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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]
I keep trying to change the check box in the proofing language, but when I look back at the box its checked again, and yes I did set it as default then clicked ok, so i have no idea.
Read through this entire thread. See Mastering the Spelling Checker if you have questions.
This setting is not by document or for Word as a whole, it is by character. It can be in Styles. If in Styles, you need to modify the styles. If in your normal template, you need to change that template.
If you can't figure things out from what I've said and reading through the thread, I would suggest posting a new question. You'll get the most comprehensive responses that way.
On the Review tab, click Language in the Language group, and then click Set Proofing Language.
In the Language dialog box, select the language that you want.
If the Do not check spelling or grammar check box is selected, click to clear the check box.
If Still Not works
Go to registry:-
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Shared Tools\ProofingTools\1.0\Override
Delete
exit from Registry
restart the WORD 2013......
On the Review tab, click Language in the Language group, and then click Set Proofing Language.
In the Language dialog box, select the language that you want.
If the Do not check spelling or grammar check box is selected, click to clear the check box.
If Still Not works
Go to registry:-
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Shared Tools\ProofingTools\1.0\Override
Delete
exit from Registry
restart the WORD 2013......
Thank you, but not quite.
Again, the setting for "do not check" is not something that applies to Word as a whole nor even to documents or paragraphs. Rather it is a character-level setting like bold or Italic. It can be contained in (and modified through) Styles as can other character-level formatting. It is generally applied to selected text.
If you use your first steps on selected text, it will change the setting for that text.
Please review Mastering the Spelling Checker and this entire thread.
If the Registry setting you mention exists, I suppose deleting it will help. This is not something that is normally there.
You selected the entire document (with Ctrl+A or by some other method) and made sure that the "Do not check spelling and grammar" box was completely clear--not shaded?
thank you this help