Automatic spell check in document withprotected and unprotected sections

[daisyo]

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: intel

This seems to be a bug in Word 2008, but if there is a workaround I'd love to hear about it. I have a document with protected form fields with section breaks used to leave portions of the document unprotected. the problem is, when the protection is turned on the Automatic spell check for the entire document becomes disabled. The standard spell check function works but no red indicators in the document.

 

[John McGhie]

That's an "Improvement"

The previous version disables all spell-checking in a protected document,
because it used to crash Word when the spelling checker hit an area it
wasn't allowed to write to.

No, there is no work-around in version 2008.

For other versions of Word, the work-around is here:
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/MacrosVBA/SpellcheckProtectDoc.htm

Cheers

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: intel

This seems to be a bug in Word 2008, but if there is a workaround I'd love to
hear about it. I have a document with protected form fields with section
breaks used to leave portions of the document unprotected. the problem is,
when the protection is turned on the Automatic spell check for the entire
document becomes disabled. The standard spell check function works but no red
indicators in the document.

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[CyberTaz]

<snip>

That's an "Improvement"

The previous version disables all spell-checking in a protected document,
because it used to crash Word when the spelling checker hit an area it
wasn't allowed to write to.

<snip>

All the more perplexing because auto spell check has worked in text form
fields & protected docs in PC Word at least as far back as 2003:>}

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[John McGhie]

Hi Bob:

Some of this might come back in the Service Release. There is a bug in Word
2008 where the whole document goes Read-Only if any of the sections are
protected.

If they get that one solved, then spell-checking should work in any writable
part of the document.

However, I believe that when the document is protected for Forms, the
spell-checker should be disabled in the protected regions. Could be
wrong...

Cheers

<snip>

<snip>

All the more perplexing because auto spell check has worked in text form
fields & protected docs in PC Word at least as far back as 2003:>}

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

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[daisyo]

Actually, the option to allow some sections of a document to remain unlocked (and editable) does exist in Word 2008, just not in a place you would expect to find it. I posted my solution here: <http://daisyolsen.com/protecting-selected-sections-of-a-document-in-microsoft-word-2008/>

I'd love to see the auto spell check come back but at least the manual spell check still works so there is a work around. I don't expect the protected areas or the contents of form fields to be included in a spell check, just the text in the unprotected areas of the document.

 

[John McGhie]

Hi Daisy:

Nice article Yes, we knew where it was. The bug is that it doesn't
"work"

If you get a document from a different version of Word, with "any" sections
protected, the entire document will be unwritable in Word 2008. That's the
bug.

The only work-around we have found so far is to send the document to a PC
version of Word and use that to release the protection.

Hopefully it will be fixed soon.

Cheers

Actually, the option to allow some sections of a document to remain unlocked
(and editable) does exist in Word 2008, just not in a place you would expect
to find it. I posted my solution here:
<http://daisyolsen.com/protecting-selected-sections-of-a-document-in-microsoft
-word-2008/>

I'd love to see the auto spell check come back but at least the manual spell
check still works so there is a work around. I don't expect the protected
areas or the contents of form fields to be included in a spell check, just the
text in the unprotected areas of the document.

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[daisyo]

This is interesting since my documents were created in a previous version of Word(2003), have protected areas, and are writable.

 

[John McGhie]

Doubly interesting to *me*

I wonder if it's only Word 2007 that triggers the bug? Or only .docx?

Probably not worth chasing, given that SR 1 should resolve the issue when it
appears.

Cheers

This is interesting since my documents were created in a previous version of
Word(2003), have protected areas, and are writable.

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