strange coding in documents that disables spell check

Chandler75 · External Since: Jul 01, 2007 Posts: 8

For some reason, my spell check no longer works from time to time due to some
sort of code that is landing in my documents. I have done everything from
system restore to studying this board and taking the advice given, setting
the language, etc., I have reloaded Microsoft Office, nothing works. On
certain pages I get a message that a) the help feature is not installed
(which it is); b) msr.dll or some .dll file cannot be found so the speller
isn't working. On other pages, it works fine. This is in the document
because when I take it to another computer, the same thing happens. I
forwarded a job to the person I was doing it for, and she had to cut and
paste my document into another to get the spell check to run. How can I get
rid of this coding?

Anne Troy · External Since: Jun 19, 2005 Posts: 3716

It's likely somewhere in one or more of the styles... anyway, perhaps you've
just missed something. Maybe my article will help?
http://www.officearticles.com/word/spell_check_doesnt_work_in_microsoft_word.htm

****************************
Hope it helps!
Anne Troy
www.OfficeArticles.com
****************************
"Chandler75" <Chandler75.RemoveThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B330057C-1499-4478-8E66-F134A5645029@microsoft.com...
> For some reason, my spell check no longer works from time to time due to
> some
> sort of code that is landing in my documents. I have done everything from
> system restore to studying this board and taking the advice given, setting
> the language, etc., I have reloaded Microsoft Office, nothing works. On
> certain pages I get a message that a) the help feature is not installed
> (which it is); b) msr.dll or some .dll file cannot be found so the speller
> isn't working. On other pages, it works fine. This is in the document
> because when I take it to another computer, the same thing happens. I
> forwarded a job to the person I was doing it for, and she had to cut and
> paste my document into another to get the spell check to run. How can I
> get
> rid of this coding?

Chandler75 · External Since: Jul 01, 2007 Posts: 8

Anne, thanks for an excellent article. I had done those things but I did
them again - no luck. Next I think I will tackle your article on "Normal"
and see if that helps. It's very odd - on some pages, it's fine; on others,
it doesn't work, and though I have "Help," the computer will say it's not
loaded and would I like to load it. Going nuts. Thanks.

"Anne Troy" wrote:

> It's likely somewhere in one or more of the styles... anyway, perhaps you've
> just missed something. Maybe my article will help?
> http://www.officearticles.com/word/spell_check_doesnt_work_in_microsoft_word.htm
>
> ****************************
> Hope it helps!
> Anne Troy
> www.OfficeArticles.com
> ****************************
> "Chandler75" <Chandler75 RemoveThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:B330057C-1499-4478-8E66-F134A5645029@microsoft.com...
> > For some reason, my spell check no longer works from time to time due to
> > some
> > sort of code that is landing in my documents. I have done everything from
> > system restore to studying this board and taking the advice given, setting
> > the language, etc., I have reloaded Microsoft Office, nothing works. On
> > certain pages I get a message that a) the help feature is not installed
> > (which it is); b) msr.dll or some .dll file cannot be found so the speller
> > isn't working. On other pages, it works fine. This is in the document
> > because when I take it to another computer, the same thing happens. I
> > forwarded a job to the person I was doing it for, and she had to cut and
> > paste my document into another to get the spell check to run. How can I
> > get
> > rid of this coding?
>
>
>

