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MS Office Forum / Word / Spelling and Grammar / December 2004Word 2002 Spell Check problem
I am editing a 275 page document. Spell check (the format that provides running red lines under incorrect spellings and green ones for spacing or grammar) worked fine the first two edits. On the 3rd edit, I got a message telling me that the document was "too long" and spell check could no longer work. Told me to use the spell check that provides the small screen, one word at a time. (Don't know the proper names for either of these formats.) However, I need the original spell format, as I can see the whole page at a glance. I tried everything, including "Language" and Set Landuage, and checking the Spell Check tab. Everything is checked off properly, but the thing still won't work. Many thanks. What version of Word are you using? Does the red underline spell check still work on all your other documents, or is it broken for them too? - Colin >I am editing a 275 page document. Spell check (the format > that provides running red lines under incorrect spellings [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > Spell Check tab. Everything is checked off properly, but > the thing still won't work. Many thanks. Yes, it works for all other documents. I have Word 2002. Thanks. >-----Original Message----- >What version of Word are you using? [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > >. Yes, it works for all other documents. I have Word 2002. >-----Original Message----- >What version of Word are you using? [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > >. Hmm. I'm not expert enough at Word to be able to provide a fix. However, I have a few thoughts. If you Edit | Select All (or press Ctrl-A) and the copy the text. Then, open a new, blank Word document. Select Edit | Paste Special... and select "Unformatted Text" from the resulting dialog. This is basically your whole document without any of the special codes or formatting. Does the spell check still give the length error on this document? If not, you know that it's something in the document causing the problem and not really a function of the length. If you still get the error, that would tell us that the problem is with Word and the document length, as the error claims. Maybe something else will happen, which would also be enlightening. Give this a try and report back. Meanwhile, maybe someone who is more experienced than I will have some additional suggestions. - Colin > Yes, it works for all other documents. I have Word 2002. >>-----Original Message----- [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] >> >>. Then the error message you are getting reflects reality. Your document is too long for Word to handle the on-the-fly spell checking. You could, when editing a part, copy that part to a separate document which will not be as long and then when you are done editing, copy your edited text back into your main document. I've worked with documents exceeding 1500 pages of text without running into this message but I know it exists. I'm not sure what (other than document length) triggers it. I am working on a computer with 700Mb + of RAM and that may help.  SignatureCharles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. > Yes, it works for all other documents. I have Word 2002. >>-----Original Message----- [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] >> >>. Hi Charles, I've seen it happen when the document is loaded with grpahics or tables. I've also seen it happen when a number of changes have been made in a long document. For example, I had a 200+ page document in Greek and English, written before Unicode. I had to od some tricky table-formatting and search adn replace to get the Greek into unicode and yet keep the English. Spell check would not run afterwards. I had to close the document, close Word, reopen Word, and then spellcheck the document. Does that sound like a RAM issue, or just an old Greek goat? <*((((><{ Fishy@Ocean.Net In the last exciting episode on Wed, 15 Dec 2004 11:44:40 -0600, |Then the error message you are getting reflects reality. Your document is |too long for Word to handle the on-the-fly spell checking. You could, when [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] |length) triggers it. I am working on a computer with 700Mb + of RAM and that |may help. Thanks for your assistance. >-----Original Message----- >What version of Word are you using? [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > >. |
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