From the group select Language | Set Proofing Language. For Word 2010 and later versions, Language has its own group in the Review tab. For Word 2007, find the Proofing group and click on Set Language.Select the paragraph for which you want spell checking turned off.If you want to turn off spell checking for a specific paragraph, you can do so by making sure there is no language associated with the paragraph. (The easiest way to do this, of course, is to press F7.) Now, in order to check the spelling of your document you will need to explicitly command Word to initiate the process. Clear the Check Spelling As You Type check box.The Proofing options of the Word Options dialog box. At the left side of the dialog box, click Proofing.In Word 2010 or later versions, display the File tab of the ribbon and then click Options.) (In Word 2007 click the Office button and then click Word Options. If you want to globally turn off spell checking for your documents, you can do so by following these steps: Most people who want to turn it off do so because their specific documents may have many spelling errors which are not really spelling errors-you know, caused by jargon or abbreviations or highly specialized words. If you want to turn off spell checking in Word, there are two ways you can do it.