Spell check doesn't see merged data???

[Christopher MatyJasik]

I've had customers reporting that when they run a spell
check on merged documents, mispellings in the merge data
are not detected by Word. It's as though the text that
was merged is invisible to it. I've even tried
highlighting a specific mispelled word in the merged data
and the spell checker still didn't pick it up. Anyone
else seen this? Thanks, in advance!

 

[Asima Sultana [MSFT]]

Hi,

Which version of word is being used?

Assuming that you are using tools- compare and merge document option to do
this.
plz check if the spell check for the text from the original document
working fine and that the problem is only for the text of the merged
docuement. Plz enable the spell check for the new merged document and try
again.



With Regards,
Asima

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[Cindy M -WordMVP-]

Hi Christopher,

I've had customers reporting that when they run a spell
check on merged documents, mispellings in the merge data
are not detected by Word. It's as though the text that
was merged is invisible to it.

This is correct. For the most part, field results are
formatted as "no proofing" (="do not check spelling or
grammar"). There's a way around this, but it's a bit
round-about to get it set up.

You'll find the instructions in the mail merge FAQ of my
website, under the "Format" section.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update
Sep 30 2003)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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