I have a problem with not being able to spell check a document created from a
custom template.

The template has a number of fields which ask questions when you open the
document. When you spell check the document it only looks at these fields
and not the main body of text.

I am using Word 2000

Is this a protected form? See
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/...ProtectDoc.htm

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Gremlin Steve" wrote in message
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I have a problem with not being able to spell check a document created
from a
custom template.

The template has a number of fields which ask questions when you open the
document. When you spell check the document it only looks at these fields
and not the main body of text.

I am using Word 2000

The document is not a form. I have used the 'Insert', 'Field', 'Mail Merge',
'Ask' function to promt a response to a number of questions. These Fields
are located both in the Header and the main part of the document. The spell
check appears to only check the fields in the Header and then stops.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Is this a protected form? See
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/...ProtectDoc.htm

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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all may benefit.

"Gremlin Steve" wrote in message
...
I have a problem with not being able to spell check a document created
from a
custom template.

The template has a number of fields which ask questions when you open the
document. When you spell check the document it only looks at these fields
and not the main body of text.

I am using Word 2000

Hi ?B?R3JlbWxpbiBTdGV2ZQ==?=,

The document is not a form. I have used the 'Insert', 'Field', 'Mail Merge',
'Ask' function to promt a response to a number of questions. These Fields
are located both in the Header and the main part of the document. The spell
check appears to only check the fields in the Header and then stops.

Where are you in the document when you start the spell check? Some functions
only run in one "document story" (body, header/footer, footnotes, etc.) and
won't jump to other ones. If you close the header, then start the spell check in
the body of the document, what happens?

If it skips spelling errors in the body of the document, try Ctrl+A, then look
in Tools/Language/Set language and make sure the "Do not check spelling or
grammar" option is NOT activated.

(Note: for the majority of fields, this option is always activated - merge
fields, for example - so the spell check will not pick up spelling errors on
such field results.)

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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