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how to change color of wavy red spell check lines
Currently using Word 2003 SP3.
Wanting to know if able to change color of wavy red line that appears under misspelled words? |
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how to change color of wavy red spell check lines
"parkay96" wrote:
Currently using Word 2003 SP3. Wanting to know if able to change color of wavy red line that appears under misspelled words? No can do! Why would you want to do that? |
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how to change color of wavy red spell check lines
See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/284845
That article is for Word 2002. It still works in Word 2003 - but doesn't in Word 2007 (although the underlying registry changes should still have effect) -- Enjoy, Tony "parkay96" wrote in message ... Currently using Word 2003 SP3. Wanting to know if able to change color of wavy red line that appears under misspelled words? |
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My corporate office created a form with cells that are shaded in red.
Therefore, when a word is misspelled the red wavy line is not visible. "Jean-Guy Marcil" wrote: "parkay96" wrote: Currently using Word 2003 SP3. Wanting to know if able to change color of wavy red line that appears under misspelled words? No can do! Why would you want to do that? |
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how to change color of wavy red spell check lines
For Word 2007 the article http://support.microsoft.com/kb/925597 explains
what to do in the registry. It seems to me it would have been friendlier to make sure the support template's macro got updated, but I'm just a code monkey. :-) -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. Tony Jollans wrote: See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/284845 That article is for Word 2002. It still works in Word 2003 - but doesn't in Word 2007 (although the underlying registry changes should still have effect) "parkay96" wrote in message ... Currently using Word 2003 SP3. Wanting to know if able to change color of wavy red line that appears under misspelled words? |
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Thanks, Jay,
I wonder why they broke it in the first place (or have they fixed a bug it previously relied on?). Is it documented anywhere? -- Enjoy, Tony "Jay Freedman" wrote in message ... For Word 2007 the article http://support.microsoft.com/kb/925597 explains what to do in the registry. It seems to me it would have been friendlier to make sure the support template's macro got updated, but I'm just a code monkey. :-) -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. Tony Jollans wrote: See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/284845 That article is for Word 2002. It still works in Word 2003 - but doesn't in Word 2007 (although the underlying registry changes should still have effect) "parkay96" wrote in message ... Currently using Word 2003 SP3. Wanting to know if able to change color of wavy red line that appears under misspelled words? |
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"Tony Jollans" wrote:
See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/284845 That article is for Word 2002. It still works in Word 2003 - but doesn't in Word 2007 (although the underlying registry changes should still have effect) I did not know there was registry options for those! Good to know! |
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I just scrounged up a copy of the Support.dot template from Word 2003 and
tried it in Word 2007. It does _not_ appear to be broken, at least with respect to the spelling underline color -- except that it stores the decimal value of the RGB color in the registry, while the 925597 article says it should be hexadecimal. However, following the instructions in the 925597 article, the wavy underline stayed red regardless of what value I put into the registry entry. So maybe the whole mechanism is broken. I haven't yet put any effort into trying the other settings... something for a rainy afternoon, which we've been promised for the coming weekend. :-( Tony Jollans wrote: Thanks, Jay, I wonder why they broke it in the first place (or have they fixed a bug it previously relied on?). Is it documented anywhere? "Jay Freedman" wrote in message ... For Word 2007 the article http://support.microsoft.com/kb/925597 explains what to do in the registry. It seems to me it would have been friendlier to make sure the support template's macro got updated, but I'm just a code monkey. :-) -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. Tony Jollans wrote: See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/284845 That article is for Word 2002. It still works in Word 2003 - but doesn't in Word 2007 (although the underlying registry changes should still have effect) "parkay96" wrote in message ... Currently using Word 2003 SP3. Wanting to know if able to change color of wavy red line that appears under misspelled words? |
