How to disable spell check in Word 2007 ?

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Steven Jones - 04 Jan 2008 14:45 GMT

Hi there,

We are starting Exams next week and we are unable to disable the spell
check in Microsoft Word 2007.

In Word 2002 we could just rename the Proof folder on the C Drive to
quickly break the spell check ability for the exams but in 2007 there seems
to be no way to disable it.

Even uninstalling the Proofing Tools does not seem to work despite there
being an error to say that the option is not install but goes and checks it
anyway.

Any help on this would be great as I only have a few days to resolve this.

Steven Jones.

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PeterMcC - 07 Jan 2008 13:13 GMT

Steven Jones wrote in
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> Hi there,
>
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> Any help on this would be great as I only have a few days to resolve
> this.

Firstly, my apologies for not answering your question; secondly, if you
don't want to answer my question, fair enough.

I'm intrigued as to which syllabus you're following that requires students
to use a word processor but won't let them use the spell check. Not just
idle curiosity, I do have a professional interest.

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Steven Jones - 10 Jan 2008 06:11 GMT

I'm afraid I don't know of hand as I'm just the IT Technician who is
investigating this issue.

But all I know is they are candidates who have some special needs where
they need to type rather than write. So spell check would need to have been
disabled to avoid the perception of they are gaining an advantage.

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