Stop Spell Check in MSWord
It’s okay… sometimes your document will contain misspelled words, names, abbreviations, table names, etc. These words will be caught by the Spell Checker! As you spell check your document, abbreviations and other specialty words (or words unique to you), you can choose to add them to the Dictionary. Over time, your custom dictionary will contain the words you use making spell checking your documents fast. However, you may have the type of document which contain abbreviations that do not need to be added to the Dictionary. Yet, every time you run the Spell Checker, you have to respond to each one of those words which makes running the Spellchecker tedious. The following information will be helpful if you would like to stop spell check in MSWord – or skip certain sections of text – in your document.
Add the Abbreviations to the Custom Dictionary
Adding the word or abbreviation to the custom dictionary is by far the easiest option to stop spell check in MSWord. The downsides are that it may take awhile to organically add each unique word to the custom dictionary as it comes up in your documents. Also, your dictionary could end up containing a bunch of irrelevant abbreviations. The upside is that it will create a faster spell check experience in the long run.
No Proofing
You can easily select a portion of your document and format it as a different language classification called “No Proofing”. Doing this will stop spell check in MSWord for that section. First, select the portion of your document you do not want spell checked. Then click the Language option. Then select Set Proofing Language. Last, check the Do not check spelling or grammar checkbox. You can turn off this option by reversing the steps and unchecking this option.
Happy spell checking!
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