Re: MS Word: Spell Checker: Red Lines

Subject: Re: MS Word: Spell Checker: Red Lines
From: Robert Lauriston <robert -at- lauriston -dot- com>
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 08:54:17 -0700

There are various ways that Word can disable spell-checking for
portions of a document. For example, the "Do not check spelling or
grammar" option can be set off for a section or style.

I've had Word 2003 and 2007 randomly set that when opening a document
created in earlier releases.

On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 7:32 AM, Keith Hansen<KRH -at- weiland-wfg -dot- com> wrote:
> I have an MS Word question. When you misspell a word in MS Word, a wavy
> red line typically appears below the word, indicating a misspelling.
>
> In my Word doc, these wavy red lines do indeed appear under misspelled
> words--up to a certain point in the doc. Then, no more red lines, even
> when the word is badly misspelled.
>
> Question: Why no red lines past a certain point? Any ideas?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Keith
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