Anne Troy · External Since: Jun 19, 2005 Posts: 3716

Wondering how it worked out for you.... ?
****************************
Hope it helps!
Anne Troy
www.OfficeArticles.com
****************************
"Chandler75" <Chandler75.TakeThisOut@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3B08818F-AAF8-42CF-89A8-84ACFB389509@microsoft.com...
> Anne, thanks for an excellent article. I had done those things but I did
> them again - no luck. Next I think I will tackle your article on "Normal"
> and see if that helps. It's very odd - on some pages, it's fine; on
> others,
> it doesn't work, and though I have "Help," the computer will say it's not
> loaded and would I like to load it. Going nuts. Thanks.
>
> "Anne Troy" wrote:
>
>> It's likely somewhere in one or more of the styles... anyway, perhaps
>> you've
>> just missed something. Maybe my article will help?
>> http://www.officearticles.com/word/spell_check_doesnt_work_in_microsoft_word.htm
>>
>> ****************************
>> Hope it helps!
>> Anne Troy
>> www.OfficeArticles.com
>> ****************************
>> "Chandler75" <Chandler75.TakeThisOut@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:B330057C-1499-4478-8E66-F134A5645029@microsoft.com...
>> > For some reason, my spell check no longer works from time to time due
>> > to
>> > some
>> > sort of code that is landing in my documents. I have done everything
>> > from
>> > system restore to studying this board and taking the advice given,
>> > setting
>> > the language, etc., I have reloaded Microsoft Office, nothing works.
>> > On
>> > certain pages I get a message that a) the help feature is not installed
>> > (which it is); b) msr.dll or some .dll file cannot be found so the
>> > speller
>> > isn't working. On other pages, it works fine. This is in the document
>> > because when I take it to another computer, the same thing happens. I
>> > forwarded a job to the person I was doing it for, and she had to cut
>> > and
>> > paste my document into another to get the spell check to run. How can
>> > I
>> > get
>> > rid of this coding?
>>
>>
>>

Chandler75 · External Since: Jul 01, 2007 Posts: 8

Anne, very kind of you to ask. Last night I finally had time and I read your
article about Normal.dot and I renamed it. I did some testing and it seemed
okay, but now I'll have to wait to get a new job before I can tell - and I'm
on vacation next week. When I know, I promise to come back and tell you. I
think it was something in Normal because absolutely nothing else worked, and
what you wrote was true also - if you reinstall Word, ibecause of the
Normal.dot , it won't help. And it didn't. So we'll see if this works.
Thanks.

"Anne Troy" wrote:

> Wondering how it worked out for you.... ?
> ****************************
> Hope it helps!
> Anne Troy
> www.OfficeArticles.com
> ****************************
> "Chandler75" <Chandler75 RemoveThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:3B08818F-AAF8-42CF-89A8-84ACFB389509@microsoft.com...
> > Anne, thanks for an excellent article. I had done those things but I did
> > them again - no luck. Next I think I will tackle your article on "Normal"
> > and see if that helps. It's very odd - on some pages, it's fine; on
> > others,
> > it doesn't work, and though I have "Help," the computer will say it's not
> > loaded and would I like to load it. Going nuts. Thanks.
> >
> > "Anne Troy" wrote:
> >
> >> It's likely somewhere in one or more of the styles... anyway, perhaps
> >> you've
> >> just missed something. Maybe my article will help?
> >> http://www.officearticles.com/word/spell_check_doesnt_work_in_microsoft_word.htm
> >>
> >> ****************************
> >> Hope it helps!
> >> Anne Troy
> >> www.OfficeArticles.com
> >> ****************************
> >> "Chandler75" <Chandler75 RemoveThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:B330057C-1499-4478-8E66-F134A5645029@microsoft.com...
> >> > For some reason, my spell check no longer works from time to time due
> >> > to
> >> > some
> >> > sort of code that is landing in my documents. I have done everything
> >> > from
> >> > system restore to studying this board and taking the advice given,
> >> > setting
> >> > the language, etc., I have reloaded Microsoft Office, nothing works.
> >> > On
> >> > certain pages I get a message that a) the help feature is not installed
> >> > (which it is); b) msr.dll or some .dll file cannot be found so the
> >> > speller
> >> > isn't working. On other pages, it works fine. This is in the document
> >> > because when I take it to another computer, the same thing happens. I
> >> > forwarded a job to the person I was doing it for, and she had to cut
> >> > and
> >> > paste my document into another to get the spell check to run. How can
> >> > I
> >> > get
> >> > rid of this coding?
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>

