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Disable Spell Check in Word 2019, 2016, & 365

Disable Spell Check in Word 2019, 2016, & 365

November 5, 2020 by Mitch Bartlett 7 Comments

Annoyed with Microsoft Word spell checking your documents? You can disable spell check and the squiggly lines that appear under a misspelled word with these steps.


Disabling Spell Check Setting

  1. Do one of the following depending on your operating system:
    • Windows: “File” > “Options” > “Proofing“.
    • macOS: “Word” > “Preferences…” > “Spelling & Grammar“.
  2. Uncheck the “Check spelling as you type” box to disable spell checking.
  3. In Windows, select “OK“. In macOS, close out of the window.

Disable Red Squiggly Lines

The above steps will not prevent the red squiggly lines from appearing under misspelled words. The only way to do that is with a macro.

    1. Do one of the following to enable the “Develop” tab.
      • Windows: Select “File” > “Options” > “Customize Ribbon“. Choose “Main Tabs” in the “Customize Ribbon” dropdown menu. Check the “Develop” option.
      • macOS: Select “Word” > “Preferences…” > “View“. Check the “Show developer tab” box.
    2. Select the “Developer” tab.
    3. Select “Visual Basic“.
    4. In the Macros in list, select the template or document in which you want to run the macro. For all documents, select “Normal.dotm“.
    5. Windows users, select “Create” to open the Visual Basic Editor.
    6. Use the following code:
      Sub ToggleSpellCheckDisplay()
      Options.CheckSpellingAsYouType = Not Options.CheckSpellingAsYouType
      Application.ScreenRefresh
      End Sub
    7. Run the macro by selecting the “Run Program” button.

The squiggly lines under misspelled words will no longer appear in Word.

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Filed Under: Office Tagged With: Office 365

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Comments

  1. Kevin Harmon says

    March 18, 2022 at 5:14 pm

    No help..i want to turn off spell-check

  2. Juan Camilo F says

    November 5, 2020 at 2:10 pm

    The LibreOffice answer (Larry H.) help me to save time a lot!

  3. Larry H says

    April 20, 2020 at 3:44 am

    MUCH easier way to remove squiggly lines: Download LibreOffice for free, open document, then got to
    Tools > Language > For All Text > None (Do not check spelling)
    —DONE!

  4. .S says

    March 25, 2020 at 3:19 am

    Thanks :)

  5. Rolf says

    December 14, 2019 at 10:26 pm

    Under File, Options, Proofing I un-checked ‘check spelling as you type’ but it still does it.

  6. Tien Le says

    November 23, 2019 at 2:16 pm

    With my Word 365,
    Windows: “File” > “Home” > “Options” > “Proofing“.

  7. LK says

    October 30, 2019 at 11:35 am

    How to disable the Synonyms feature that pops up with right-click in .docx?

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