Re: Why does spell-checking keep being switched-off by Word 2003?

From: Suzanne S. Barnhill (sbarnhill_at_mvps.org)
Date: 01/30/05 

Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2005 14:42:05 -0600

Are you using Word as your email editor? The Compose and Reply styles sound
like something that would come from email, and if you have some option set
in Outlook/Outlook Express not to spell check emails, this might be where
the whole mess started. 

-- 
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"IainH" <IainH@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:18C82B07-7664-47FC-9315-2C6D0D6EA6A9@microsoft.com...
> Suzanne...you are a God-send :-))
>
> Looking at my Normal.dot I not only found you could set a language and so
> spell-check option against a style, but that my Normal style was
> (mysteriously) set to not spell-check. Now quite how it got to be like
that
> is another matter. I didn't even know the option existed but obviously
Word
> took exception to me not liking it's default Normal style ;-)
>
> Also oddly my Normal.dot contains two 'extra' styles:
>
> 1. Personal Compose Style
> 2. Personal Reply Style
>
> ???? Now where did they come from?? More interestingly they have the 'Do
not
> spell check' option part selected, i.e. grey ticked, which is what I find
in
> docs I create...so hopefully zapping them may cure my ills...unless of
course
> Word gets even more upset with me for not only liking is default style
setup
> but also zapping things it thinks should be there. It may be a perfect
> solution...or a perfect hell if Word retaliates :-))
>
> Thx.../Iain
>
> "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
>
> > Pasting text from the Web or another document can cause this. Form
fields
> > are also formatted as "(no proofing)" by default, I believe. And I have
had
> > a case where one of my styles mysteriously became formatted as "Do not
check
> > spelling or grammar" in a particular document although it was not so
> > formatted in the template. As Office MVP Bob Buckland has famously said,
> > "Word rarely misses an opportunity to perplex."
> >
> > -- 
> > Suzanne S. Barnhill
> > Microsoft MVP (Word)
> > Words into Type
> > Fairhope, Alabama USA
> > Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
> > Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
> > all may benefit.
> >
> > "IainH" <IainH@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:1CB54EEA-EEC8-40D2-AA93-3CD66C1054FB@microsoft.com...
> > > I keep finding that Word 'thinks it knows better' and keeps switching
off
> > > spell-checking.
> > >
> > > If I check in my Normal.dot under Tools:Options:Spelling & Grammar
both
> > > spelling and grammar checks are ENabled.
> > >
> > > If I check in my Normal.dot under Tools:Language:Set Language... the
'Do
> > not
> > > check spelling or grammar' option is DISabled. The language is set as
> > English
> > > UK with both UK and US dictionaries loaded.
> > >
> > > If I then create a new blank document and start typing I find spelling
has
> > > miraculously become DISabled, i.e. under Tools:Language:Set
Language...
> > the
> > > 'Do not check spelling or grammar' option has suddenly bencome
ENabled!
> > >
> > > If I then select all (Ctrl+A) and go back to Tools:Language:Set
> > Language...
> > > and uncheck the 'Do not check spelling or grammar' option and 'OK' and
> > then
> > > go straight back in to recheck, I find the 'Do not check spelling or
> > grammar'
> > > option partially re-ENabled (i.e. grey tick) even though I just
DISabled
> > it!
> > >
> > > It's as if Word thinks it knows better and does not want to spell
check
> > and
> > > it becomes a real battle to mark my text for checking.
> > >
> > > Anyone any idea what's going on? I find these kind of 'features' ever
> > > increasingly intrusive and very counter -productive. I spent my time
> > 'doing
> > > battle' with Word (and other MS products) trying to make the do as I
wish
> > as
> > > opposed to following some set of unknown rules developed by someone
sat in
> > > Sattle thinking they'll add some cool new feature to help me. It would
> > seem 9
> > > times out of 10 they work against me!
> > >
> > > Can someone help me before Word finally does me in!
> > >
> > > Thx.../Iain
> >
> >