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Spell Check in Word 2013 not working on very large file

I am using Word 2013 and WIndows 8.1.  I have a very long document (close to 700 pages) in which the Spell Check function will not work.  I do not want to break up the document because does so will mess up my footnotes.  Spell Check seems to have stopped working at about 300-400 pages.  Is this a limitation of Word 2013 or is there a way that I can get Spell Check to work again?  I already made sure that the "Do Not Check Spelling and Grammar" box is not checked.
Word may stop the spellcheck as you go feature if it finds more errors than it can handle, but you should still be able to run spellcheck manually by pressing F7.
Stefan Blom
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Last updated April 16, 2024 Views 1,771 Applies to: