Spellcheck won't stop!

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Jeff Granger

Word 2003 on Win XP

I have a 6 page Word doc, about 200k in size, containing two pages of
pictures. Problem is that spellcheck is constantly running, (as shoen by
icon in task-bar) which is draining resouces and making editing the doc
almost impossible. I've deselected automatic checking whilst writing but
it's still going.

Anyone know how to make it stop?

Jeff
 
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Mike Williams [MVP]

Jeff said:
Word 2003 on Win XP

I have a 6 page Word doc, about 200k in size, containing two pages of
pictures. Problem is that spellcheck is constantly running, (as shoen
by icon in task-bar) which is draining resouces and making editing
the doc almost impossible. I've deselected automatic checking whilst
writing but it's still going.
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This comes up again and again, but I don't think the icon really reflects
any activity of the spell-checker. AND any resources it uses are pretty
minimal. How does the status-bar icon interfere with you editing the
document?.

If you have multiple languages enabled for office editing, you could try
turning off language detection.

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Opinicus

Mike Williams said:
This comes up again and again, but I don't think the icon really
reflects any activity of the spell-checker. AND any resources it uses
are pretty minimal. How does the status-bar icon interfere with you
editing the document?.
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I seem to have missed the original post in this thread. Was OP referring to
that annoying little book in the lower right-hand part of the screen with
(variously) a pencil moving across it, a red check mark, and a red "X"? If
so, there's a way to get rid of it which, unfortunately, I've forgotten.
 
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Suzanne S. Barnhill

For me, the icon disappears if I clear the box for "Check spelling as you
type" on the Spelling & Grammar tab of Tools | Options.

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Opinicus

Suzanne S. Barnhill said:
For me, the icon disappears if I clear the box for "Check spelling as
you type" on the Spelling & Grammar tab of Tools | Options.
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Tried that many, many times. No matter what I do that demon book is still
there...
 
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