Show Readability.

GrahamCracker
Wed Sep 19 15:40:02 CDT 2007

Thanks for your time, I tried that but it didn't work for me, got any other
ideas?
RG

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

> In Word 2007, open a document that has this problem, press Ctrl+A to
> select all of the text, click on Review tab | Proofing group: Set
> Language | <choose your language> | uncheck the "Detect language
> automatically" and "Do not check spelling or grammar" boxes | Default |
> OK. The option to "Show readability statistics" is only available when
> "Check grammar with spelling" is selected.
>
> Ken wrote:
>
> > Why is Mark Grammar Errors greyed out in Word Proofing?
> > Als greyed out is Check Grammar, and Show Readability.
>
>

garfield-n-odie
Wed Sep 19 16:51:51 CDT 2007

GrahamCracker, my reply was addressed to Ken, not you. It is poor
netiquette to hijack other people's questions for your unrelated
problem. It is also poor netiquette to yammer the same question
separately, repeatedly, redundantly, and incessantly in every newsgroup
hosted by your ISP like you did, because doing so will more likely get
you ignored rather than answered.

GrahamCracker wrote:
> Thanks for your time, I tried that but it didn't work for me, got any other
> ideas?
> RG
>
> "garfield-n-odie [MVP]" wrote:
>
>
>>In Word 2007, open a document that has this problem, press Ctrl+A to
>>select all of the text, click on Review tab | Proofing group: Set
>>Language | <choose your language> | uncheck the "Detect language
>>automatically" and "Do not check spelling or grammar" boxes | Default |
>>OK. The option to "Show readability statistics" is only available when
>>"Check grammar with spelling" is selected.
>>
>>Ken wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Why is Mark Grammar Errors greyed out in Word Proofing?
>>>Als greyed out is Check Grammar, and Show Readability.
>>
>>

GrahamCracker
Wed Sep 19 21:06:02 CDT 2007

Sorry i didn't understand the rules. since my problem was the same as his,
and i got no answer i thought is was ok. now i know better, thanks.i didn't
realize i was being insistant just desparate. i'll just shut up and find
some other program.
thanks for your time. RG


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

> GrahamCracker, my reply was addressed to Ken, not you. It is poor
> netiquette to hijack other people's questions for your unrelated
> problem. It is also poor netiquette to yammer the same question
> separately, repeatedly, redundantly, and incessantly in every newsgroup
> hosted by your ISP like you did, because doing so will more likely get
> you ignored rather than answered.
>
> GrahamCracker wrote:
> > Thanks for your time, I tried that but it didn't work for me, got any other
> > ideas?
> > RG
> >
> > "garfield-n-odie [MVP]" wrote:
> >
> >
> >>In Word 2007, open a document that has this problem, press Ctrl+A to
> >>select all of the text, click on Review tab | Proofing group: Set
> >>Language | <choose your language> | uncheck the "Detect language
> >>automatically" and "Do not check spelling or grammar" boxes | Default |
> >>OK. The option to "Show readability statistics" is only available when
> >>"Check grammar with spelling" is selected.
> >>
> >>Ken wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>Why is Mark Grammar Errors greyed out in Word Proofing?
> >>>Als greyed out is Check Grammar, and Show Readability.
> >>
> >>
>
>

Ken
Thu Sep 20 12:42:04 CDT 2007

Some of the checkboxes like "Detect language automatically" and "Do not check
spelling or grammar" did not seem to be available. I began to suspect that
the original installation did not go right, so I completely un-installed MS
Office 2007 and then re-installed it this time from a source directory on a
server rather than a CD. Then the Word 2007 Proofing tools appeared as
advertised and began to function normally.

Once again, I appreciate your time on this matter.

Regards,
Ken


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

> In Word 2007, open a document that has this problem, press Ctrl+A to
> select all of the text, click on Review tab | Proofing group: Set
> Language | <choose your language> | uncheck the "Detect language
> automatically" and "Do not check spelling or grammar" boxes | Default |
> OK. The option to "Show readability statistics" is only available when
> "Check grammar with spelling" is selected.
>
> Ken wrote:
>
> > Why is Mark Grammar Errors greyed out in Word Proofing?
> > Als greyed out is Check Grammar, and Show Readability.
>
>