Spellcheck only certain form fields in a protected doc

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Roxy - 28 Mar 2008 19:28 GMT

Is it possible to spellcheck only certain form fields in a protected Word doc?
Below is the Macro I have so far but it runs through all the form fields
including the check boxes and I have a 40 page doc which takes almost 5 mins
for the spellchecker to run. I have tried to use the macro in the 'on exit'
properties but that still doesn't seem to work. Any ideas would be greatly
appreciated.
~Thanks, Roxy

Sub SpellCheckForm()
Dim i As Integer
Dim bProtected As Boolean

'Unprotect the file
If ActiveDocument.ProtectionType <> wdNoProtection Then
bProtected = True
ActiveDocument.Unprotect Password:="colleen"

End If

'check formfield for spelling
For i = 1 To ActiveDocument.FormFields.Count
ActiveDocument.FormFields(i).Select
#If VBA6 Then
Selection.NoProofing = False
#End If
Selection.LanguageID = wdEnglishUS
Selection.Range.CheckSpelling
Next

'Reprotect the document.
If bProtected = True Then
ActiveDocument.Protect _
Type:=wdAllowOnlyFormFields, NoReset:=True, Password:="colleen"
End If
End Sub

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David Sisson - 28 Mar 2008 22:33 GMT

You could use Range instead of Selection.

Dim MyDoc As Document
Dim Rng As Range
Dim FF As FormField

Set MyDoc = ActiveDocument

'Unprotect the file
If MyDoc.ProtectionType <> wdNoProtection Then
bProtected = True
MyDoc.Unprotect Password:="colleen"
End if

For Each FF In aDoc.FormFields

Set Rng = FF.Range

With Rng
.CheckSpelling , True
End With
Next

'Reprotect the document.
If bProtected = True Then
ActiveDocument.Protect _
Type:=wdAllowOnlyFormFields, NoReset:=True, Password:="colleen"
End If

'--------------
You could specifiy the formfields.
Set Rng = MyDoc.Formfields(1).Range 'Formfield Number 1
With Rng
.CheckSpelling , True
End With

You could rename your Formfield names on the ones you cant to check.
Then iterate the FFs, checking only the ones that match.

Bookmark(1).name = SCY_BM1 'Spell Check Yes Bookmark #1
Bookmark(3).name = SCY_BM3 'Spell Check Yes Bookmark #1
Bookmark(9).name = SCY_BM9 'Spell Check Yes Bookmark #1

Then

For Each FF In aDoc.FormFields

If left(FF.Name), 3) = "SCY" then
Set Rng = FF.Range

With Rng
.CheckSpelling , True
End With

Next

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Roxy - 28 Mar 2008 23:34 GMT

> You could use Range instead of Selection.
>
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> Next
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Ok I tried this and I get an Compile Error that reads:
Sub or function not defined. And it highlights on the Bookmark().name =
SCY_BM1 line. Also the
If left (FF.Name , 3) = "SCY"
then
is red, what am I doing wrong? Below is the code as it reads currently.
Thanks for all your help I have been struggling with this for days now.

Sub SpellCheck()

Dim MyDoc As Document
Dim Rng As Range
Dim FF As FormField

Set MyDoc = ActiveDocument

'Unprotect the file
If MyDoc.ProtectionType <> wdNoProtection Then
bProtected = True
MyDoc.Unprotect Password:="colleen"
End If

For Each FF In aDoc.FormFields

Set Rng = FF.Range

With Rng
.CheckSpelling , True
End With
Next

'Reprotect the document.
If bProtected = True Then
ActiveDocument.Protect _
Type:=wdAllowOnlyFormFields, NoReset:=True, Password:="colleen"
End If

'--------------
'You could specifiy the formfields.
Set Rng = MyDoc.FormFields(1).Range 'Formfield Number 1
With Rng
.CheckSpelling , True
End With

Bookmark(Matter).Name = SCY_BM1 'Spell Check Yes Bookmark #1
Bookmark(Respondent).Name = SCY_BM3 'Spell Check Yes Bookmark #1
Bookmark(Summary).Name = SCY_BM9 'Spell Check Yes Bookmark #1

For Each FF In aDoc.FormFields

If left(FF.Name), 3) = "SCY"
then
Set Rng = FF.Range

With Rng
.CheckSpelling , True
End With

Next

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