Auto correction/spelling not working. (1 Viewer)

[geralf]

Hi,

I'm having trouble with with auto correction (red lines etc.) showing under words spelled wrong. The option for auto correction is turned on, but it does not show. As far as I can tell, everything seems to be set correctly. I have also tried re-installing Office 2007, without any luck. Any ideas anyone?

I'm new to Office 2007, so any help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

 

[wiklendt]

maybe this will help:

click the 'orb', go right to the bottom, where there is a button called "Word Options". then check the following:

HTH

 

[geralf]

Thank you very much for your reply.

I have checked these settings, and they are the same as yours. It still won't
mark a word with a red 'line' if it's spelled incorrectly. Any others ideas?

Thanks again

 

[wiklendt]

if you type just one or two words, the squiggly lines don't show up straight away (i noticed)...

does it trigger the lines after a you type few words (maybe you're just too good a speller!)?

 

[geralf]

I have tested this using only a single word as well as a whole sentence with intentional misspelled words. Have also used inserted a line shift, but it won't show, when it should have. You can use the spell checker (F7), and it says there is no spelling errors. If I toggle the settings you so nicely posted previously, it makes no difference. It's just like the dictionary isn't there.

That's why I tried re-installing, but it made no difference. I guess the user profile for Office isn't cleared out or something's left in the registry.

It has worked earlier, but 'something' has happened. How would I go about to make a new clean installation, without inherriting something from the previous installation? I could also try to create a new user account in Vista, and see if it's the same problem. Any thoughts or ideas?

Thanks for your interest. Much appreciated

 

[wiklendt]

here's something i found using google:

What did work for me was to go to the Word Options in Word>Add-Ins >Manage
(Selct disabled items). In that list, i found that the English dictionary
had been disabled. I decided to enable it and the spell check was working!
Thank you for reading my question and offering your advice.

maybe the dictionary you are using has also been disabled - i see you are in norway, so maybe this is something you need to look at? i just tried to follow that person's explanation, but i didn't see any english language add-on, BUT my laptop's and software's native language is english, so perhaps that's why.

is grammar checker working?

have you tried google?

 

[geralf]

Hi there, and thanks again.

This is interesting. The problem isn't on my computer, but a neighbour's, and since it's midnight here soon, I can't try it out now.

I'll post back the result when we have taken a look at it.

Haven't tested the grammar correction, but will check this as well.

Haven't tried Google myself, but I think this forum is a great resource, and have used it a lot earlier when developing Access databases.

Thanks for the help once again, and I'll let you know how it worked out.

Have a nice day

 

[wiklendt]

good night. you're a good neighbour!