From: mtblue222 on


"Beth Melton" wrote:

> First, click the Microsoft Office Button, close it, and see if spell check
> begins to work. (Believe it or not, there's a slight bug with spell check
> and the Microsoft Office Button, you need to click it once for it to start
> working. Note that this only applies to new installations and it will only
> happen once.)
>
> If that doesn't work then if no custom spell checker have been installed on
> the computer, exit Word, and then backup and delete the following registry
> key:
>
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Shared
> Tools\ProofingTools\1.0\Override\en-US
>
> This key will be rebuilt the next time you start Word. Please let us know if
> this resolves the issue. This resolution, found by Bob Buckland on another
> forum, has been only recently been confirmed by Microsoft. :-)
>
> Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for
> assistance by email can not be acknowledged.
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Beth Melton
> Microsoft Office MVP
>
> Co-author of Word 2007 Inside Out:
> http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/books/9801.aspx#AboutTheBook
>
> Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word
> TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/
> MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/
>
> "JaclynK" <JaclynK(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:B5D35F5F-7405-4CF8-AD9B-25AA124710A8(a)microsoft.com...
> > When creating a new document in word 2007, obvious mispelled words are not
> > picked up by the spell checker. All settings and options have been double
> > check by my IT department, however it still does not work. The message
> > states
> > " The spelling and grammer check is complete" but the mistakes are not
> > picked
> > up. When I used the trial version I did not have any problems with this,
> > however once my office bought the full version spell check is no longer
> > working. Any help or ideas would be greatly appreciated.
>
>
>
From: mtblue222 on
I tried the advice below but it did not solve my problem. In the registry,
there is no such key in my system.

What else can I do to fix this?



"Beth Melton" wrote:

> First, click the Microsoft Office Button, close it, and see if spell check
> begins to work. (Believe it or not, there's a slight bug with spell check
> and the Microsoft Office Button, you need to click it once for it to start
> working. Note that this only applies to new installations and it will only
> happen once.)
>
> If that doesn't work then if no custom spell checker have been installed on
> the computer, exit Word, and then backup and delete the following registry
> key:
>
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Shared
> Tools\ProofingTools\1.0\Override\en-US
>
> This key will be rebuilt the next time you start Word. Please let us know if
> this resolves the issue. This resolution, found by Bob Buckland on another
> forum, has been only recently been confirmed by Microsoft. :-)
>
> Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for
> assistance by email can not be acknowledged.
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Beth Melton
> Microsoft Office MVP
>
> Co-author of Word 2007 Inside Out:
> http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/books/9801.aspx#AboutTheBook
>
> Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word
> TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/
> MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/
>
> "JaclynK" <JaclynK(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:B5D35F5F-7405-4CF8-AD9B-25AA124710A8(a)microsoft.com...
> > When creating a new document in word 2007, obvious mispelled words are not
> > picked up by the spell checker. All settings and options have been double
> > check by my IT department, however it still does not work. The message
> > states
> > " The spelling and grammer check is complete" but the mistakes are not
> > picked
> > up. When I used the trial version I did not have any problems with this,
> > however once my office bought the full version spell check is no longer
> > working. Any help or ideas would be greatly appreciated.
>
>
>