I love the MS Word, grammer and spell checking features as you type. But, there are times when I am editing certian types of documnets that those features just get in the way! It is a pain to go through the menus and options windows to enable/disable them.
In the new Office 2007 Beta, I finally got around to recording a macro to take care of this problem:
Sub ToggleAsYouType()
Options.CheckGrammarAsYouType = Not Options.CheckGrammarAsYouType
Options.CheckSpellingAsYouType = Not Options.CheckSpellingAsYouType
End Sub
I have this added to my Quick Access Toolbar (that short little toolbar at the top which comes with Save, Undo, Redo and Print buttons). When I click the button, it toggles checking as I type on or off. VERY handy!
Install:
First thing you have to do however, if you have not already, is go to the Word Options window (button in the top left hand corner of Word and selection Word Options) and under "Personalize", make sure there is a check mark next to "Show Developer tab in Ribbon". Not sure if there is another way to get to the "macros" box in the new Office, but this does the job :)
Click on the "Developer" ribbon tab and click on the "Macros" button. Type in "ToggleAsYouType" in box under "Macro Name" and clic the Create button. Copy and past the code above. That gives you the marco on your system.
If you wish to assign it to the Quick Access Toolbar, simply right click on your Quick Access Toolbar and select the option "Customize Quick Access Toolbar.." (This is also a simple shortcut to the Word Options window). When the Word Options window appears, change the combo box under "Choose commands from" to "Macros" and select your new macro from the list and click Add. That is all there is to it.. The new button should appear in the toolbar and when you click on it, the macro will toggle the "as you type" options on or off.