Word 2010 and 2013 spell check just quits working

[leo57]

I am wondering if anyone has had this issue. I am creating complicated instruction manuals with hyperlink book marks image insert and so on and I will notice that the spell check quits working. I see typo’s that are not caught riddled throughout the document.
This is also an issue in Outlook since it is tied to Word.

It happens on 3 different computers, one Win 7 Office 2010 Pro at work,
And at home Win7, Office 2010 Enterprise and Windows 8 with Office 2013 Pro.
There seems to be a correlation between working with it for several hours. And doing a lot of copy pasting of images screen captures etc.

If I open another document so now I have two open it seems to start working again.
Is the something to turn it on or am I hitting something to turn it off?
I have used Word since verion 2.0 (yeah that long ago) so I am a very fammiliar with it, creating macros and doing all kinds of stuff.

 

[SkipVought]

hi,

What happens if you Save & Close the document and then Open?

Skip,
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Just traded in my old subtlety...
for a NUANCE![/sub]

 

[xlhelp]

When the problem occurs:

Press the Ctrl+A keys to select the entire text.

Go to Review Tab, under proofing group, you should have a "Set Language" icon right beside Thesaurus. Select a language and see if spell check starts working.
Chances are the text gets changed to another language that Word is not set for.



Avoid Hangovers. Stay drunk.

 

[pmax9999]

Also, under the "Set Proofing Language" option there is a check box for "Do not check spelling or grammar". Make sure this is not checked.

Hope this helps.

Cheers
Pete