That is the nature of bookmarks. They are very fragile. You are right, it
would be nice to be able to double-click on a word and have it not zap the
bookmark.
--
Charles Kenyon

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"jarimura" wrote in message
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Ah, we are finally getting to the heart of the problem! It would be nice
to
be able to simply DOUBLE CLICK on the misspelled word in the Spelling
dialog
box to select ONLY the word, instead of "painstakingly" highlighting the
word
by dragging the cursor from the first letter of the word to the last
letter
and being careful to NOT highlight the bookmarks. Wouldn't it be so much
easier to simply double click on the word and have ONLY the word itself
and
not the bookmarks be selected?

So, IS there a way to achieve this?

Thanks, once again.
spassky


"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote:

If you are typing the correction into the Spelling dialog, you will need
to
turn on the display of bookmarks via ToolsOptionsView so that the
bookmarks are displayed in the Spelling dialog, and you will need to be
careful that YOU do not delete the bookmarks when you enter the corrected
spelling.

It is NOT the macro that is deleting the bookmarks, it is the OPERATOR.

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"jarimura" wrote in message
...
I would like to ADD the following to my most recent reply. Not only is
the
immediately adjacent bookmark brackets lost, the FORM FIELD itself
likewise
is destroyed, together replaced instead by the corrected word.
--
spassky


"jarimura" wrote:

I tried to insert the code as you recommended. However, I am still
running
into a problem, whenever the form field is filled in using only ONE
word,
e.g., "Detroit" in the form field bookmarked City, for instance.
Let's
say I
misspelled "Detroit" "dtrr". When I run the macro, it will recognize
the
error, and the view box Spelling: English (U.S.) will appear,
apparently
not
only highlighting the misspelled word, but also the immediately
adjacent
BOOKMARK BRACKETS. When I double click on the error in the view box
to
select the ENTIRE word, not only is the misspelled word itself
highlighted
but also the immediately adjacent BOOKMARK BRACKETS as well. When I
proceed
to input the correction, the corrected word (in this instance,
"Detroit"
is
inserted into the document, but at the same time the bookmark itself
is
destroyed. So now the referenced field will no longer have bookmark
referenced to, and I get a Run-time 424 error.

I hope this clarifies the difficulty I am experiencing.

Thanks.
--
spassky


"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote:

In my testing, using the macro that is provided on the Word MVP
website
does
not destroy the bookmarks that are assigned either automatically or
manually
to the formfields via the formfield properties dialog or by using
InsertBookmark. If however the spelling of a work in a referenced
formfield is corrected, the cross reference is updated. If you
insert
the
following lines of code

oDoc.PrintPreview
oDoc.ClosePrintPreview

before the line

oDoc.Protect Type:=wdAllowOnlyFormFields, NoReset:=True

the cross references will be updated.
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"jarimura" wrote in message
...
I wish I could share with you one custom document I had created
with
numerous
form fields, referenced (REF) fields, and bookmarks. So, I will
attempt
to
describe how my form works, short of sending one as an attachment.
The
document is a actually a template for a physical examination form
utilized
by
the Department of Transportation, containing fields for the
individual's
name
(bookmarked "PatientName"), address (bookmarked "Address"), State
(bookmarked
"State"), examiner's name (bookmarked "Examiner"), etc. The exam
findings,
as well as the individual's personal information, are entered into
the
protected form fields manually. There is a certificate at the end
of
the
exam, with the individual's name, address, state, zip code,
examiner's
name,
etc. As these are redundant information, my form automatically
will
complete
it with the information already entered in the earlier form
fields.
As
the
relevant form fields have already been bookmarked, the referenced
fields
on
the certificate are automatically updated accordingly. I have
tested
the
form such that it would do this, even when completely protected,
so I
can
reuse the form over and over.

Let's say on the form just described, I misspelled "Detroit" in
the
protected form field. I would then like to run a macro to check
for
such
misspelling. I came close, using the macro provided, but then I
ran
into
my
current problem.

By the way, I am running Word 2000, running on Windows XP
Professional or
Windows 2000 Professional.

Thanks, once again.
--
spassky


"Charles Kenyon" wrote:

What is wrong with using the original macro? What is your
adaptation?
What
is it supposed to do for you?
(In case you haven't guessed, I didn't trace through your code.
If
you
want
someone to do that, I would suggest posting in one of the vba
newsgroups
rather than this one dealing with document management.) I can
tell
you
that
the one on the website has worked fine for me with numerous
forms,
both
as a
macro in the form template and as a macro in a global template.
--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version
of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is
awesome!
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"jarimura" wrote in message
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Doing that only created 2 ADDITIONAL problems, namely (1) the
bookmark
is
destroyed after protecting the document, and (2) the reference
field
referring back to the bookmark no longer works.

PERHAPS, I probably need someone to revise the macro (initially
posted).
--
spassky


"Charles Kenyon" wrote:

If your bookmarks are set in the formfield properties do you
still
have
the
problem?
--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented
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of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide)
http://addbalance.com/usersguide

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"jarimura" wrote in
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I have a document with several form fields that in turn are
assigned
bookmarks (e.g., PatientName), to allow automatic filling of
the
referenced
fields. This works when the form is protected. However,
when
I
attempted
to
use the following spell checking macro to check the contents
of
the
form
fields themselves (adapted from the macro written by
contributed by
Dave
Rado, Bill Coan, and Astrid Zeelenberg on the MVP website,
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/macrosvba/...ProtectDoc.htm)
with
the
form
protected, I end up LOSING THE BOOKMARK:

Sub RunSpellcheck()
Dim Cancelled As Boolean, MyRange As Range, _
CorrectedError As String, oDoc As Document
Dim oSection As Section, OriginalRange As Range
If Documents.Count = 0 Then
Exit Sub
End If
Set oDoc = ActiveDocument
Select Case oDoc.ProtectionType
Case wdNoProtection, wdAllowOnlyRevisions
If Options.CheckGrammarWithSpelling Then
oDoc.CheckGrammar
Else
oDoc.CheckSpelling
End If
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
Application.ScreenRefresh
If oDoc.SpellingErrors.Count = 0 Then
If Options.CheckGrammarWithSpelling Then
MsgBox "The spelling and grammar check is
complete",
_
vbInformation
Else
MsgBox "The spelling check is complete",
vbInformation
End If
End If
System.Cursor = wdCursorNormal
Exit Sub
Case wdAllowOnlyComments
Exit Sub
End Select
Set OriginalRange = Selection.Range
System.Cursor = wdCursorWait
oDoc.Unprotect
oDoc.SpellingChecked = False
StatusBar = "Spellchecking document..."
For Each oSection In oDoc.Sections
If oSection.ProtectedForForms Then
Call CheckProtectedSection(oSection)
If Cancelled Then
Exit For
End If
Else
If oSection.Range.SpellingErrors.Count 0 Then
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
oSection.Range.CheckSpelling
If oSection.Range.SpellingErrors.Count 0 Then
Exit For
End If
End If
End If
Next oSection
oDoc.Protect Type:=wdAllowOnlyFormFields, NoReset:=True
OriginalRange.Select
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
Application.ScreenRefresh
If oDoc.Range.SpellingErrors.Count = 0 Then
If Options.CheckGrammarWithSpelling Then
MsgBox "The spelling and grammar check is complete",
_
vbInformation
Else
MsgBox "The spelling check is complete",
vbInformation
End If
End If