I am using XP and don't have tools... but I have gone through all the language stuff and applied it to the entire document by selecting all....

Did this fix your problem?

You do have a Tools menu unless you have something very wrong with your version of Word.

See Mastering the Spelling Checker.

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Try clicking on a misspelled word and pressing Shift+F1. You should see something like this:



Under Font formatting does it say : Language: Do not check spelling or grammar?

The screenshot above is from a computer with only one language installed, with spelling and grammar installed and active. This is a character(font)-level formatting in Word.

As Charles wrote, since you are using Office XP, and therefore Word 2002, you should certainly have a Tools menu, unless you have customized the menu bar of course.

Which specific option did you change for the selected text? Did it make a difference?

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No it did not fix it. As for menus, I only have a Home, Insert, Page Layout, References, Mailings, Review, View, Developer, and Add-ins. On my Mac I have a tools menu, but I never have this problem on my Mac. On my PC I have no "menus" at all, just the tabs.

Where do I find these menus using Microsoft? on mac they are at the top of the screen. On MS I can't find them anywhere....

If you have Home, Insert, Page Layout, References, Mailings, Review, View, Developer, and Add-ins you do NOT have Office XP. It sounds like you have Office 2007. What version of Word do I have?

Is there a yellow-orange button to the left of Home?

Look on your Review tab. Look under the Language button/menu.

There is a yellow orange paste button below and an orange>yellow>green>blue (in descending size) windows button hove, both on the left. I am sorry, I don't know what version or where to find it (thought it was XP). I am used to mac and the older version of the other MS Word.

I did the entire review, languages, spell check, everything (multiple times).

No worries. I may try pasting it into a new document and things... just a bit of a pain.

Thanks for your help!