First, be aware that the spell checker does not work well in Hebrew. It has difficulties deciding whether it wants Ktiv Chaser or Ktiv Maleh. There are also various options listed for the Hebrew spell-checker, but the spell-checker does not necessarily pay attention to them.
The on-the-fly spell-checking has to be activated in both Hebrew and English.
In Tools, Options, click Spelling and Grammar. Remove the check mark by Hide spelling errors in this document and click OK.
Select the entire document with Edit, Select All. Choose Tools, Language, Set Language, English (US), OK. This may or may not help.
Don't correct mistakes as you type. It slows you down. Those red squigglies will wait for you.
When you are through writing, right click on the first red squiggly, left click on the correct word.
Alternatively, you can double-click the spelling marker (it looks like a book with pages that turn themselves) on the bottom of the Word screen. Each time you double-click it, it pops you over to the next red or green squiggly.
Click Ignore All if the word is spelled properly even though there is a squiggly mark.
Don't use Add too often. Word doesn't like when its list gets filled, and it's a pain in the neck to move the added words when you upgrade your computer.
Ignore All works only with the document that you are correcting. It forgets all of your instructions later on.
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