MS Word 2003 Spellcheck blocked in tables

[martingrau]

Greetings. I have an MS Word document with information set up in columns (i.e., tables). I can't spellcheck the information in the columns. When I run the spellcheck, it checks and approves the header, but it doesn't check any information in the columns. The document is not protected in any way that I can see. I'm getting a message 'Text marked with 'Do not check spelling' was skipped'.

I have been unable to undo the 'do not check spelling' format. I've gone into language and indicated that the spelling should be checked. I've gone into the Options and indicated that spelling should be checked.

What's weird is that after doing all of this, some text (not much) is marked to allow for spellcheck. As I move the cursor through the text, sometimes the 'spellcheck blocked' line in the styling and formatting box disappears.

 

[fumei]

1. Ctrl-A - to select everything
2. Tools > Language > Set Language
3. Uncheck the box for Do not check for grammar and spelling.

Gerry

 

[martingrau]

Fumai:

Tried that already. I click on the crosshairs for the tables, click 'select all', and change the language setting to 'check spelling', click 'apply'. then I run spellcheck and (again), the spellcheck does not check anything in the table.

What DID work was clicking on the table crosshair, selecting all, copying it and pasting into a new document using 'paste special' to match the formatting in the new document. As soon as I did that, the spelling errors were immediately identified. However, since htere's lots of custom formatting in this document (and it's 30 pages long), that's not a workable solution.

Thanks anyway.

 

[fumei]

My suggestion was to select ALL, not just the table, but ALL, everything.

I have a question. You mention this document has lots of custom formatting. Are you using styles for this formatting, or is it manual formatting?

Gerry