MS Word 2007 Spellcheck

I recently installed Office/Home Student 2007. I'm having the worst time trying to get the spellcheck to work. If the grammar check is on it deosn't spell check and even when I click the grammar check off I don't think the spellcheck works right.

My old Wordperfect uses the Oxford English dictionary to spellcheck and I think it did a much better job.

Is it just me or does anyone else have a problem with Word 2007 spellcheck?

Anyone have any idea how I could load the Oxford Dictionary from WordPerfect into Word 2007?

Thanks

Thanks for your help

RJK-When I click ADD I can't get my Wordperfect or it's Dictionary to show up.

Clair-It doesn't higtlight any of my mispelled words and leaves more than half of them unchecked or corrected. I checked 'hide spelling erorrs' and that's not marked.

I hate being a computer feeb

Clair Dickson said:

Do you have enough memory on your computer to run Office 2007? Check the specs on the box and check your computer (Right Click My Computer and select Properties.)

You may not have enough computer speed to run it.

Another thing to check is for free space. Word2007 is a much larger program than previous Word processors. Right click your harddrive (probably C) and go to properties to see how much free space you have.

Click to expand...

I have 4.69 GB's left.

I'm going to try and copy my Wordperfect dictionary to CD and then see if I can load it to Word that way

Interesting or completely stupid update to my problem.

I went to the Microsoft site and found lots of people were having the same problem I was, seems my Word is locked in French language mode. Yup french. I did what is listed to change to English but nothing, I had to email the problem to microsoft and will let you know the end result.

Thanks for all your help.


ETA: Update. After 4 pages of tech help and days of exchanging e-mails with Microsoft the spellcheck problem seems to be solved. Word disabled the spellcheck saying it might negatively affect the program. We'll see how everything goes

Here are the ways Microsoft sent me to fix the spellcheck. It was the last one that worked for me


1.Click on Start menu, click Control Panel.
2. Click Switch to Classic View - ( left ) and then click on Add or Remove Programs icon.
3. Find Office 2007 & click on change.
4. Choose the add or remove features & click on next/continue.
5. You will find the tree of all the programs installed.
6. Expand Office Shared Features
7. Under Office Shared Features you will find Proofing Tools , now lets click on the drop down then select "Run all from my computer".
8. Click continue and then continue the process.
9. Now check if you are able to work on word
10. Restart the computer and check again if we are able to work on Word





1.Click on Start menu, click Control Panel.
2. Click Switch to Classic View - ( left ) and then click on Add or Remove Programs icon.
3. Find Office 2007 & click on change.
4. Choose the add or remove features & click on next/continue.
5. You will find the tree of all the programs installed.
6. Expand Office Shared Features, Expand Proofing Tools , Click on the drop down on Proofing Tools, then select “ Not Available “(Check 1st Image in attachment), Click continue to continue the process
7. Restart the computer
Repeat the steps 1-5
Now, 1. Expand Office Shared Features, Expand Proofing Tools , Click on the drop down on Proofing Tools, then select “ Not Available “ to all except English Proofing Tools and Translation Core Files (Check 2nd Image in attachment) , Click continue to continue the process
2. Restart the computer





1. Quit all the Office programs. Click Start menu -> Control Panel.
2. If Control Panel is not in Classic View, click Switch to Classic View, and then double-click the "Programs & Features" icon.
3. Select Microsoft Office 2007 from the List , and then click Change.
4. After the Active Setup process starts, select "Add or Remove Features" and click Continue.
5. Expand "Office Shared Features"-> "Proofing Tools"-> "English Proofing Tools". Click the icon next to "Spelling and Grammar Checkers" and select "Not Available".
6. Click Continue.
7. After the un-installation process is complete, please repeat the above steps to reinstall "Spelling and Grammar Checkers" by selecting "Run from My Computer" in step 5.
Note: Please insert the Office 2007 installation CD if you are prompted.
8. Restart your computer and test the issue again.

Step 2: Delete Proofing Tools Registry Key

1. Click on Start and select Run (you can also use the key combination "Windows Key + R")
2. Type "regedit" (without quotes) and click OK
3. Locate Proofing tools Registry Keys and Delete them
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Proofing Tools
4. Close Registry Editor
5. Restart the Computer and check.





1. Click Word to Open
2. Click Office Button
3. Click Word Options
4. Click Add-Ins
5. Scroll down to Manage
6. Use drop down menu to access Disabled Items and click Go
7. Click Spell Check on
8. Restart computer and check