Word:Mac 2004 Spellchecker

[Roy Davies]

I have installed the latest Word for Mac successfully I believe but am
having problems using the spell check facility.

If I transfer an old document from Appleworks 6 Word Processing into
Word, it immediately highlights any spelling errors and I can correct
them using the spellcheck facility in Word. Similarly, if I receive a
Word document from another source, via e-mail, when I open it in [my]
Word any spelling errors are duly highlighted.

However, when a create a document in [my] Word:Mac and select the
spell check facility under Tools a window pops up stating that the
spelling check is complete even though the document clearly has
spelling errors in it.

Have I missed something in the Word:Mac set up? Do I need to switch
any items on or off to get the spell check to work? Does it have a
dictionary to look up even though it carries out spelling checks on
imported documents?

Thanks for your help.

 

[Daiya Mitchell]

Probably part of your text is set to No Proofing, or the wrong language.
You have to assign a language to the text for Word to spellcheck it. In Word
2004, it can have a language assigned but also have "do not check spelling
and grammar" selected in the checkbox.

To test this, with the cursor in a word that isn't being checked, go to
Tools | Language and see what comes up selected.

To assign a language, select all text and use Tools | Language.

Since this is happening all new documents, probably the language setting in
the Normal style (default style for text in new documents) has become
undone. After testing as above to confirm this is the problem, go to Format
| Style, select Normal in left column, click Modify. Check "add to
template", but *not* "automatically update." Use the drop down Format menu
in the dialog to access and set the Language properly.

DM

I have installed the latest Word for Mac successfully I believe but am
having problems using the spell check facility.

If I transfer an old document from Appleworks 6 Word Processing into
Word, it immediately highlights any spelling errors and I can correct
them using the spellcheck facility in Word. Similarly, if I receive a
Word document from another source, via e-mail, when I open it in [my]
Word any spelling errors are duly highlighted.

However, when a create a document in [my] Word:Mac and select the
spell check facility under Tools a window pops up stating that the
spelling check is complete even though the document clearly has
spelling errors in it.

Have I missed something in the Word:Mac set up? Do I need to switch
any items on or off to get the spell check to work? Does it have a
dictionary to look up even though it carries out spelling checks on
imported documents?

Thanks for your help.