Tektodo

As I hit the 6,000 word mark while writing an essay for a school assignment, I realized that something wasn’t quite right.  I had over 6,000 words and virtually no mistakes.  I couldn’t fathom how I could go for 6,000 words with almost no errors and, sure enough, as I began to scan through my paper, the errors began to crop up.  However, why weren’t these errors underlined in red?  Why when I performed a spell check did nothing happen?  While I’m still not sure why Word was acting the way it was, I do know how to fix it.  Here are the steps to take if Word 2007′s spell checker decides to quit on you:

1. Highlight your entire document
2. Go to the “Review” tab of the Word Ribbon
3. Click on “Set Language”
4. Uncheck “Do not check spelling or grammar”
5. Click “OK”

You should now be all set.  Again, I’m not sure why Word does this, but it seems that it may have something to do with length, since in the first half of my essay, errors were underlined.  This has been a source of much frustration for me and it wasn’t until just yesterday that I was finally able to pinpoint the problem.  I hope this helps those of you who have been experiencing this problem with Word.  If you know why Word does this, please feel free to leave a comment describing the cause of this pesky problem.

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