Word 2007: Spell-check not working

What do you do when:

- Word 2007 will not spell check as you type.
- Word 2007 will not spell check when you check a single word or the entire document.
- Word 2007 will check the document's grammer.
- Office 2007 spell check works fine in other Office 2007 applications. 

The spelling Dictionary DLL might have been disabled in Word. This may have happened because the speller crashed and a message appeared asking if you would like to disable the speller. You then said Yes.  

These steps will check for a Dictionary DLL that has been marked as disabled.

1. Click the Microsoft Office Button, and then click Word Options.
2. In the Word Options dialog box, click Add-ins.
3. From the Manage drop-down list choose Disabled Items. Click Go.

Note: Hopefully you see the Dictionary DLL listed here. Thus it is off and needs turned back on.

4. Click on the <english dictionary DLL>. Ex: Msspell6.dll or some speller file.
5. With the DLL selected, click Enable.
6. Close Word.
7. Re-open Word.

The English speller should now work as expected.