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Subject:RE: Spell-checking text entered in MS Word forms? From:DonaLuisa_nwr -at- comcast -dot- net (DonaLuisa) To:"Chinell, David F (GE Indust, Security)" <David -dot- Chinell -at- GE -dot- com>, "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Mon, 02 Jul 2007 23:49:54 +0000
Thanks for the tip. In the past, I've had difficulty with template macros working across the various platforms used by our organization. But I'm willing to try. I tried it today: I couldn't get it to work.
I created the macro by pasting in the code at the link you provided, In my .doc test, I received a popup with the message, "Compile error: Sub or Function not defined" and the VB editor displayed the following as highlighted: "Call CheckProtectedSection".
I only have 8 form fields in one table, one field is a dropdown, all in one section. In the template, I protected via the forms toolbar.
I will probably not use the form feature, and try to figure out how to use checkboxes in place of the dropdown selection. But I am curious why the macro doesn't work. Any idears?
-DonaLuisa
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From: "Chinell, David F (GE Indust, Security)" <David -dot- Chinell -at- GE -dot- com>
> DonaLuisa:
>
> Please refer to this topic for information on spell checking in
> protected documents.
>
>http://word.mvps.org/faqs/macrosvba/SpellcheckProtectDoc.htm
>
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