Removing spellcheck programatically?

[Keith]

In a previous post, I had asked about keeping a macro going when a user
engaged spellcheck (because that disengaged my macro). Cindy kindly
responded that one option would be to use a timer, but I need to collect
continuous data via the macro without interruption- so now, I'd like to ask
if there are ways to do two things programatically;

(a) intercept and kill any attempts to engage spellcheck- e.g., prevent
spellcheck from engaging in the first place, so that my macro is never
interrupted, and
(b) remove the user options that normally trigger spellcheck- e.g., the
toolbar button and the tools menu option

We will also be instructing users of that PC to not use spellcheck, but we
can't afford to have someone forget and ruin the data collection.

Can anyone point me in the right direction?
Thanks,
Keith

 

[Keith]

The trigger is a user clicking the spellcheck button or selecting it from
the menu; spellcheck is not essential for this particular PC and process,
whereas keeping spellcheck from interrupting the running macro is essential.
The goal is simply to keep the spellcheck from interrupting the macro, which
I suspect can only be done by preventing it from being triggered in the
first place- I'm leaning toward option B below. I figure we can customize
toolbars to remove the spellcheck button, but I still need to ensure that
the user doesn't select spellcheck from the menu, which may mean removing it
from the built-in Word menus.

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Keith