👨‍🏫 Tutorial HOW TO: Enable Spell Check on Microsoft Word [Solved]

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By default, when you type a word, sentence and paragraph even it has a wrong spelling and grammar, still it does not display red curved-underline.

So how to enable the spell check and to display error-underline as you type?

Microsoft Office
packed with powerful feature including spell and grammar check. Though
spelling and grammar
checking it is not 100% accurate but it has the ability to learn. You can add some
spelling words
in the Word's database.
spell+check+microsoft+office.webp

To be simple and straighforward, setting up to enable spell check is very easy.

HOW TO: Enable Spell Check on Microsoft Word

1. Open your Microsoft Word
(I used version 2007 here)
2. Click the
Office
logo found at the top-left of the interface.
3. Find
Word Options
, it shows below the pop-up window.
Word+Options+Proofing+Settings.webp
Microsoft Word Proofing Setting

4. In Word Options configuration, in the left pane, choose Proofing.
5. Here, you must check the following:
  • Check Spelling as you type
  • Use contextual spelling
  • Mark grammar errors as you type
  • Check grammar with spelling
In writing style:

If you want grammar only to check, choose grammar only. But for quite valid reason, I would suggest set it to Grammar and Style.

Additional details: (uncheck the following)
  • Hide spelling errors in the document only
  • Hide grammar errors in the document only
Image Microsoft Word's Screenshots
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