Turning off red squiggly lines in Word 2000

[tshad]

How do I turn off the red squiggly lines under the words in Word for
individual documents?

I have documents I am setting up for documentation that includes programming
code. Most of the words have these lines under them because Word doesn't
understand them. It makes if very difficult to read.

Thanks,

Tom

 

[garfield-n-odie]

Those squiggly lines indicate spelling errors. You can completely turn
off spellcheck in Word by clicking on Tools | Options | Spelling &
Grammar | uncheck the "Check spelling as you type" box | OK. Or you can
create a paragraph style (perhaps called "ProgrammingCode") that has
spellcheck turned off (Tools | Language | Set Language | check the "Do
not check spelling or grammar" box), and apply that paragraph style to
selected paragraphs in the text.

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Tom,

In Tools=>Options=>Spelling & Grammar you can
turn off 'Check Spelling as you type'.
You can then use the F7 key when you do want to
do a spell/grammar check.

Alternatively, you can apply directly through
Format=>Language or by setting up a 'style'
in Format=>Language the font, color and 'no proofing'
setting you could apply to the text you're typing
that is program code. That way you'll get spell
checking in your narrative portions but not in
your code portion.

You can also use F7 to run a spell check and
have Word add the new words to those it will
recognize as 'correct'.

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How do I turn off the red squiggly lines under the words in Word for
individual documents?

I have documents I am setting up for documentation that includes programming
code. Most of the words have these lines under them because Word doesn't
understand them. It makes if very difficult to read.

Thanks,

Tom <<
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[tshad]

Those squiggly lines indicate spelling errors. You can completely turn
off spellcheck in Word by clicking on Tools | Options | Spelling & Grammar
| uncheck the "Check spelling as you type" box | OK. Or you can create a
paragraph style (perhaps called "ProgrammingCode") that has spellcheck
turned off (Tools | Language | Set Language | check the "Do not check
spelling or grammar" box), and apply that paragraph style to selected
paragraphs in the text.

Will this work by Document or is it something that if I set it, it will be
set for all documents?

Thanks,

Tom.

 

[garfield-n-odie]

Turning off spellcheck in "Tools | Options | Spelling & Grammar" applies
to all documents. A paragraph style would only affect the selected
paragraphs in a document, but you can apply the style to as many
paragraphs in as many documents as you wish.

 

[tshad]

Turning off spellcheck in "Tools | Options | Spelling & Grammar" applies
to all documents. A paragraph style would only affect the selected
paragraphs in a document, but you can apply the style to as many
paragraphs in as many documents as you wish.
Ok,

Thanks,

Tom

 

[Jay Somerset]

Hi Tom,

In Tools=>Options=>Spelling & Grammar you can
turn off 'Check Spelling as you type'.
You can then use the F7 key when you do want to
do a spell/grammar check.

Alternatively, you can apply directly through
Format=>Language or by setting up a 'style'
in Format=>Language the font, color and 'no proofing'
setting you could apply to the text you're typing
that is program code. That way you'll get spell
checking in your narrative portions but not in
your code portion.

I cannot find a Language line in the Format menu. I am using Word 2000 SP3.
Is this only in a later version of Word?

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Jay,

Oops. It should have read Tools=>Language.

=========I cannot find a Language line in the Format menu. I am using Word 2000 SP3.
Is this only in a later version of Word? >>
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Let us know if this helped you,

Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

Office 2003 Editions explained
http://www.microsoft.com/uk/office/editions.mspx