See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/...ProtectDoc.htm

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
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Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"JAMW" wrote in message
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Does anyone know how to enable spell check for a protected form? Once the
document is protected, spell check is turned off. If you fill in the
form,
and unprotect it to spell check it and then re-protect it, you lose your
information.