Spell check stopped working

External Since: Apr 13, 2006 Posts: 14

that was my problem . thank you very much

"DeanH" wrote:

> What Word version and OS are you using?
> A possible solution is descibed below.
> The style for those paragraphs/words probably has the Do Not Check Spelling
> attribute turned on.
> In 2003 and prior:
> 1. Select all (Ctrl+A to select the whole document).
> 2. Double click on the language button at the bottom of the Word window (or
> Tools, Language, Set Language).
> 3. Select Language required in top section of the dialog box.
> 4. Clear the "Do Not Check Spelling or Grammar" check box. While here also
> clear the "Detect language automatically" if this is checked.
> 5. OK.
> The document should now be open to spelling and grammar checking.
> In Word 2007, Review tab, Proofing group, Thesaurus, Set Language.
> Spell check is a formatting attribute of the text. If you copy formatted
> text from another document then the formatting will come with it and if that
> include the no proofing option, then that's what you get. You need to either
> re-apply the proofing parameter (as described above) or use Paste Special
> Unformatted Text so that the formatting of the destination is adopted.
> Also see http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/MasterSpellCheck.htm.
>
> Hope this helps
> DeanH
>
> "jay" wrote:
>
> > Sell check does not recognize obvios misspellings. How do I reset the
> > dictionary or even change the dicionary? Or is the dictionary the problem?