Plan for spelling checker settings in Office 2010
Applies to: Office 2010
Topic Last Modified: 2011-08-05
Depending on your objectives, you can use either Group Policy or the Office Customization Tool (OCT) to manage the behavior of spelling checker in Office 2010. To determine which of these tools to use, you must decide whether or not you want users to be able to change your configurations:
Group Policy enables you to set policies, which are configurations that users cannot change.
The OCT enables you to set preferences, which are configurations that users can change through the user interface (UI). Preferences are deployed during Office 2010 setup.
The Office 2010 Group Policy and OCT settings are available in the Office 2010 Administrative Template files (ADM, ADMX, ADML) and Office Customization Tool (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkID=189316) download package. The download package also contains an Excel 2010 workbook (“Office2010GroupPolicyAndOCTSettings.xls”) that has more information about the settings. It includes registry information that can be useful if you want to configure spelling checker options by using a script.
In this article:
Office 2010 general spelling checker settings
InfoPath 2010 spelling checker settings
OneNote 2010 spelling checker settings
Outlook 2010 spelling checker settings
PowerPoint 2010 spelling checker settings
Publisher 2010 spelling checker settings
Word 2010 spelling checker settings
The sections in this article are grouped by application. Each section contains a table that lists the setting names, descriptions, the behavior that occurs when you enable, disable, or do not configure the setting, and the location of the setting in the Group Policy object editor and OCT.
Note
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The locations in the Group Policy Object Editor apply when you invoke the Group Policy Object Editor to configure a GPO. To configure local Group Policy, use the Local Group Policy Editor. To configure domain-based Group Policy, use the Group Policy Management Console (GPMC). Either tool invokes the Group Policy Object Editor when you configure a GPO. For more information, see Use Group Policy to enforce Office 2010 settings and Group Policy overview for Office 2010.
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The locations in the OCT are available on the Modify user settings page. For more information about the OCT, see Office Customization Tool in Office 2010.
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For more information about the spelling checker options that users can change through the UI, see Choose how spelling and grammar checking work (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?linkID=202126).
Office 2010 general spelling checker settings
The following table lists the settings that apply globally to Office 2010.
| Name | Description | When enabled | When disabled | When not configured | Group Policy object editor location | OCT location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Improve proofing tools |
Controls whether the Help Improve Proofing Tools feature sends usage data to Microsoft. |
Data is sent to Microsoft if users decide to participate in the Customer Experience Improvement Program (CEIP). |
Data is not collected or sent to Microsoft. |
Same as if it is enabled, except users can change the setting through the UI. |
Microsoft Office 2010\Tools | Options | Spelling\Proofing Data Collection |
Microsoft Office 2010\Tools | Options | Spelling\Proofing Data Collection |
Flag Repeated Words |
Allows users to flag or ignore repeated words. |
Spelling checker flags repeated words. |
Spelling checker does not flag repeated words. |
Same as if it is enabled, except users can change the setting through the UI. |
Microsoft Office 2010\Tools | Options | Spelling\Proofing Data Collection |
Microsoft Office 2010\Tools | Options | Spelling |
Ignore words in UPPERCASE |
Allows users to ignore words that are written in UPPERCASE. |
Spelling checker ignores words that are written in UPPERCASE. |
Spelling checker does not ignore words that are written in UPPERCASE. |
Same as if it is enabled, except users can change the setting through the UI. |
Microsoft Office 2010\Tools | Options | Spelling\Proofing Data Collection |
Microsoft Office 2010\Tools | Options | Spelling |
Ignore words with numbers |
Allows users to ignore words that contain numbers. |
Spelling checker ignores words that contain numbers. |
Spelling checker does not ignore words that contain numbers. |
Same as if it is enabled, except users can change the setting through the UI. |
Microsoft Office 2010\Tools | Options | Spelling\Proofing Data Collection |
Microsoft Office 2010\Tools | Options | Spelling |
Ignore Internet and file addresses |
Allows users to ignore URLs and file paths. |
Spelling checker ignores URLs and file paths. |
Spelling checker does not ignore URLs and file paths. |
Same as if it is enabled, except users can change the setting through the UI. |
Microsoft Office 2010\Tools | Options | Spelling\Proofing Data Collection |
Microsoft Office 2010\Tools | Options | Spelling |
Suggest from main dictionary only. |
Allows users to select words from the main dictionary only. |
Spelling checker lets users select words from the main dictionary only. |
Spelling checker lets users select words from other sources. |
Same as if it is enabled, except users can change the setting through the UI. |
Microsoft Office 2010\Tools | Options | Spelling\Proofing Data Collection |
Microsoft Office 2010\Tools | Options | Spelling |
InfoPath 2010 spelling checker settings
The following table lists the settings that apply to InfoPath 2010.
