word 2007 spell checking inside tables

I ran across an issue today in Microsoft Word 2007 where the text inside my tables was noticeably not being spell check (i.e., words like aaa or woords were not considered misspelled). To make a long story short, it turns out that the style used for the text had spell checking turned off. This is a little known option located in a misplaced location. The location is the Language Window which is, in my opinion, mismatched as I do not think of spelling as a property belonging to language options but as a property belonging to the paragraph of text (working within the list presented by the context or second mouse button click menu). Furthermore the Language Window cannot be directly called from the text’s context menu but only from the text style’s context menu.

To see if this solves to your spell check situation try these steps:

From the text’s style:

1. Second mouse button click on the text style used inside the table (the highlight style either listed in the Style section of the Home Ribbon tab or from the expanded Style list
2. Click on the Modify… option  (opens Modify Style Window)
3. Click the Format button (bottom left corner)
4. Click on the Language… option (opens Language Window)
5. Uncheck “Do not check spelling or grammer” checkbox.
6. Click Ok, Click Ok (exit Language and Modify Style Windows)
7. Click Office Button (round upper left bottom)
8. Click on the Word Options option (opens Word Options Window)
9. Choose Proofing tab (side bar)
10. Click Recheck Document button
11. Click Ok (exit Word Options Window)

If this was the cause of your spell check problem the text will now be spell check!

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