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. Anonymous
    2015-10-09T14:53:24+00:00

    I have an important puzzle piece in this message.  After the next two paragraphs below.

    That's right, Suzanne.  I typed the two nonsense sentences into Word.  When I ran  the spelling/grammar check, the program said I was "good to go."

    Suzanne, I get the same result when I run the check with all text selected.  I'm not sure, though, what "Language dialog" you are referring to.  When I go to File/Options/Language, I don't see anything to change, except that the option is "Match Microsoft Windows <default>" and not English.

    IMPORTANT PUZZLE PIECE HERE

    One of my students accidentally found something that made a difference in my first nonsense sentence. 

    Go to File/Options/Proofing

    Under Writing Style, click the Settings button.

    Under the Grammar section (the first section), there is a checkbox that was empty called:

    "Subject-verb agreement."

    Actually, I checked all the unchecked items in that Grammar section.

    Try it and see how it really attempts to get subject-verb agreement, although it can't recognize nonsense sentences as long as all the words are in the dictionary.

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  3. Suzanne S Barnhill 279.2K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2015-10-09T15:15:11+00:00

    I'm not sure, though, what "Language dialog" you are referring to.  When I go to File/Options/Language, I don't see anything to change, except that the option is "Match Microsoft Windows <default>" and not English.

    I am referring to the dialog you get when you click Review | Language | Language | Set Proofing Language. That's the dialog that contains the check box for "Do not check spelling or grammar."

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  4. Anonymous
    2015-10-09T16:10:32+00:00

    Thanks, Suzanne. 

    I do NOT have that box checked.

    Jerry

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