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date: Sun, 14 Sep 2008 04:53:40 -0700,
group: microsoft.public.mac.office
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Re: How to activate Spelling and Grammar Check in Word
Thank, but that did not work. The Spelling and Grammar check is still grayed out under Word preferences and the spell check isn't working.
> The first consideration is the Language formatting of the document. If the
> Language is formatted one way & your Default Language is another Spelling &
> Grammar won't work. (It has to be understood that "Language format" has
> nothing to do with "characters displayed" - you can take any text and "tag
> it" with any language formatting you wish, just like Bold or Italics.)
>
> If you Select All (Command+A) then go to Tools > Language, then select your
> primary language [English (US) for example], does the Spelling & Grammar
> command come back to life? If not, reply back to explore it further.
>
> HTH |:>)
> Bob Jones
> [MVP] Office:Mac
>
>
>
> On 9/14/08 7:53 AM, in article 59b59750.-1@webcrossing.caR9absDaxw,
> "laprof@officeformac.com" wrote:
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> > Version: 2008
> > Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
> > Processor: Intel
> >
> > My word documents will not automatically do spell and grammar check.I can not
> > activate Spell & Grammar check for Word. Under preference - under authoring
> > and proofing tools the Spelling&Grammar icon is faded and will not "light up"
> > when clicked on. With word document open, I go to "Dictionary" and I have
> > checked off everything to have spell and grammer check done automatically. Is
> > it possible, that I need a dictionary installed? My tech people at school have
> > no idea what the problem is. Please HELP!
>
>
date: Sun, 14 Sep 2008 08:20:24 -0700
author: unknown
Re: How to activate Spelling and Grammar Check in Word
Have a run through the information at this link:
http://word.mvps.org/mac/SpellCheck.html
Confirm the appropriate language version & see the section pertaining to:
The Spelling & Grammar Preferences Are Grayed Out
Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac
On 9/14/08 11:20 AM, in article 59b59750.1@webcrossing.caR9absDaxw,
"laprof@officeformac.com" wrote:
> Thank, but that did not work. The Spelling and Grammar check is still grayed
> out under Word preferences and the spell check isn't working.
>
>> The first consideration is the Language formatting of the document. If the
>> Language is formatted one way & your Default Language is another Spelling &
>> Grammar won't work. (It has to be understood that "Language format" has
>> nothing to do with "characters displayed" - you can take any text and "tag
>> it" with any language formatting you wish, just like Bold or Italics.)
>>
>> If you Select All (Command+A) then go to Tools > Language, then select your
>> primary language [English (US) for example], does the Spelling & Grammar
>> command come back to life? If not, reply back to explore it further.
>>
>> HTH |:>)
>> Bob Jones
>> [MVP] Office:Mac
>>
>>
>>
>> On 9/14/08 7:53 AM, in article 59b59750.-1@webcrossing.caR9absDaxw,
>> "laprof@officeformac.com" wrote:
>>
>>> Version: 2008
>>> Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
>>> Processor: Intel
>>>
>>> My word documents will not automatically do spell and grammar check.I can
>>> not
>>> activate Spell & Grammar check for Word. Under preference - under authoring
>>> and proofing tools the Spelling&Grammar icon is faded and will not "light
>>> up"
>>> when clicked on. With word document open, I go to "Dictionary" and I have
>>> checked off everything to have spell and grammer check done automatically.
>>> Is
>>> it possible, that I need a dictionary installed? My tech people at school
>>> have
>>> no idea what the problem is. Please HELP!
>>
>>
date: Tue, 23 Sep 2008 19:00:27 -0400
author: CyberTaz
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