Spell check in locked form

[Brian Collie]

Is there any way to enable spell check when a form is locked?

 

[Charles Kenyon]

See http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/MacrosVBA/SpellcheckProtectDoc.htm.

 

[Charles Kenyon]

The macro is _not_ supposed to check protected text. It is supposed to check
text in form fields and in unprotected sections. The idea is that you want
the form to remain unchanged, even if it has a misspelling.

If your text is in an unprotected section, is it marked to not be checked?
Select the text in question and look under Tools => Language... and see if
it is set to not check spelling or grammar (or for "no proofing").

 

[Brian Collie]

Thanks Charles that was it. The fields were set to "Not Check Spelling". Is
that a default? It appears that all the fields in all my forms are set to
"Not Check Spelling". Is there an easy way to change them all or do I need
to go into each field on each form?

Thanks again,

Brian

 

[Charles Kenyon]

It shouldn't matter what the fields are set to. AFAIK the macro ignores that
setting for the fields. However, it does pay attention to that setting for
text in an unprotected section.

By fields, I assume you mean text formfields inserted using the Forms
toolbar.

For forms to work properly, the document must be protected for forms.

 

[Brian Collie]

Thanks again Charles. You are right. It was not the Language setting that
was the problem. I had a problem with the macro. It is working fine now.
Thanks for all the help.

Brian