| Name | Description | When enabled | When disabled | When not configured | Group Policy object editor location | OCT location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hide spelling errors |
Allows users to hide spelling errors (the wavy line under a misspelled word) |
Spelling errors (the wavy lines under a misspelled word) are hidden. |
Spelling errors are designated by a wavy line that is under the misspelled word. |
Same as if it is enabled, except users can change the setting through the UI. |
Microsoft InfoPath 2010\InfoPath Options\Spelling & Grammar |
Microsoft InfoPath 2010\InfoPath Options\Spelling & Grammar |
Disable commands |
Allows the administrator to disable UI options. |
The administrator can disable the following UI option: Home tab | Spelling Menu | Set Proofing Language |
UI option is enabled. |
Same as if it is disabled, except users can change the setting through the UI. |
Microsoft InfoPath 2010\Disable Items in User Interface\Predefined |
Not available in the OCT. |
OneNote 2010 spelling checker settings
The following table lists the settings that apply to OneNote 2010.
| Name | Description | When enabled | When disabled | When not configured | Group Policy object editor location | OCT location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
OneNote Spelling Options |
Determines the following spelling options for users
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One or more options can be enabled. |
One or more options can be disabled. |
Same as enabling the “Check spelling as you type” option, but users can change this through the UI. |
Microsoft OneNote 2010\OneNote Options\Spelling |
Microsoft OneNote 2010\OneNote Options\Spelling |
Outlook 2010 spelling checker settings
The following table lists the settings that apply to Outlook 2010.
| Name | Description | When enabled | When disabled | When not configured | Group Policy object editor location | OCT location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
General |
Enables or disables the following spelling options for users:
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One or more options can be enabled. |
One or more options can be disabled. |
Both options are enabled, but users can change this through the UI. |
Microsoft Outlook 2010\Outlook Options\Spelling |
Microsoft Outlook 2010\Outlook Options\Spelling |
PowerPoint 2010 spelling checker settings
The following table lists the settings that apply to PowerPoint 2010.
| Name | Description | When enabled | When disabled | When not configured | Group Policy object editor location | OCT location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Use contextual spelling |
Enables or disables contextual spelling for users. |
Contextual spelling is enabled for users. |
Contextual spelling is disabled for users. |
Same as if it is enabled, except users can change through the UI. |
Microsoft PowerPoint 2010\PowerPoint Options\Proofing |
Microsoft PowerPoint 2010\PowerPoint Options\Proofing |
Check spelling as you type |
Enables PowerPoint 2010 to check the spelling while the user types. |
Check spelling as you type is enabled for users. |
Check spelling as you type is disabled for users. |
Same as if it is enabled, except users can change through the UI. |
Microsoft PowerPoint 2010\PowerPoint Options\Proofing |
Microsoft PowerPoint 2010\PowerPoint Options\Proofing |
Publisher 2010 spelling checker settings
The following table lists the settings that apply to Publisher 2010.
| Name | Description | When enabled | When disabled | When not configured | Group Policy object editor location | OCT location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Check spelling as you type |
Enables or disables the following options:
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One or more of the options can be enabled. |
One or more of the options can be disabled. |
Check spelling as you type is enabled, but users can change this through the UI. |
Microsoft Publisher 2010\Publisher Options\L_Proofing |
Microsoft Publisher 2010\Publisher Options\L_Proofing |
Word 2010 spelling checker settings
The following table lists the settings that apply to Word 2010.
| Name | Description | When enabled | When disabled | When not configured | Group Policy object editor location | OCT location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Check grammar with spelling |
Allows users to configure spelling checker to check the grammar at the same time that they check the spelling. |
Spelling checker checks for grammar when it checks spelling. |
Spelling checker does not check for grammar when it checks spelling. |
Same as if it is enabled, except users can change through the UI. |
Microsoft Word 2010\Word Options\Proofing\AutoFormat as you type\Automatically as you type |
Microsoft Word 2010\Word Options\Proofing |
Delay before starting background spelling checker |
Allows the administrator to add a delay, expressed in milliseconds.Milliseconds (e.g. 5000 milliseconds = 5 seconds), before background spelling checker starts.) |
The administrator can specify a delay in milliseconds, between 0 – 2147483647. |
There is no delay. |
There is no delay. |
Microsoft Word 2010\Word Options\Proofing\AutoFormat as you type\Automatically as you type |
Microsoft Word 2010\Word Options\Proofing |
See Also
Concepts
Group Policy overview for Office 2010
Use Group Policy to enforce Office 2010 settings