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How to have MS Word ignore all text in comments when spellchecking?
Thread poster: Michael Beijer
Michael Beijer United Kingdom Local time: 13:41 Member (2009) Dutch to English + ...
Jul 31, 2013
Is there any way to have MS Word ignore all the text in my comments when spellchecking?
Michael
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Tony M France Local time: 14:41 Member French to English + ...
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'comments' style
Jul 31, 2013
Yes, Michael, you need to lcoate the style used for 'comments' (I believe it is just called 'comments' in EN, though I have the FR version of Word; you can then modify that style by changing the language settings to include 'do not check spelling or grammar' — just as you would do for any other text style.
I usually also change the language, as customers often send me documents in FR with the 'comments' style in DE, NL, or goodness knows what! So I have to set it to either FR or E... See more
Yes, Michael, you need to lcoate the style used for 'comments' (I believe it is just called 'comments' in EN, though I have the FR version of Word; you can then modify that style by changing the language settings to include 'do not check spelling or grammar' — just as you would do for any other text style.
I usually also change the language, as customers often send me documents in FR with the 'comments' style in DE, NL, or goodness knows what! So I have to set it to either FR or EN, depending on who is going to be reading the comments (PM or end customer). ▲ Collapse
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Michael Beijer United Kingdom Local time: 13:41 Member (2009) Dutch to English + ...
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Thanks Tony!
Jul 31, 2013
I'll have to try that out!
Hans Lenting also gave me the following macro to try:
------------------------------* Sub ExcludeCommentsFromSpellChecking() Dim commentaar As Comment
For Each commentaar In ActiveDocument.Comments
commentaar.Range.Select Selection.LanguageID = wdNoProofing Next commentaar End Sub
you'll have to close the comments pane after running the macro ... See more
I'll have to try that out!
Hans Lenting also gave me the following macro to try:
------------------------------* Sub ExcludeCommentsFromSpellChecking() Dim commentaar As Comment
For Each commentaar In ActiveDocument.Comments
commentaar.Range.Select Selection.LanguageID = wdNoProofing Next commentaar End Sub
you'll have to close the comments pane after running the macro
tested on word:mac 2011 ------------------------------* Michael ▲ Collapse
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