I do not know why spellcheck works on some Macs and not on others but I hope this tip helps you if you encounter this problem. However, when I opened Excel the spellcheck feature worked properly for me.
I opened Word 2016 on my Mac and the language for my Custom Dictionary was also set to “none”, just like on my client’s Mac. You’re good to go.”Ĭuriously, this appears to be an inconsistent bug or problem in Excel 2016. If nothing is misspelled you should see a message that reads something like “Spell check complete. Test spellcheck by clicking on the Review tab and then clicking the Spelling button.Open Excel and create a new blank document.Click on the list of languages and select English (US), or whichever language you prefer. Click the Dictionaries button next to Custom Dictionary.Click on the Spelling & Grammar button.AOO won't find the folder and will create a new one. Right-click the folder and select Rename. Click Start and type appdata in the Search box. Click on the Word menu and select Preferences Re: Solved Spell check underlines every word.(Don’t simply click the red dot to close your current Excel document, click on the Excel menu and select Quit Excel.) The steps are detailed in the post, but I’ll re-post them here. When she opened Excel 2016, she’d click on the Review tab and then click the Spelling button and nothing would happen.Īfter trying a few common troubleshooting techniques I did some online research and found this Microsoft User Forum post which gave me the solution. Spellcheck worked properly for her in Word 2016. A client recently reported having this problem. Clear the Check grammar with spelling check box.Do you have Office 2016 installed on your Mac? By any chance does the spellcheck feature work in Word but not Excel? Here’s a possible fix.In Outlook 2007: On the Tools menu, click Options, click the Spelling tab, and then click Spelling and AutoCorrection.In Word 2007: Click the Microsoft Office Button > Word Options > Proofing.In Outlook 2010 and later: On the File menu, click Options, click Mail, and then click Spelling and Autocorrect.In Word 2010 and later, PowerPoint 2013, and PowerPoint 2016: On the File menu, click Options, and then click Proofing.In certain programs, you can also simply turn off grammar checking. Select grammar and writing style options. You MUST first LEFT click the misspelled word to trigger the event then right click to see the AutoCorrect utility. In researching this -Things I did not know, in Office 365, but apparentlyĭue to a change that MS made in the Selection Change Event of Word 2016, a right click no longer triggers the event. To have Outlook correct spelling mistakes automatically, on the Edit menu, point to Spelling and Grammar, and then click Correct Spelling Automatically To turn automatic grammar checking on or off, on the Edit menu, point to Spelling and Grammar, and then click Check Grammar with Spelling.
To turn automatic spell checking on or off, on the Edit menu, point to Spelling and Grammar, and then click Check Spelling While Typing. Click Learn Spelling to add the word to the spelling dictionary. Click Ignore Spelling to ignore one instance of the word. On the shortcut menu, do one of the followingĬlick one of the guesses at the top of the shortcut menu. When you see a word with a dashed underline, Control click the word or phrase and choose one of the options.Under Grammar, check or clear the Check grammar as you type box.Ĭlose the dialog box to save your changes. In the Spelling & Grammar dialog box, under Spelling, check or clear the Check spelling as you type box. On the Word menu, click Preferences > Spelling & Grammar. Turn on (or off) automatic spelling and grammar checking (I would think that means press control button as you click the word ?) baklogic When you see a spelling or grammatical error, Control click the word or phrase and choose one of the options. I don't know if there is a reason that this is for Mac, and whether it would be the same in windows. I couldn't find any of those pages on MS sites where people are complaining about this. this opens the spell checker, so you have to move the cursor over to there, then click on the spelling option you want, then click on the Change button, then move the cursor back to where you were.Īlmost as good as a right click and a left click under the old system.ĭoes MS have a department called the 'What shall we mess with next department'?īTW, where did you find that registry hack. All you have to do is right click on the misspelt word, then click on 'see more' at the bottom of the menu (see above). I did look some more, encouraged by your having found at least something on this, and discovered that the context menu does give the old style list.
looks like I'll have to wait until winter- yours, rather than mine, i hope. I've looked at all your links and things - still no help. Very kind of you to spend that amount of time on this.
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