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Help request re "Too many spelling errors..."
Word 2002 (under Vista HP).
Large document (~750pp, ~250k words) organised in ~40 tables of 5 columns. I have written code to show/hide columns, and to stop Word adjusting the row height I also make the text in a suppressed column Hidden. However, whenever I do a column show/hide Word complains that there are "Too many spelling errors" to display - but when I do a spell-check there are *no* errors at all. V. annoying as when Word hits this error the "Hide Spelling Errors in this Document" option (under Options... Spelling) becomes enabled and has to be disabled - again. Any ideas how to prevent this behaviour? Julian |
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Help request re "Too many spelling errors..."
I have a theory that if a query goes too long here without any replies at all
everyone assumes it is unanswerable... maybe this will prompt someone else to have a look! |
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Help request re "Too many spelling errors..."
Well, it may *be* unanswerable. Obviously no one here has an answer. I guess
the first point to address is whether the document actually does contain many spelling errors or if this error message is entirely bogus. If it's true, there's not much you can do about it except address the errors. If it's bogus, it might reflect a bug that would be worth testing for reproducibility and reporting. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Julian" wrote in message ... I have a theory that if a query goes too long here without any replies at all everyone assumes it is unanswerable... maybe this will prompt someone else to have a look! |
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Help request re "Too many spelling errors..."
(I got an email notification of a reply and as I clicked the link thought
"Damn! It's my own stupid addendum...! But it wasn't...) No, there are no spelling errors - at least Word says there are no spelling errors (F7...), but then it is Word that says there are too many spelling errors in the first place! Which to believe! I'm pretty sure there are none though... Hidden text is not spell-checked. When I show/hide columns one set of text is first hidden and then the other text is unhidden... (neither set has spelling errors AFAIK). Stepping through the code, the error occurs as soon as the previously hidden text is unhidden. Here's a guess (but only that): Word is suddenly presented with large chunks of text that should be spell-checked, and as such are implicitly not-checked, and says to itself "Count of Not Valid Words limit", rather than "Count of Words CHECKED AND NOT VALID limit".... However - copying a large chunk of good text from notepad and pasting into a new document does not seem to catch word out... nor does hiding and unhiding that text.... Don't really have the time to try and chase it down myself so I thought I'd ask in case there was a QUICK answer... if not I can live with it - grudgingly! But thanks for taking an interest |
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Help request re "Too many spelling errors..."
If the Hidden text really doesn't *need* to be spell checked, why don't you
apply a style that includes the "Do not check spelling or grammar" property? -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Julian" wrote in message ... (I got an email notification of a reply and as I clicked the link thought "Damn! It's my own stupid addendum...! But it wasn't...) No, there are no spelling errors - at least Word says there are no spelling errors (F7...), but then it is Word that says there are too many spelling errors in the first place! Which to believe! I'm pretty sure there are none though... Hidden text is not spell-checked. When I show/hide columns one set of text is first hidden and then the other text is unhidden... (neither set has spelling errors AFAIK). Stepping through the code, the error occurs as soon as the previously hidden text is unhidden. Here's a guess (but only that): Word is suddenly presented with large chunks of text that should be spell-checked, and as such are implicitly not-checked, and says to itself "Count of Not Valid Words limit", rather than "Count of Words CHECKED AND NOT VALID limit".... However - copying a large chunk of good text from notepad and pasting into a new document does not seem to catch word out... nor does hiding and unhiding that text.... Don't really have the time to try and chase it down myself so I thought I'd ask in case there was a QUICK answer... if not I can live with it - grudgingly! But thanks for taking an interest |
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Help request re "Too many spelling errors..."
If the Hidden text really doesn't *need* to be spell checked, why don't you
apply a style that includes the "Do not check spelling or grammar" property? Perhaps that wasn't clear enough: I meant that AFAIK Word doesn't check the spelling of text formatted as hidden. ALL text needs to be spell-checked (there's just no point if it can't be seen) so I *do* want it checked when it is visible... because that is text I'm working on. [I created column "outlining" because otherwise I end up with columns as thin as spaghetti - it allows me to work with reasonable text areas (as long as hidden text is actually not only formatted as hidden but hidden text is also not shown) Works very well except for this oddity!] Julian |
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Help request re "Too many spelling errors..."
In that case, I'm out of ideas.
-- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Julian" wrote in message ... If the Hidden text really doesn't *need* to be spell checked, why don't you apply a style that includes the "Do not check spelling or grammar" property? Perhaps that wasn't clear enough: I meant that AFAIK Word doesn't check the spelling of text formatted as hidden. ALL text needs to be spell-checked (there's just no point if it can't be seen) so I *do* want it checked when it is visible... because that is text I'm working on. [I created column "outlining" because otherwise I end up with columns as thin as spaghetti - it allows me to work with reasonable text areas (as long as hidden text is actually not only formatted as hidden but hidden text is also not shown) Works very well except for this oddity!] Julian |
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Help request re "Too many spelling errors..."
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
In that case, I'm out of ideas. Fair enough! But thanks all the same for thinking about it - it's always good to get another perspective. Thanks again, Julian |
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