Simple macro recorded from recorder doesn't work to enable spell checking in single document

ctviggen · #1 01-08-2024, 07:49 AM

Word options, proofing, has exceptions for a single document that "hide spelling errors in this document only" and "hide grammar errors in this document only".

I ran the macro recorder on a document where both those were checked, so I unchecked them. I then saved the macro and copied it to a dotm file where I have a bunch of saved macros.

What I normally do is select the document (e.g., put the cursor in that document), then run a macro from the dotm file. This does not work for this particular macro:

Code:

Sub TurnOnSpellCheckforThisDocument()
'
' TurnOnSpellCheckforThisDocument Macro
' Ensures that spell check is enabled (not disabled) for this document
'
    ActiveDocument.ShowGrammaticalErrors = False
    ActiveDocument.ShowSpellingErrors = False
End Sub

Is the macro wrong? Or is there something I'm missing? Thank you.

vivka · #2 01-08-2024, 09:50 AM

Hi! My logic is prompting me that errors will be visible and, thus, able to be corrected only if all instances of False in the code are replaced with True,

ctviggen · #3 01-08-2024, 10:21 AM

You are correct! Changing "false" to "true" works perfectly. Thank you.

Ugh...I must not have performed the macro recording correctly. Operator error!

vivka · #4 01-08-2024, 10:41 AM

You are welcome!

Charles Kenyon · #5 01-10-2024, 09:18 AM

See also: Keyboard Shortcuts to change "no proofing" status in Microsoft Word which has a macro linked to a keyboard shortcut to change the "Do not check spelling or grammar" setting for all text in a document to "false" (which is the setting needed to enable spelling check for that text).

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