xppuser
Mon Sep 03 17:52:01 CDT 2007
thanks suzanne for your input. it's clearer now.
regards,
jes
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
> This may depend on system resources available, but at some point, in a
> document with many misspellings, Word will throw up a message saying, in
> effect, "There are too many errors in this document. I can't keep track of
> them any more, so I'm hiding them." It then checks the "Hide spelling errors
> in this document" check box on the Spelling & Grammar tab of Tools | Options
> (if you had checked, you would have seen that this option was enabled). You
> can still use manual spell check to work your way through the document; when
> you've corrected enough, you will be able to turn this option off (which you
> can do by right-clicking the Spelling and Grammar Status button on the
> status bar and deselecting Hide Spelling Errors).
>
> BTW, I can reliably reproduce this error if I insert enough chunks of lorem
> ipsum text (see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/DummyText.htm) into a
> document. Although my "lorem" AutoText entry is supposed to be formatted as
> "Do not check spelling or grammar," this evidently didn't "take" the first
> time I created the entry; I've fixed it now.
>
> --
> Suzanne S. Barnhill
> Microsoft MVP (Word)
> Words into Type
> Fairhope, Alabama USA
> Word MVP FAQ site:
http://word.mvps.org
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>
> "xppuser" <xppuser@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:64AD9924-4379-4C32-A8C0-2B01548F7A02@microsoft.com...
> > suzanne, thanks for your link. unfortunately none seems to apply in my
> case.
> > but here is what happened since i received your reply. after reading the
> link
> > and not having a solution, i decided to cut and paste, initially page by
> page
> > to a new document -> spellchecker automatically identified mis-spellings
> on
> > the new document. then i proceeded to do cut and paste more pages (at one
> > point, it was up to 10 pages at a time) and correct the spellings where
> there
> > were mis-spellings. at about page 90+, when i cut the pages, suddenly the
> > spellcheckers started to appear again on the remaining pages. most odd!
> >
> > i tried this on my colleague's machine (same brand & set-up hardware &
> > software) and the outcome was the same. i wonder whether there was a
> > limitation of some sort to word 2003 spellchecking facilities that we
> should
> > spellcheck and correct as we go rather than waiting towards the end of
> > writing of the document.
> >
> > anyway, my problem was unexpectedlly solved but would be glad to hear your
> > opinion.
> >
> > thank you,
> > jes
> >
> >
> >
> > "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
> >
> > > You might see
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/MasterSpellCheck.htm to
> see
> > > if any of the explanations provided there apply to you.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Suzanne S. Barnhill
> > > Microsoft MVP (Word)
> > > Words into Type
> > > Fairhope, Alabama USA
> > > Word MVP FAQ site:
http://word.mvps.org
> > > Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
> newsgroup so
> > > all may benefit.
> > >
> > > "xppuser" <xppuser@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > > news:72D3DF3C-428F-4AD7-B519-E34F2991F148@microsoft.com...
> > > > dear all,
> > > >
> > > > windows xp pro sp2, office 2003 pro sp2,
> > > >
> > > > i have searched for solution to my situation but what i found was
> people
> > > > wanting to turn-off spellcheck! i am writing a large document (at the
> > > moment,
> > > > it is up to pages 290 with 1.5 spacing). the most odd thing happened
> today
> > > > after i opened my document, instead of seeing sea of reds underlines
> > > > when/where there is mis-spelling, there was none. the spellchecker
> icon at
> > > > the bottom of the screen showed a cross so i know there is(are)
> > > mis-spelled
> > > > words. i have clicked and un-clicked hide spelling error to turn the
> > > > spellchecker back unsuccesfully.
> > > >
> > > > i would appreciate advice and/or suggestion on how to turn the
> spellcheker
> > > > back on. contrary to a lot of the postings, i do find the spellchecker
> > > > feature incredibly useful.
> > > >
> > > > thank you,
> > > > jess
> > >
> > >
>
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