Text marked "do not check spelling"

Word 2007

Hi
I am trying to run a spell check on a document that has obvious spelling
errors.
I get a message saying complete but text marked do not check spelling or
grammar was not checked.

How do I find and replace this text. I cannot see any obvious options on mt
Find and repalce dialoge.

Thanks

Sam

On Mon, 13 Oct 2008 16:33:58 +0100, "SammyH" <noone.DeleteThis@nowhere.com> wrote:

>Word 2007
>
>Hi
>I am trying to run a spell check on a document that has obvious spelling
>errors.
>I get a message saying complete but text marked do not check spelling or
>grammar was not checked.
>
>How do I find and replace this text. I cannot see any obvious options on mt
>Find and repalce dialoge.
>
>Thanks
>
>Sam
>

Since presumably you don't want any text in the document to be marked as "do not
check spelling", simply turn off that setting for everything at once. Press
Ctrl+A to select the whole document. Then go to the Review tab of the ribbon,
look in the Proofing group on the left, and click the Set Language button; in
the dialog, clear the check box for "Do not check spelling or grammar" (you
might have to click it a couple of times so it doesn't have either a check or a
color square), and click OK.

Technically, you could do the same with Find/Replace. In that dialog, you'd
click the More button; then with the cursor in the Find What box, click Format >
Language and check the "Do not check spelling" box. With the cursor in the
Replace With box, again click Format > Language and clear the same box. Then
click the Replace All button. However, this is several steps longer than the
other method.


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