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I can purposefully type a misspelled word in InDesign and the Spell Check doesn't catch it. In fact it doesn't seem to work at all.
As is often the case, the answer is simple. I find a lot of people jump to things like entering code in the terminal and the like. I had the problem and someone posted that You simply have to exit preview mode. "w" (when your cursor is not typing text, otherwise escape then w) will bring it up. Presto, dynamic spell check is working.
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David your advice was spot on. I was trying to get it sorted for a while, and then I used your tips, sorted, great stuff mate! thank you!
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This happens regularly with updates and it takes me ages to find out how to get it back. Why cant they keep all our settings as they are on thier updates! Very annoying.
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2 things
the "correct answer" doesn't work. so not correct
and why do i purchase expensive software to be told to press "ESC" and "W" to make asimple spell check work?
Fix this problem
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Hi @Sean5CF1:
The original question—written in 2013—is vague. We don't know why spell check didn't work for the OP because no details were provided. We also don't know who marked it as correct—the OP or one of the moderators. If the OP marked it as correct, then it was correct for their situation. All of the possible answers are in the thread, however. You also chose not to provide details so we can't give you a single answer. I'm happy to summarize and you can pick the one that you need.
~Barb