ShowSpellingErrors Property

Applies To

Document object.

Description

True if Word underlines spelling errors in the document. Read/write Boolean.

Remarks

To view spelling errors in a document, you must set the CheckSpellingAsYouType property to True.

See Also

CheckSpellingAsYouType property, SuggestSpellingCorrections property.

Example

This example sets Word to hide the wavy red line that denotes possible spelling errors in the active document.

ActiveDocument.ShowSpellingErrors = False

This example sets Word to show spelling errors in the active document.

Options.CheckSpellingAsYouType = True
ActiveDocument.ShowSpellingErrors = True

This example returns the current status of the Hide spelling errors in this document option on the Spelling & Grammar tab in the Options dialog box.

temp = ActiveDocument.ShowSpellingErrors