Spelling and Grammar Check Each Time I Open a Document?

[JD]

I work on a lot of different documents and frequently notice the very busy
little image of a book with a pencil working feverishly at the bottom of
documents.
Is this checking the spelling for the whole doc? Some of these docs are
hundreds of pages. Is this really necessary? And is there a way to "turn
off" this feature?

 

[garfield-n-odie]

You can turn off automatic spelling and grammar checking in Tools | Options |
Spelling & Grammar | uncheck the boxes for "Check spelling as you type" and
"Check grammar as you type". You can manually invoke the spell checker and
grammar checker by pressing the F7 key.

 

[JD]

I have long ago turned off the automatic spelling and grammar checking ("as
you type") and rarely invoke the spell checker.
Nevertheless, the little book and pencil at the bottom of the documents are
ever busy.
I even occasionally get pop-up messages to the effect that a document
contains too many spelling and grammar errors for Word to be able to keep
track of them.