How to Turn Off Automatic Spell Checking in Microsoft Word

You can turn off automatic spell checking (and do away with those annoying little wavy marks) if you want to do all of your spell checking after completing the document. These instructions work for Word 97, 98 and 2000.

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Instructions

- 1
  
  Go to the Tools menu.
- 2
  
  Select Spelling and Grammar.
- 3
  
  Click the Options button.
- 4
  
  Deselect the Check Spelling as You Type checkbox.
- 5
  
  Select or deselect any of the other choices in this window, according to which features you want to use.

Comments

1024129904 Feb 06, 2012
THese steps are incorrect, bozo.
konyha Jun 10, 2010
The order of steps 2 and 3: Step 2 Click the Options button Step 3 Select Spelling and Grammar
helgea Jan 19, 2010
To disable only in the current document or the selection go to the language setting where you will find an option to turn it off.

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