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The problem is that the template writes a string value (REG_SZ) to the
registry when it needs to be a doubleword (REG_DWORD). It seems to be a change in the behaviour of PrivateProfileString in 2007. -- Enjoy, Tony "Jay Freedman" wrote in message ... I just scrounged up a copy of the Support.dot template from Word 2003 and tried it in Word 2007. It does _not_ appear to be broken, at least with respect to the spelling underline color -- except that it stores the decimal value of the RGB color in the registry, while the 925597 article says it should be hexadecimal. However, following the instructions in the 925597 article, the wavy underline stayed red regardless of what value I put into the registry entry. So maybe the whole mechanism is broken. I haven't yet put any effort into trying the other settings... something for a rainy afternoon, which we've been promised for the coming weekend. :-( Tony Jollans wrote: Thanks, Jay, I wonder why they broke it in the first place (or have they fixed a bug it previously relied on?). Is it documented anywhere? "Jay Freedman" wrote in message ... For Word 2007 the article http://support.microsoft.com/kb/925597 explains what to do in the registry. It seems to me it would have been friendlier to make sure the support template's macro got updated, but I'm just a code monkey. :-) -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. Tony Jollans wrote: See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/284845 That article is for Word 2002. It still works in Word 2003 - but doesn't in Word 2007 (although the underlying registry changes should still have effect) "parkay96" wrote in message ... Currently using Word 2003 SP3. Wanting to know if able to change color of wavy red line that appears under misspelled words? |
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Hi Tony,
You're precisely correct. I've now tried the same support.dot template in both 2003 and 2007, with and without pre-existing entries. When it runs from 2003, the PrivateProfileString creates a REG_DWORD; when it runs from 2007, the same code creates a REG_SZ. If there's a REG_DWORD there already, it's overwritten with a REG_SZ. When the value is a REG_DWORD, it works properly in both versions; when it's a REG_SZ, the underline stays red. I suppose it's some consolation that Word simply ignores a REG_SZ instead of throwing an exception. ;-) I haven't been able to find any description on the web of this change in PrivateProfileString's behavior (unless it's in one of the many non-English items that Google turned up). Interestingly, the help for it has always said that it writes a "string", so I guess it's a little surprising that it ever wrote a DWORD. The fix would have to involve use of the RegSetValueEx function of the Win32API, which lets you specify the value's type; and that in turn would need RegOpenKeyEx and RegCloseKey. It isn't terribly difficult if you're used to API programming. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. On Fri, 30 May 2008 00:31:24 +0100, "Tony Jollans" My forename at my surname dot com wrote: The problem is that the template writes a string value (REG_SZ) to the registry when it needs to be a doubleword (REG_DWORD). It seems to be a change in the behaviour of PrivateProfileString in 2007. -- Enjoy, Tony "Jay Freedman" wrote in message ... I just scrounged up a copy of the Support.dot template from Word 2003 and tried it in Word 2007. It does _not_ appear to be broken, at least with respect to the spelling underline color -- except that it stores the decimal value of the RGB color in the registry, while the 925597 article says it should be hexadecimal. However, following the instructions in the 925597 article, the wavy underline stayed red regardless of what value I put into the registry entry. So maybe the whole mechanism is broken. I haven't yet put any effort into trying the other settings... something for a rainy afternoon, which we've been promised for the coming weekend. :-( Tony Jollans wrote: Thanks, Jay, I wonder why they broke it in the first place (or have they fixed a bug it previously relied on?). Is it documented anywhere? "Jay Freedman" wrote in message ... For Word 2007 the article http://support.microsoft.com/kb/925597 explains what to do in the registry. It seems to me it would have been friendlier to make sure the support template's macro got updated, but I'm just a code monkey. :-) Tony Jollans wrote: See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/284845 That article is for Word 2002. It still works in Word 2003 - but doesn't in Word 2007 (although the underlying registry changes should still have effect) "parkay96" wrote in message ... Currently using Word 2003 SP3. Wanting to know if able to change color of wavy red line that appears under misspelled words? |
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