Disabling Editing Languages in Word 2007

I've received quite a few complaints about Word 2007's spelling and grammar feature. It is nothing new for people to be annoyed with the red and green squigly underlines in a document. But I've also been annoyed with the feature in Word 2007.

You see, sometimes correct words and phrases are labeled as incorrect. Fortunately, the problem doesn't lie with Word 2007's spelling and grammar abilities. The editing language has simply been changed somehow.

You can change your options so that this won't happen again. Just follow these steps:

1. Click the Office button

2. Select Word Options

3. Click Language Settings on the Popular tab

4. Make sure your preferred language is selected under Primary editing language

5. Select any unwanted languages under Enabled editing languages

6. Click Remove

7. Click OK and OK

Word will only check spelling and grammar for the language you've enabled. If you need to check spelling and grammar for a different language in the future, you will need to enable editing for that language.