How to Turn Off Spell Check

To turn off automatic spelling checking and automatic grammar checking, follow these steps, as appropriate for your situation.

Word 2010

1. Click the File tab, and then click Options. 
2. Click Proofing. 
3. Click to clear the Check spelling as you type check box. 
4. Click to clear the Mark grammar as you type check box.

Outlook 2010

1. Click the File tab, and then click Options. 
2. Click Mail , and then click Editor Options. 
3. Click to clear the Check spelling as you type check box. 
4. Click to clear the Mark grammar as you type check box.

PowerPoint 2010, Publisher 2010, and Visio 2010 

1. Click the File tab, and then click Options. 
2. Click Proofing. 
3. Click to clear the Check spelling as you type check box. 
4. Click to clear the Hide spelling errors check box.

Word 2007

1. Click the Microsoft Office Button
   
   , and then click Word Options. 
2. Click Proofing. 
3. Click to clear the Check spelling as you type check box. 
4. Click to clear the Check grammar as you type check box.

Important The Check spelling as you type and Check grammar as you type settings will affect any open documents in Word 2007. If other people use the documents, you may want to notify the people that you made this change.

Outlook 2007

1. On the Tools menu, click Options. 
2. Click the Spelling tab, and then click Spelling and AutoCorrection. 
3. Click to clear the Check spelling as you type check box. 
4. Click to clear the Check grammar as you type check box.

PowerPoint 2007

1. Click the Microsoft Office Button
   
   , and then click PowerPoint Options. 
2. Click Proofing. 
3. Click to clear the Hide spelling errors check box. 
4. Click to clear the Check spelling as you type check box. 

InfoPath 2007, OneNote 2007, Publisher 2007, SharePoint Designer 2007, and Visio 2007

1. On the Tools menu, click Spelling, and then click Spelling Options. 
2. Click to clear the Hide spelling errors check box. 
3. Click to clear the Check spelling as you type check box. 

Word 2003, Word 2002, and Word 2000

1. On the Tools menu, click Options, and then click the Spelling & Grammar tab. 
2. Click to clear the Check spelling as you type check box. 
3. Click to clear the Check grammar as you type check box.

Important The Check spelling as you type and Check grammar as you type settings will affect any open documents in Word. If other people use the documents, you may want to notify the people that you made this change.

Outlook 2003 and Outlook 2002

1. Compose a new message.
2. On the Tools menu, click Options and then click the Spelling & Grammar tab.. 
3. Click to clear the Check spelling as you type check box. 
4. Click to clear the Check grammar as you type check box.

PowerPoint 2003, PowerPoint 2002, and PowerPoint 2000

1. On the Tools menu, click Options, and then click the Spelling and style tab. 
2. Click to clear the Hide spelling errors check box. 
3. Click to clear the Check spelling as you type check box.