How can I disable proofing in macOS and MS Word 2016

[tm-qas]

Dear all,

 

 

I have had a hunt around and cannot find any information regarding this topic but my apologies if I have missed a post.

 

We have a student who's usual way of working is their Macbook Air and Word 2016.

This statement allows them to use the laptop in their exam's for certain subjects.

 

It is mandated by the examination board that the laptop that is used must:

-Not have the ability to connect to the internet (I have this one covered)

-Not be able to use applications that may emulate banned items i.e. calculator in business (I have this one covered)

-Not be able to use proofing tools, spelling, grammer, thesaurus checks in any of the word processing applications that are used. This is where I require help

 

I need to be able to turn off system wide proofing and Word 2016 proofing whilst denying the ability for the user to reenable them.

Has anyone done this already?

 

 

Any help greatly appreciated.

 

Kind Regards,

TM

[TomHD]

Have you tried this Disable spell check in Mac OSX system-wide | Chromescreen @tm-qas ?

[tm-qas]

Thanks for the pointer @TomHD but unfortunatly it appears both the renaming the folder and the defaults write suggestions no longer work in High Sierra

[TomHD]

@tm-qas that's unfortunate perhaps you could dual boot using a MacOS version that does allow those modifications just for the exam period? I'm guessing that the machine would not be network connected for the exam and thus negating any security issues you may have about using an older MacOS? Edited December 14, 2017 by TomHD