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Spellcheck in Form Fields

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by judy lochrie

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Using Microsoft Word 97, SR-2 (I know. Boo-hiss.)

I created a form for a group to use. It's locked to take advantage of the form capapbility. However, the text that's entered in the form fields isn't checked for spelling errors. Spelling is grayed out in the Tools menu.

How can you use the form fields AND have the information within them spell-checked?

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by dklippert

Here's your answer. Look at method #3:

Form Fields Lose Text When Protected for Forms

Q181108

by judy lochrie

I'm hopeful that this will answer the question. However, where do I find "method #3"? And what does "Q181108" refer to?

by dklippert

Sorry! The one time I don't include the details (:')
Go to

http://support.microsoft.com

On the left side of the page is a search box labled "For solutions containing ..."
Type the Q number (Q181108) and hit the Enter key.
The aricle is called "Form Fields Lose Text When Protected for Forms"
In that article, toward the bottom, is a section called method #3. It will give you instructions on how to unprotect the form while retaining data and then spell check and re-protect the form.

by judy lochrie

This does answer my question. But, what a pain. MS/Word takes steps backward when providing a new function. Why couldn't they have included spell-checking within form fields.

Anyway. Thanks for the answer.

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