Somehow I have inadvertantly made a new word document an exception to 
spellcheck. How do I remove the exception? I need spell check to survive!
Thanks
-- 
Harry

The style for those paragraphs/words probably has the Do Not Check Spelling 
attribute turned on.
In 2003 and prior:
1. Select all (Ctrl+A to select the whole document).
2. Double click on the language button at the bottom of the Word window (or 
Tools, Language, Set Language).
3. Select the Language required in top section of the dialog box.
4. Clear the "Do Not Check Spelling or Grammar" check box. While here also 
clear the "Detect language automatically" if this is checked. If either is 
gray, then that means that part of the selected text has that setting, and 
part does not. You want that box to be white, not gray or checked.
5. OK.
The document should now be open to spelling and grammar checking.
Now click the Spelling & Grammar button or press F7 to run a check. You 
might need to go to Tools, Options, Spelling and Grammar and click the 
Recheck Document button.
In Word 2007, Review tab, Proofing group, Set Language, make sure that the 
required language is selected and that the two check boxes at the bottom are 
UNCHECKED: then press Default.
Now click the Spelling & Grammar button or press F7 to run a check. You 
might need to go to Office button > Word Options > Proofing and click the 
Recheck Document button.
Close Word and make sure to answer YES to save changes to the global template.
Spell check is a formatting attribute of the text. If you copy formatted 
text from another document then the formatting will come with it and if that 
include the no proofing option, then that's what you get. You need to either 
re-apply the proofing parameter (as described above) or use Paste Special 
Unformatted Text so that the formatting of the destination is adopted.
Also see http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/MasterSpellCheck.htm.

If when you say "new word document" this means that all new documents 
created have the "do not check" setting applied, you will need to do the 
above to the necessary normal.dot template (or .dotx/m for 2007).

Hope this helps
DeanH


"Harry" wrote:

> Somehow I have inadvertantly made a new word document an exception to 
> spellcheck. How do I remove the exception? I need spell check to survive!
> Thanks
> -- 
> Harry

Thanks Dean,
This is word 2007.
I have gone through the steps as you describe and the problem persists.
I did import both jpeg photo's and clip art to this document?
When I go to my document and open the word button,.... select word 
options,... proofing,.... the name of my document appears in a section box at 
the bottom of the display.
-- 
Harry


"DeanH" wrote:

> The style for those paragraphs/words probably has the Do Not Check Spelling 
> attribute turned on.
> In 2003 and prior:
> 1. Select all (Ctrl+A to select the whole document).
> 2. Double click on the language button at the bottom of the Word window (or 
> Tools, Language, Set Language).
> 3. Select the Language required in top section of the dialog box.
> 4. Clear the "Do Not Check Spelling or Grammar" check box. While here also 
> clear the "Detect language automatically" if this is checked. If either is 
> gray, then that means that part of the selected text has that setting, and 
> part does not. You want that box to be white, not gray or checked.
> 5. OK.
> The document should now be open to spelling and grammar checking.
> Now click the Spelling & Grammar button or press F7 to run a check. You 
> might need to go to Tools, Options, Spelling and Grammar and click the 
> Recheck Document button.
> In Word 2007, Review tab, Proofing group, Set Language, make sure that the 
> required language is selected and that the two check boxes at the bottom are 
> UNCHECKED: then press Default.
> Now click the Spelling & Grammar button or press F7 to run a check. You 
> might need to go to Office button > Word Options > Proofing and click the 
> Recheck Document button.
> Close Word and make sure to answer YES to save changes to the global template.
> Spell check is a formatting attribute of the text. If you copy formatted 
> text from another document then the formatting will come with it and if that 
> include the no proofing option, then that's what you get. You need to either 
> re-apply the proofing parameter (as described above) or use Paste Special 
> Unformatted Text so that the formatting of the destination is adopted.
> Also see http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/MasterSpellCheck.htm.
> 
> If when you say "new word document" this means that all new documents 
> created have the "do not check" setting applied, you will need to do the 
> above to the necessary normal.dot template (or .dotx/m for 2007).
> 
> Hope this helps
> DeanH
> 
> 
> "Harry" wrote:
> 
> > Somehow I have inadvertantly made a new word document an exception to 
> > spellcheck. How do I remove the exception? I need spell check to survive!
> > Thanks
> > -- 
> > Harry

Harry, I am currently away from my 2007 system so cannot definitively 
remember what displays look like.
Some things to double check:
1. It is only one document affected not all existing and new documents?
2. The whole document is selected (Ctrl+A) before the proofing options are 
checked as explained in previous posting and in the referenced article.

DeanH


"Harry" wrote:

> Thanks Dean,
> This is word 2007.
> I have gone through the steps as you describe and the problem persists.
> I did import both jpeg photo's and clip art to this document?
> When I go to my document and open the word button,.... select word 
> options,... proofing,.... the name of my document appears in a section box at 
> the bottom of the display.
> -- 
> Harry
> 
> 
> "DeanH" wrote:
> 
> > The style for those paragraphs/words probably has the Do Not Check Spelling 
> > attribute turned on.
> > In 2003 and prior:
> > 1. Select all (Ctrl+A to select the whole document).
> > 2. Double click on the language button at the bottom of the Word window (or 
> > Tools, Language, Set Language).
> > 3. Select the Language required in top section of the dialog box.
> > 4. Clear the "Do Not Check Spelling or Grammar" check box. While here also 
> > clear the "Detect language automatically" if this is checked. If either is 
> > gray, then that means that part of the selected text has that setting, and 
> > part does not. You want that box to be white, not gray or checked.
> > 5. OK.
> > The document should now be open to spelling and grammar checking.
> > Now click the Spelling & Grammar button or press F7 to run a check. You 
> > might need to go to Tools, Options, Spelling and Grammar and click the 
> > Recheck Document button.
> > In Word 2007, Review tab, Proofing group, Set Language, make sure that the 
> > required language is selected and that the two check boxes at the bottom are 
> > UNCHECKED: then press Default.
> > Now click the Spelling & Grammar button or press F7 to run a check. You 
> > might need to go to Office button > Word Options > Proofing and click the 
> > Recheck Document button.
> > Close Word and make sure to answer YES to save changes to the global template.
> > Spell check is a formatting attribute of the text. If you copy formatted 
> > text from another document then the formatting will come with it and if that 
> > include the no proofing option, then that's what you get. You need to either 
> > re-apply the proofing parameter (as described above) or use Paste Special 
> > Unformatted Text so that the formatting of the destination is adopted.
> > Also see http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/MasterSpellCheck.htm.
> > 
> > If when you say "new word document" this means that all new documents 
> > created have the "do not check" setting applied, you will need to do the 
> > above to the necessary normal.dot template (or .dotx/m for 2007).
> > 
> > Hope this helps
> > DeanH
> > 
> > 
> > "Harry" wrote:
> > 
> > > Somehow I have inadvertantly made a new word document an exception to 
> > > spellcheck. How do I remove the exception? I need spell check to survive!
> > > Thanks
> > > -- 
> > > Harry