Office 97 Spell Check

[Butch Golden]

Office 97 Spell Check not available in different profile
other than Administrator (Multi-Profile installation)

Thanks in advance for any help!

Butch

 

[Mike Williams [MVP]]

Office 97 Spell Check not available in different profile
other than Administrator (Multi-Profile installation)

The spell-checker for Office 97 doesn't work on Windows 2000 or Windows XP.
This is a problem with user registry permissions.



See http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;257643

WD97: Spelling, Grammar Not Available in Word Running on Window 2000 or
Windows XP


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[Edward]

Hi, Mike.

I run XP Home with Office 97 and have no trouble with Spellcheck. That is as
sole Administrator, however.

Ed

 

[Mike Williams [MVP]]

Hi, Mike.

I run XP Home with Office 97 and have no trouble with Spellcheck.
That is as sole Administrator, however.

I'm not sure what your point is. The KB article says that the problem is not
evident when you are logged on as an Administrator.

 

[Edward]

Sorry, Mike. Must have misread your comment relative to the string...

Regards,

Ed

 

[william r. riley]

I have an additional problem with Office 97. We have already applied the
fix for the spellchecker, but cannot open forms and have them display
correctly. When opened, logged on as user not admin, the forms display the
code instead of check boxes etc... Any ideas on how to resolve this?

Thanks,

Bill

 

[Beth Melton]

Hi William,

The users have their field codes turned on by default.

Log in as the user and create a new document. Press Alt+F9 to toggle
the field codes off. You can also go to Tools/Options/View and turn of
Field Codes if you want to verify the change.

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[william r. riley]

That seems to have done the trick. Why is that it needed to be unchecked
for a normal user and not the aministrator?

Bill

 

[Beth Melton]

Hi Bill,

I'd say at some point it turned on for the user. It shouldn't be
selected in the default installation.

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