Re: Spell Check not checking properly

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From: Suzanne S. Barnhill (sbarnhill_at_mvps.org)
Date: 12/18/04 

Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2004 09:59:36 -0600

If obvious misspellings are not caught by the spelling checker, it's likely
that the text in question has been formatted as "(no proofing)." Select the
text, go to Tools | Language | Set Language, and make sure that the correct
language is selected and that (in Word 2000 and above) the box for "Do not
check spelling or grammar" is *not* checked. 

-- 
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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"Julie from Brooklyn" <Julie from Brooklyn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
in message news:B8CCC53C-F871-4E6D-B0E8-65239DC9DB01@microsoft.com...
> Hello,
> The following was spell-checked in Word and was declared OK.
> But it's not. Now we feel we cannot trust spell check, which is
unfortunate
> and we have to waste time reading through everything.
> Comments, please. Help.
>
> Thanks.

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