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. Charles Kenyon 170.8K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2016-03-22T16:56:12+00:00

    Me 2 just up to 2013 spell a auto-correcting Not working, and i went to Catholic school.

    This is the 80th reply in an old thread. You will get more help if you post a new question saying what you want to have happen, what you have tried to make that happen, and what you are getting instead. (Catholic school will not change the answers you get.)

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-03-22T15:45:27+00:00

    Me 2 just up to 2013 spell a auto-correcting Not working, and i went to Catholic school.

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  4. Charles Kenyon 170.8K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2016-02-11T02:34:50+00:00

    No I could not fidt any steps to activate my spell check on Windows = 10

    Windows 10 does not matter. What matters is Word. The steps are in the article that Doug referenced.

    Mastering the Spelling Checker

    What, exactly, are you trying to do? Which steps? This is the 78th reply in this thread. You may want to type a new question.

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