Is it possible to do this using VBA in MS Word

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Hi,

I am a newbie to MS Word Programming, I would like to know if VBA is
possible to do the following jobs for me:

1. When type a typo in word, the word will be underlined, is it possible
to do this using VBA?

2. When you right click the underlined word, a list of suggestions will
be shown, is it possible to program it using VBA?

Since I am just a newbie, I don't know if VBA can do this or not, if
this cannot be done using just VBA, pls point me to the right direction...

Thanks and hope for reply.

Regards,
Johnny
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Re: Is it possible to do this using VBA in MS Word by Jonathan

Jonathan
Wed Jul 07 08:49:39 CDT 2004


"Johnny" <johnny@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:e4FhPfCZEHA.3664@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> Hi,
>
> I am a newbie to MS Word Programming, I would like to know if VBA is
> possible to do the following jobs for me:
>
> 1. When type a typo in word, the word will be underlined, is it possible
> to do this using VBA?

You don't need VBA for this, the spellchecker can be configured to to it
already.

>
> 2. When you right click the underlined word, a list of suggestions will
> be shown, is it possible to program it using VBA?

You can add extra words to a custom dictionary, but I don't think there is a
way of specifically controlling what words are displayed.

>
> Since I am just a newbie, I don't know if VBA can do this or not, if
> this cannot be done using just VBA, pls point me to the right direction...
>
> Thanks and hope for reply.
>

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Regards
Jonathan West - Word MVP
www.intelligentdocuments.co.uk
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Re: Is it possible to do this using VBA in MS Word by Johnny

Johnny
Wed Jul 07 09:23:03 CDT 2004

Hi

>You don't need VBA for this, the spellchecker can be configured to to
it already.

Yes, I want to develop a custom spellchecker (via a custom algorithm),
what I concern is that can I highlight those words using VBA or other
method?

> You can add extra words to a custom dictionary, but I don't think
way of specifically controlling what words are displayed.

Yes, as I am making a custome spell checker, I want to control the word
list, you mean the pop-up menu is not programmable?

Thanks for reply.

Regards,
Johnny

Jonathan West wrote:

> "Johnny" <johnny@nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:e4FhPfCZEHA.3664@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>I am a newbie to MS Word Programming, I would like to know if VBA is
>>possible to do the following jobs for me:
>>
>>1. When type a typo in word, the word will be underlined, is it possible
>>to do this using VBA?
>
>
> You don't need VBA for this, the spellchecker can be configured to to it
> already.
>
>
>>2. When you right click the underlined word, a list of suggestions will
>>be shown, is it possible to program it using VBA?
>
>
> You can add extra words to a custom dictionary, but I don't think there is a
> way of specifically controlling what words are displayed.
>
>
>>Since I am just a newbie, I don't know if VBA can do this or not, if
>>this cannot be done using just VBA, pls point me to the right direction...
>>
>>Thanks and hope for reply.
>>
>
>
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Re: Is it possible to do this using VBA in MS Word by Joost

Joost
Wed Jul 07 13:57:51 CDT 2004


>-----Original Message-----
>Hi
>
> >You don't need VBA for this, the spellchecker can be
configured to to
>it already.
>
>Yes, I want to develop a custom spellchecker (via a
custom algorithm),
>what I concern is that can I highlight those words using
VBA or other
>method?
>
> > You can add extra words to a custom dictionary, but I
don't think
>way of specifically controlling what words are displayed.
>
>Yes, as I am making a custome spell checker, I want to
control the word
>list, you mean the pop-up menu is not programmable?
>
>Thanks for reply.
>
>Regards,
>Johnny
>
>Jonathan West wrote:
>
>> "Johnny" <johnny@nospam.com> wrote in message
>> news:e4FhPfCZEHA.3664@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>>
>>>Hi,
>>>
>>>I am a newbie to MS Word Programming, I would like to
know if VBA is
>>>possible to do the following jobs for me:
>>>
>>>1. When type a typo in word, the word will be
underlined, is it possible
>>>to do this using VBA?
>>
>>
>> You don't need VBA for this, the spellchecker can be
configured to to it
>> already.
>>
>>
>>>2. When you right click the underlined word, a list of
suggestions will
>>>be shown, is it possible to program it using VBA?
>>
>>
>> You can add extra words to a custom dictionary, but I
don't think there is a
>> way of specifically controlling what words are
displayed.
>>
>>
>>>Since I am just a newbie, I don't know if VBA can do
this or not, if
>>>this cannot be done using just VBA, pls point me to
the right direction...
>>>
>>>Thanks and hope for reply.
>>>
>>
>>
>.
>

Hi,

What's possible in Word Spelling:

Create Custom.Dic witch holds additional word's you'd
like to include in you're Spelling.

Create a *.Excl witch holds additional word's you'd like
to Exclude in you're spelling

What's not possible in Word Spelling:

Change the Spelling dictionary!
This is a DLL witch you may not Reverse Engineer.

I've been working on this for a while to but it's not
possible to change the Spelling Dictionary.

I think the best thing you can do is Work with a
Custom.Dic for you're Challenge. How ever its not
possible to get only those words in the dropdown that you
have in you're Custom.dic.

Good Luck,
Joost Verdaasdonk
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