Expand 'Text Editor, Dictionary, and Font File Names. Sometimes the spell check not working can stem from a simple setting not checked in one of the template (or document) Styles. Select the correct dictionary: Go into Options, to the Files tab. The process is descripted in the link which both Dean & I attached. Please then double-check the dictionary you use in 'Options'.
Select the Proofing tab in the Word Options dialog box (see figure 3). If I understand correctly, it works but it doesnt check the spelling correctly. Select the Options tab in the Backstage view (see figure 2). Select the File tab in the ribbon (see figure 1). It most likely will still work if the versions are not set too apart. If you have updated your text since running the Editor, you may want to run a fresh check. You have the option of enabling or disabling spell check in Word as needed.
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This free typo checker correct spelling mistakes in a click. The workaround works well in a mixed installation of Office 2007 and Outlook 2010 but I haven’t tested in other combinations. Microsoft Word can automatically check your spelling and show grammatical errors. Spell Check offered by searchenginereports is an online tool that proofreads your text or files. Restarting the Spell Checker points out the same error, that is still there. The result? All previously greyed out Spelling Check and AutoCorrect Options features became available again. I have got a problem where I use Spell Checker, and when it finds an error, and offers suggestions, what to change the word with the error to, clicking on the suggestion will not actually correct the word in the text. So, based on this observation, the workaround to get around this issue was easy:Ĭopy the WINWORD.exe file from Office12 folder to Office14 folder, and restart Outlook. If nothing found, it then disables all Word-depended features like Spelling Check. When my Outlook 2010 launches, it looks for the Word executable file WinWord.exe in the same directory. For example, my Office 2007 is installed in Office12 folder while my Outlook 2010 is installed in Office14 folder, both under Microsoft Office folder. So when Outlook couldn’t find a working copy of Word application, it greys out these features.Įach version of Office is installed in a number-based sub-directory under the main Microsoft Office folder. The features like Spelling Check and AutoCorrect in Outlook are integrated tightly with the same version of Word. Turned out, that’s because I have a mixed Microsoft Office versions installed, running Outlook 2010 alone while Word is still on 2007. A window would be prompted to confirm the setting, click Yes, click OK. Only the basic ones, like Always checks spelling before sending, are still available. Please do the following setting for your spelling check in Word 2016: Click Review > Language > Set Proofing Language, in the Language window, click English (United Kingdom), click Set As Default. My Outlook 2010’s Spelling Check Options (called Proofing in Outlook 2010), as well as AutoCorrect Options were all greyed out, so I don’t get the usual correct as you type feature as I usually get on my other computers.