How to Turn Off Automatic Spelling & Grammar in Word 2007

Whether you are writing letters, reports or a novel, Word typically performs spelling and grammar checking in the background, providing you with immediate feedback on your writing. While Word's spelling and grammar checkers can be useful most of the time, seeing those wavy lines underneath text can become annoying. Word lets you turn off the spelling and grammar checkers for a specific document or for all documents.

Instructions

1. Click the "Microsoft Office" button in the top-left corner of Word.

2. Select "Word Options," then select "Proofing."

3. Click the down arrow next to the current document name in the box next to "Exceptions for." You should see a list of open documents, including the one you are currently working on.

4. Check both boxes underneath this document name to make Word hide both spelling and grammar errors. The boxes are labeled "Hide spelling errors in this document only" and "Hide grammar errors in this document only."

5. Select "All New Documents" from the same drop-down box if you also want Word to turn off automatic spelling and grammar for all future documents you create. Click "OK" to complete the process.

References

• Microsoft: Choose How Spelling and Grammar Checking Work
• Microsoft: Check Spelling and Grammar