If you use styles in your documents, chances are pretty good that you will end up defining styles for things such as tables, illustrations, and the like. There is also a good chance that you will want these types of paragraphs to be skipped when doing a grammar- or spell-check. You can ensure this by doing the following if you are using Word 2002 or Word 2003:
Figure 1. The Modify Style dialog box.
Figure 2. The Language dialog box.
If you are using Word 97 or Word 2000, these are the steps you should follow:
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