This is interesting since my do***ents were created in a previous version
of Word(2003), have protected areas, and are writable.
> Hi Daisy:
>
> Nice article :-) Yes, we knew where it was. The bug is that it doesn't
> "work" :-)
>
> If you get a do***ent from a different version of Word, with "any"
sections
> protected, the entire do***ent will be unwritable in Word 2008. That's
the
> bug.
>
> The only work-around we have found so far is to send the do***ent to a
PC
> version of Word and use that to release the protection.
>
> Hopefully it will be fixed soon.
>
> Cheers
>
>
> On 9/05/08 2:00 AM, in article 59b4d0a6.3@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> "daisyo@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
" wrote:
>
> > Actually, the option to allow some sections of a do***ent to remain
unlocked
> > (and editable) does exist in Word 2008, just not in a place you would
expect
> > to find it. I posted my solution here:
> > > -word-2008/>
> >
> > I'd love to see the auto spell check come back but at least the manual
spell
> > check still works so there is a work around. I don't expect the
protected
> > areas or the contents of form fields to be included in a spell check,
just the
> > text in the unprotected areas of the do***ent.
> >
> >> Hi Bob:
> >>
> >> Some of this might come back in the Service Release. There is a bug
in Word
> >> 2008 where the whole do***ent goes Read-Only if any of the sections
are
> >> protected.
> >>
> >> If they get that one solved, then spell-checking should work in any
writable
> >> part of the do***ent.
> >>
> >> However, I believe that when the do***ent is protected for Forms, the
> >> spell-checker should be disabled in the protected regions. Could be
> >> wrong...
> >>
> >> Cheers
> >>
> >> On 8/05/08 2:08 PM, in article
C447F4E8.3A6EC%onlygeneraltaz1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> "CyberTaz" wrote:
> >>
> >>>
> >>> On 5/7/08 11:43 PM, in article C448B3FD.14934%john@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
"John
> >>> McGhie" wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> That's an "Improvement" :-)
> >>>>
> >>>> The previous version disables all spell-checking in a protected
do***ent,
> >>>> because it used to crash Word when the spelling checker hit an area
it
> >>>> wasn't allowed to write to.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> All the more perplexing because auto spell check has worked in text
form
> >>> fields & protected docs in PC Word at least as far back as 2003:>}
> >>>
> >>> Regards |:>)
> >>> Bob Jones
> >>> [MVP] Office:Mac
> >>>
> >>
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> >>
> >>
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