How to Remove Red Underlines in PowerPoint – Step-by-Step Guide 

Learn how to remove the red underlines in PowerPoint by adjusting language settings. This tutorial shows two simple methods: 

1. Fixing language settings on each slide

2. Using a VBS script to update the entire deck. 

Say goodbye to red underlines and keep spell check active! 

Copy this VBS script for method 2

Option Explicit
Public Sub ChangeSpellCheckingLanguage()
    Dim j As Integer, k As Integer, scount As Integer, fcount As Integer
    scount = ActivePresentation.Slides.Count
    For j = 1 To scount
        fcount = ActivePresentation.Slides(j).Shapes.Count
        For k = 1 To fcount
            If ActivePresentation.Slides(j).Shapes(k).HasTextFrame Then
                ActivePresentation.Slides(j).Shapes(k) _
                .TextFrame.TextRange.LanguageID = msoLanguageIDEnglishUK
            End If
        Next k
    Next j
End Sub

Change the correct Language ID (msoLanguageID)

msoLanguageIDEnglishUS – English (United States)
msoLanguageIDEnglishUK – English (United Kingdom)
msoLanguageIDDutch – Dutch
msoLanguageIDFrench – French (France)
msoLanguageIDGerman – German
msoLanguageIDSpanish – Spanish
msoLanguageIDItalian – Italian
msoLanguageIDPortugueseBrazil – Portuguese (Brazil)
msoLanguageIDPortuguese – Portuguese (Portugal)
msoLanguageIDChineseSimplified – Chinese (Simplified)
msoLanguageIDChineseTraditional – Chinese (Traditional)
msoLanguageIDJapanese – Japanese
msoLanguageIDKorean – Korean
msoLanguageIDRussian – Russian
msoLanguageIDArabic – Arabic
msoLanguageIDDanish – Danish
msoLanguageIDSwedish – Swedish
msoLanguageIDNorwegian – Norwegian (Bokmål)
msoLanguageIDFinnish – Finnish
msoLanguageIDPolish – Polish
msoLanguageIDTurkish – Turkish

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