To turn off spelling and grammar checking, choose Word→Preferences and click the Spelling and Grammar icon. Word looks through the entire document and displays a dialog when it finds a possible spelling or grammar error. You don’t have to turn off the wavy red or green underlines to use.
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One of Microsoft Word's more useful features is automatic spell check and grammar check. Both allow you see instantly, as you type, if you make a mistake, saving you proofreading time later on. At times, however, this feature becomes distracting, especially in documents that include many acronyms, abbreviations or proper nouns, or if the text doesn't follow a clean noun-verb sentence structure. In those situations, the constant red and green underlining, indicating spelling and grammar errors, can become irritating. Microsoft Word allows you to turn off both the spell checker and the grammar checker under the options settings.
2.Click the 'File' tab in the upper-left corner of the screen.
4.Click 'Proofing' to view the proofing options, which includes the spelling and grammar checkers.
5.Remove the check in the box next to 'Check Spelling As You Type.'
6.Remove the check in the box next to 'Mark Grammar As You Type.'
7.Click the 'OK' button at the bottom of the screen to save the option changes.
Tips
- In older versions of Word, pre-2007, the Options command appears in the Tools menu. You can disable the spell checker and grammar checker under the Spelling & Grammar tab.
- Word for Macintosh calls the Word options 'Preferences' and places the command under the Word menu in the upper-left corner. Spell checker and grammar checker settings are found in the Authoring Tools and Proofing category.
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