Why Doesnt My Microsoft Office Home Student 07 Pick Up On Spelling Mistakes Anymore?

Question

Microsoft office doesnt underline or autocorrect spelling mistakes anymore and even if i manually select check spelling and grammer it doesnt pick up on the mistakes. How can i fix this? I use the english australian and tried with the english U.S. but it still didnt work. help me!

thanks

Answer 1

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.

b. In your Windows registry, if the key

"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\

Shared Tools\Proofing Tools\1.0\Override" exists, delete it.

c. Restart your computer.

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garfield-n-odie

Microsoft MVP 2005-2008

http://mvp.support.microsoft.com