Spell Check not working in Word 365 after automatic update

Anonymous
2018-02-23T19:51:54+00:00

I cannot get spell check to check my document.  Word no longer highlights potential issues, and when I run the spellcheck, even when I KNOW there are misspelled words, spell check completes without prompting me for any problematic words or phrases.  (the update also wiped out all of my macros, for the second time this week!)  

I have checked the proofing options, and everything appears to be as I want it.

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  1. Stefan Blom 353K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2018-10-03T14:42:28+00:00

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-10-03T13:41:51+00:00

    I tried all the point from this website, but they didn't work for me. Maybe they'll work for someone else. 

    https://www.timeatlas.com/word-spell-check-not-working/

    Any others that have read, heard anything?

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  3. Charles Kenyon 171K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2018-07-31T13:50:26+00:00

    Charles Thanks but all of this has already been tried several times for the past 2 months. 

    When you type in this sentence, does grammar checker work?

    Grammar and to some extent spell checker have not worked since Microsoft updated Editor.   This is not an isolated incident, this is a universal bug.

    The grammar checker is on and the language is correct.  

    This is a major bug that Microsoft needs to address. 

    Just to confirm.

    Did you press Shift+F1 in a sentence where there was a problem?

    I expect you did, but your responses don't tell me that.

    I understand you are upset. People in this forum have no say in how Word works. We are trying to help people use the real, imperfect, product that is Microsoft Word.

    UserVoice and the Feedback Hub are where changes/fixes can be prompted. The people in charge of development do read those suggestions. That doesn't mean they do what we want, but they do read them.

    UserVoice Word for Windows

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  4. Stefan Blom 353K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2018-07-15T19:51:20+00:00

    In Word, a filled check box means that the selection contains conflicting settings. For example, if a selection includes some text characters for which "Do not check spelling or grammar" has been activated and other characters for which "Do not check spelling or grammar" is turned off, you would see a filled check box. 

    However, it turns out that for any selection large enough, you will always see a filled check box, even if there is no conflict.

    In other words, it isn't very likely that the option gets activated automatically. If that is indeed happening, the usual culprit would be a poorly designed add-in.

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  5. Suzanne S Barnhill 279.4K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2018-07-12T13:53:15+00:00

    More likely the text was just formatted as "Do not check spelling or grammar."

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