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Mac Forum / Applications / Word / May 2008Automatic spell check in document with protected and unprotected sections
Version: 2008 Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) Processor: intel This seems to be a bug in Word 2008, but if there is a workaround I'd love to hear about it. I have a document with protected form fields with section breaks used to leave portions of the document unprotected. the problem is, when the protection is turned on the Automatic spell check for the entire document becomes disabled. The standard spell check function works but no red indicators in the document. That's an "Improvement" :-) The previous version disables all spell-checking in a protected document, because it used to crash Word when the spelling checker hit an area it wasn't allowed to write to. No, there is no work-around in version 2008. For other versions of Word, the work-around is here: http://word.mvps.org/faqs/MacrosVBA/SpellcheckProtectDoc.htm Cheers On 7/05/08 9:54 PM, in article 59b4d0a6.-1@webcrossing.caR9absDaxw, > Version: 2008 > Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > document becomes disabled. The standard spell check function works but no red > indicators in the document.  SignatureDon't wait for your answer, click here: http://www.word.mvps.org/ Please reply in the group. Please do NOT email me unless I ask you to. John McGhie, Microsoft MVP, Word and Word:Mac Sydney, Australia. mailto:john@mcghie.name <snip> On 5/7/08 11:43 PM, in article C448B3FD.14934%john@mcghie.name, "John McGhie" <john@mcghie.name> wrote: > That's an "Improvement" :-) > > The previous version disables all spell-checking in a protected document, > because it used to crash Word when the spelling checker hit an area it > wasn't allowed to write to. <snip> All the more perplexing because auto spell check has worked in text form fields & protected docs in PC Word at least as far back as 2003:>} Regards |:>) Bob Jones [MVP] Office:Mac Hi Bob: Some of this might come back in the Service Release. There is a bug in Word 2008 where the whole document goes Read-Only if any of the sections are protected. If they get that one solved, then spell-checking should work in any writable part of the document. However, I believe that when the document is protected for Forms, the spell-checker should be disabled in the protected regions. Could be wrong... Cheers On 8/05/08 2:08 PM, in article C447F4E8.3A6EC%onlygeneraltaz1@com.cast.net, > <snip> > On 5/7/08 11:43 PM, in article C448B3FD.14934%john@mcghie.name, "John [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > Bob Jones > [MVP] Office:Mac SignatureDon't wait for your answer, click here: http://www.word.mvps.org/ Please reply in the group. Please do NOT email me unless I ask you to. John McGhie, Microsoft MVP, Word and Word:Mac Sydney, Australia. mailto:john@mcghie.name Actually, the option to allow some sections of a document to remain unlocked (and editable) does exist in Word 2008, just not in a place you would expect to find it. I posted my solution here: <http://daisyolsen.com/protecting-selected-sections-of-a-document-in-microsoft-wo rd-2008/> I'd love to see the auto spell check come back but at least the manual spell check still works so there is a work around. I don't expect the protected areas or the contents of form fields to be included in a spell check, just the text in the unprotected areas of the document. > Hi Bob: > [quoted text clipped - 37 lines] > John McGhie, Microsoft MVP, Word and Word:Mac > Sydney, Australia. mailto:john@mcghie.name Hi Daisy: Nice article :-) Yes, we knew where it was. The bug is that it doesn't "work" :-) If you get a document from a different version of Word, with "any" sections protected, the entire document will be unwritable in Word 2008. That's the bug. The only work-around we have found so far is to send the document to a PC version of Word and use that to release the protection. Hopefully it will be fixed soon. Cheers On 9/05/08 2:00 AM, in article 59b4d0a6.3@webcrossing.caR9absDaxw, > Actually, the option to allow some sections of a document to remain unlocked > (and editable) does exist in Word 2008, just not in a place you would expect [quoted text clipped - 48 lines] >> John McGhie, Microsoft MVP, Word and Word:Mac >> Sydney, Australia. mailto:john@mcghie.name SignatureDon't wait for your answer, click here: http://www.word.mvps.org/ Please reply in the group. Please do NOT email me unless I ask you to. John McGhie, Microsoft MVP, Word and Word:Mac Sydney, Australia. mailto:john@mcghie.name This is interesting since my documents were created in a previous version of Word(2003), have protected areas, and are writable. > Hi Daisy: > [quoted text clipped - 73 lines] > John McGhie, Microsoft MVP, Word and Word:Mac > Sydney, Australia. mailto:john@mcghie.name Doubly interesting to *me* :-) I wonder if it's only Word 2007 that triggers the bug? Or only .docx? Probably not worth chasing, given that SR 1 should resolve the issue when it appears. Cheers On 9/05/08 9:13 PM, in article 59b4d0a6.5@webcrossing.caR9absDaxw, > This is interesting since my documents were created in a previous version of > Word(2003), have protected areas, and are writable. [quoted text clipped - 78 lines] >> John McGhie, Microsoft MVP, Word and Word:Mac >> Sydney, Australia. mailto:john@mcghie.name SignatureDon't wait for your answer, click here: http://www.word.mvps.org/ Please reply in the group. Please do NOT email me unless I ask you to. John McGhie, Microsoft MVP, Word and Word:Mac Sydney, Australia. mailto:john@mcghie.name |
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