I have a protected Word document that has "fill-in-able" fields.
When I fill it in I'd like the spell checker to check those fields I've
filled in. I don't need the spell checker to check the rest of the
document, ONLY those fields that are fill-in-able.
Is there a way to do this?
I'm using Mac OS X with Word 2004 for Mac but the end user of the form
is typically using a PC.
Thank you for your help!!
Diane Dennis
Unfortunately the spell check functionality is disabled for any document
that has Protection enabled. The idea being a protected document cannot be
modified at all. Correcting spelling errors would involve changing the
document.
I will enter this issue as a suggestion, that spell check functionality
should be disabled for a protected document, but available for text form
fields.
Shawn Larson
Mac Word Test
Microsoft
On 5/15/06 3:38 PM, in article
1147732718.0...@j55g2000cwa.googlegroups.com,
Thank you very much!! Bummer that it won't work now but that's
terrific that you'll put it in as a suggestion. :)
Have a terrific day and thank you again!
Diane
This bug has been around for so many years we have a work-around, here:
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/macrosvba/SpellcheckProtectDoc.htm
This code was written for Word 2000, so it should be fine in Word 2004.
I don't recall whether Word 2004 resets its fields when you
protect/unprotect the document. If it does, that's another bug :-)
In which case, you will also need this bit:
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/macrosvba/TurnFmFlfResetOff.htm
Cheers
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