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. Anonymous
    2014-01-15T18:53:17+00:00

    I just figured it out. In Word 2013, select the review tab, click "language". select "set proofing language" then uncheck the first box at the bottom of the box that says "do not check spelling or grammar." that will fix your problem!

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  2. Suzanne S Barnhill 279.2K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2014-01-15T21:05:52+00:00

    If you had read the referenced article, you would not have been searching.

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  3. Anonymous
    2014-02-05T17:57:38+00:00

    Thank you! That actually fixed it!!

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  4. Anonymous
    2014-03-11T20:59:00+00:00

    I am having the same issue; Office tells me "Spelling and Grammar check complete. You're good to go!" even though I purposefully misspelled some words for testing. I followed the section under "Nothing is marked as misspelled" in the linked document (as close as possible, anyway - it was written for Office 2010 and I am using 2013), but everything was correct, and the problem remains. Any additional tips?

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