Vista Word won't spell check

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Dear all,
My vista laptop won't spell check in Word. I have tried a number of things to try and solve this problem but none seem to work. I have gone to WORD OPTIONS; PROOFING and checked all the appropriate boxes and it still won't check my spellings. It works for the grammar but doesn't even pick up made up words that I try to test it with! I have checked my dictionary and ran the Microsoft Office Diagnostics.

I have watched the tutorials and read one other post with the same problem but there was no solution for it.

Please help!
 

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hello
Don't know if this will help, but it can't hurt... go to the control panel > programs and features, mouse over "micrsoft office" and choose "change" (top of page, see attached), then when a new screen comes up, choose "repair".... maybe it wasn't installed 100% .... good luck
 

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kenny111111 said:
hello
Don't know if this will help, but it can't hurt... go to the control panel > programs and features, mouse over "micrsoft office" and choose "change" (top of page, see attached), then when a new screen comes up, choose "repair".... maybe it wasn't installed 100% .... good luck
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Thank you! I did try this but it didn't work. I've found out that part of the text has the 'do not check spelling' box checked in the language window...but I didn't check it in the first place!! Every time I un-check it, it just goes back to being checked again!! Ah well...I'll just have to keep my eye on it...it's just really irritating!

Thanks again for your suggestion
 

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Welcome to the Forum

Did some research and found out that one user, with the same problem, solved the problem by making a new user account. Give it a try, cannot hurt.
 

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richc46 said:
Im back, thought that it might be best to give you the link to the source of my information. I would give it a try. There are other suggestions, that may solve the problem, too.

Word 2007 And Spell Check

Microsoft Word 2007 spell check does not work
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Thank you so much for this! I tried it (deleting the registry key), it hasn't seemed to work for the document I had problems with (my University Dissertation as well!!). I highlight all the text and then uncheck the 'do not check spelling box' but then I select a little bit of the text and the box is checked again! I have even tried doing paragraphs at a time.
Thanks again for all your help, think I may have to just go throught it all at the end!
 

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I have word, also. I do not mark anything. I just hit spell check and it checks the spelling. Next time you want to spell check, just hit the spell check do not select anything, see how that works. I have Word 07
 

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    Dell SP2009W 20 inch Flat Panel w Webcam
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    640 gb
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TY so much for the rep and kind words. I really hope that my last idea works.
 

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    Dell SP2009W 20 inch Flat Panel w Webcam
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    640 gb
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That's ok, I really appreciate the help!

I usually just hit the spell check button - that's when I noticed I had some really bad spelling mistakes that just weren't being picked up. I got an assignment back that was horrendously filled with bad mistakes that I just hadn't noticed...assuming that the computer was doing it for me!

I will keep an eye on any future pieces of work...but this one still doesn't check the whole document...it's a pain. My next resort is to contact the place I got the Word suite from...but not sure they will be much help!

Thanks again, I think its great that some people are out there to help!
 

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I am not going to forget about your problem, check the forum once in a while. This sounds like a little problem that should have an easy solution.

Good Luck
 

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    Intergrated 7.1 Channel Audio
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    Dell SP2009W 20 inch Flat Panel w Webcam
    Hard Drives
    640 gb
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    Fan
    Keyboard
    Dell USB
    Mouse
    Dell USB 4 button optical
    Other Info
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  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS420
    Memory
    6 gig
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD3650 256 MB
    Sound Card
    Intergrated 7.1 Channel Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell SP2009W 20 inch Flat Panel w Webcam
    Hard Drives
    640 gb
    Cooling
    Fan
    Keyboard
    Dell USB
    Mouse
    Dell USB 4 button optical
    Other Info
    DSL provided by ATT
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