I have some forms done in Word.  When my clients use them they
complain that they cannot use spell check.  Is there a way to make
spell check available when the document is forms protected?
Thanks,

Whenever I upgrade to a newer version of MS Word, I have to rerun the
spellcheck on previously-spellchecked documents. It does not automatically
recognize a previous version's completed spellcheck. This is not a problem
for short documents, as they can be spellchecked quickly. ...

FAQ = Frequently Asked Questions - unofficial - proofing
This FAQ is posted weekly.- more or less
Please save yourself some time by reading it before posting to the
news group.

I make a living as a translator, and my usual working procedure is to
open a document in my source language - say, English - format the
whole document as my target language - Portuguese - and start
replacing the English text with my Portuguese translation.

Hi folks. I am using Word 2K (9.0.6926 SP-3) on XP Pro SP-2. Recently, I
have tried to correct an issue with known misspelled words (yep, I've
intentionally created some) being missed by the spellchecker. Tracking down
the problem has lead me to the Tools/Language/Set ...

I find it hard to believe that there is no efficient way to retrieve the
ranges from a proofreadingerrors collection.
Using, For Each, For Next, GoTo or GoToNext is very slow.
My main test document is a 168 page document that has 267 spelling errors.

There are features in Word 97 that are not present in
Word 2003.  For example, the wdWildcard and wdAnagrams
constants can be used as the SuggestionMode argument for
the GetSpellingSuggestions method in Word 97 but not

How do I set my default language to 'English - India' folks? I did read
cindy meister's language formatting page but I'm kinda in a dilemma.because
the page says the Language should be set to the same in Windows. In Windows
XP there is no language such as 'English - India'. So ...

I would like to copy my auto text and auto correct files from my work
computer (which is on a network) onto a disk and add them to my home
computer.
Right now, we are having trouble locating them on the network.  Anyone have

        I like to know if we can use a corporate dictionary (stored in a
central location) for spell check in office component like work or outlook
email client.
Is there a way we can store the user dictionary in a server so the web

I posted this problem in the public.office.misc group but a MVP suggested  
to post here. So here is my problem:
I've just upgraded to Office 2003 from Office XP. The CUSTOM.DIC file  
"transfered" to office 2003 and all the entries are there. I can see the  

I'm having a problem getting other MS applications (like Excel and Outlook
Express) to use the Word spellchecker properly, particularly when using a
custom dictionary. The problem is that they don't use the custom dictionary
to help them suggest the correct spellings.

Is there any way to get the spellchecker in Word to just list the words it
thinks are spelt incorrectly? I have a very large document that I want to
spell-check, but it has a large number of very obscure proper names (such
as place names) and scientific names that can be ignored, or ...

Like "thy" on 3/23/2005, I too have a problem with the
language default of Word 2000.  I work in English UK but
the program refuses to disassociate itself from its
origins, ie the US, by insisting on switching back to

I am using Word 2003 for this problem. I have not tried with earlier
versions.
Using the code below, where rngError is of type Word.Range, strError is of
type string and lngLastStart is of type Long, I find that the GoToNext fails