spell check is not working...how do I turn it on? (MS Word 2013)

Anonymous
2013-03-26T00:45:00+00:00

I just upgraded to a full version of MS Office 2013. I am using Word and notice two things. One, it is not auto-correcting misspelled words as I type, and two, when I go to the "Review" tab and select "Spelling and Grammar" to do a spell check, it says "Spelling and grammar complete. You're good to go!" This is not correct. 

I've gone to the Options menu. Autocorrect is turned on. Nothing else seems to make logical sense to me.

Is anyone else having this issue? Can someone help? I NEED my spell check.

Thank you

PS. My OS is Win7, 64-bit and I'm using Office 2013.

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  1. Suzanne S Barnhill 279.2K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2015-10-08T20:46:02+00:00

    Don't have a clue as to the last two sentences.

    I think those were given as examples of text the grammar checker does not flag as incorrect.

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  2. Charles Kenyon 170.8K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2015-10-08T18:50:23+00:00

    My checkbox was already unchecked.  The grammar check is turned on under Proofing Options.

    Word just told me this was ready to send.  Not just my computer.  The college I teach at is having this on all installations.  This one was installed separately from the college.

    We hasn’t this does.

    What the why will you thinks about it.

    The checkbox is specific to selected text. A single word or paragraph can have it checked and not show up if you look when your insertion point is elsewhere.

    Don't have a clue as to the last two sentences.

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  3. Suzanne S Barnhill 279.2K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2015-10-08T12:43:20+00:00

    Did you first select all the text in the document (Ctrl+A) before going to the Language dialog?

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  4. Anonymous
    2015-10-08T04:48:00+00:00

    My checkbox was already unchecked.  The grammar check is turned on under Proofing Options.

    Word just told me this was ready to send.  Not just my computer.  The college I teach at is having this on all installations.  This one was installed separately from the college.

    We hasn’t this does.

    What the why will you thinks about it.

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