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When you Save As and begin editing the Word document, the squiggly red lines of the spell checker do not appear. Troubleshooting: I discovered that if I copy the text of the Word file into a new, blank Word doc, the spell check with the squiggly lines immediately works. If you need to edit a document, or write a quick draft and check spelling later, here’s a quick tip to run a spell check with keyboard shortcuts.
If you have accumulated a collection of misspelled words in the Microsoft Word Spelling and Grammar Check custom dictionary, you can create a new dictionary to reset the check features and start a new custom dictionary from scratch, and then set the new dictionary as the default using the Custom Dictionaries settings tool. You can also reset the spelling and grammar checker to recheck a single document. In addition, you can change languages for your spell check dictionary in the Custom Dictionaries settings tool.
New Custom Dictionary
1.Open Word, click the “File” tab in the top navigation menu and then click the “Word Options” entry.
2.Click the “Custom Dictionaries” option, and then click “New” to open the New Dictionary form.
3.Type a name for the new dictionary in the Name field, and then click “Save” to save the file. Make sure the file name includes the 'DIC' file extension.
4.Uncheck the “CUSTOM.DIC” option in the Custom Dictionaries dialog box, and then check the check box for the new dictionary you just created. Click “OK.”
5.Click the “Change Default” button in the Custom Dictionaries dialog box, and then click the new dictionary to assign as the default, if desired. Click “OK” twice to save the settings and close the dialog boxes.
Reset for Single Document
1.Open a document in Word and enable Spelling and Grammar check on the document by clicking “Review” in the top navigation ribbon, and then clicking the “Spelling & Grammar” tab. Change or ignore misspelled words, as desired, when the Spelling dialog box displays a suspected misspelling. Spell check the entire document.
2.Click the “File” option, and then click “Options” once the spell checker has reached the end of the document.
3.Click the “Proofing” option, and then click the “Recheck Document” option. A warning message displays indicating that the operation resets the spelling and grammar checker so that Word will recheck words you previously checked.
4.Click “Yes” to continue, and then click “OK” to close the Word Options box. Spell check rechecks the document.
Tip
- Change the default language for your custom dictionary by clicking the “Dictionary Language” drop-down box in the Custom Dictionaries dialog box, and then clicking on the new default language.
Warning
- Information provided in this article applies to Microsoft Office Word 2013. Instructions may vary slightly or significantly for other versions of Word.
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Randall Blackburn has worked for several Fortune 1000 companies as a technical writer over the past seven years. He has produced a wide variety of technical documentation, including detailed programming specifications and research papers. Randall has also acquired several years' experience writing web content. Randall lives and works in Austin, TX.
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