Re: hide wavy underlines for spell checking

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Thanks for the info.

It seems that turning off spell checking is only for my machine, the setting
doesn't stay with the document. I turned off spell check & grammar checking,
sent the document via email to another machine, unfortunately when I opened
the Word attachment on the second machine the wavy lines were still there.

Have you had any experience with the Save As Word 97 – 2003 RTF? Saving with
this type seems to fix the problem but I'm concerned with compatibility with
other (non 2003 versions) of WORD.
Tom

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

> There are several approaches to this:
>
> 1. The easiest, and probably the best for your purposes, is to check "Hide
> spelling errors in this document" on the Spelling & Grammar tab of Tools |
> Options. This is a document-specific setting that suppresses the "Check
> spelling as you type" formatting but does not prevent you from running spell
> check explicitly. Similarly, you can check the box for "Hide grammatical
> errors in this document."
>
> 2. Select the entire document and format it as "Do not check spelling or
> grammar" (Tools | Language | Set Language). This will affect the entire
> document permanently; if you run spell check, no errors will be found,.
>
> 3. You can define a character style (based on Default Paragraph Font) that
> has Language set to "Do not check spelling or grammar" and apply this style
> to the "misspelled" words.
>
> --
> Suzanne S. Barnhill
> Microsoft MVP (Word)
> Words into Type
> Fairhope, Alabama USA
> Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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> all may benefit.
>
> "Tom" <Tom@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:588960B6-033F-47D6-977A-0A34B402121B@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > When I create a document I want spell check it but when I distribute it to
> > other users who view it in Word, I don't want then to see the wavy lines
> on
> > misspelled words or grammar. Names and special formatting are showing
> > underlined with wavy lines. If I put the names in the dictionary it’s only
> > added in my local dictionary. If I put an extra!! it shows a grammar
> error.
> > I'd like the users to just see the document without the wavy lines. File
> must
> > be distributed in .doc format.
>
>
.

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