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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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See http://wordfaqs.ssbarnhill.com/MasterSpellCheck.htm
[Moderator note: Edited to update link]
Please do check that page.
Mastering the Spelling Checker
This is like text formatting that you can't see. It can be applied to a single word or even character. If that is copied and expanded, the formatting is on everything that comes from that, just as if the text were a color or bold.
The problem comes when people assume (naturally, that it applies to an entire document, or even an entire paragraph.
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.
Did you first select all the text in the document (Ctrl+A) before going to the Language dialog?
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.