Anne Troy · External Since: Jun 19, 2005 Posts: 3716

Cool, Chandler. Smile

****************************
Hope it helps!
Anne Troy
www.OfficeArticles.com
****************************
"Chandler75" <Chandler75 RemoveThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6544EA16-C249-44A3-B607-9DB359178BF6@microsoft.com...
> Anne, very kind of you to ask. Last night I finally had time and I read
> your
> article about Normal.dot and I renamed it. I did some testing and it
> seemed
> okay, but now I'll have to wait to get a new job before I can tell - and
> I'm
> on vacation next week. When I know, I promise to come back and tell you.
> I
> think it was something in Normal because absolutely nothing else worked,
> and
> what you wrote was true also - if you reinstall Word, ibecause of the
> Normal.dot , it won't help. And it didn't. So we'll see if this works.
> Thanks.
>
> "Anne Troy" wrote:
>
>> Wondering how it worked out for you.... ?
>> ****************************
>> Hope it helps!
>> Anne Troy
>> www.OfficeArticles.com
>> ****************************
>> "Chandler75" <Chandler75 RemoveThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:3B08818F-AAF8-42CF-89A8-84ACFB389509@microsoft.com...
>> > Anne, thanks for an excellent article. I had done those things but I
>> > did
>> > them again - no luck. Next I think I will tackle your article on
>> > "Normal"
>> > and see if that helps. It's very odd - on some pages, it's fine; on
>> > others,
>> > it doesn't work, and though I have "Help," the computer will say it's
>> > not
>> > loaded and would I like to load it. Going nuts. Thanks.
>> >
>> > "Anne Troy" wrote:
>> >
>> >> It's likely somewhere in one or more of the styles... anyway, perhaps
>> >> you've
>> >> just missed something. Maybe my article will help?
>> >> http://www.officearticles.com/word/spell_check_doesnt_work_in_microsoft_word.htm
>> >>
>> >> ****************************
>> >> Hope it helps!
>> >> Anne Troy
>> >> www.OfficeArticles.com
>> >> ****************************
>> >> "Chandler75" <Chandler75 RemoveThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:B330057C-1499-4478-8E66-F134A5645029@microsoft.com...
>> >> > For some reason, my spell check no longer works from time to time
>> >> > due
>> >> > to
>> >> > some
>> >> > sort of code that is landing in my documents. I have done
>> >> > everything
>> >> > from
>> >> > system restore to studying this board and taking the advice given,
>> >> > setting
>> >> > the language, etc., I have reloaded Microsoft Office, nothing works.
>> >> > On
>> >> > certain pages I get a message that a) the help feature is not
>> >> > installed
>> >> > (which it is); b) msr.dll or some .dll file cannot be found so the
>> >> > speller
>> >> > isn't working. On other pages, it works fine. This is in the
>> >> > document
>> >> > because when I take it to another computer, the same thing happens.
>> >> > I
>> >> > forwarded a job to the person I was doing it for, and she had to cut
>> >> > and
>> >> > paste my document into another to get the spell check to run. How
>> >> > can
>> >> > I
>> >> > get
>> >> > rid of this coding?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>
>>

Chandler75 · External Since: Jul 01, 2007 Posts: 8

"Anne Troy" wrote:

> Cool, Chandler. Smile

> ****************************
> Hope it helps!
> Anne Troy
> www.OfficeArticles.com
> ****************************
> "Chandler75" <Chandler75.DeleteThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:6544EA16-C249-44A3-B607-9DB359178BF6@microsoft.com...
> > Anne, very kind of you to ask. Last night I finally had time and I read
> > your
> > article about Normal.dot and I renamed it. I did some testing and it
> > seemed
> > okay, but now I'll have to wait to get a new job before I can tell - and
> > I'm
> > on vacation next week. When I know, I promise to come back and tell you.
> > I
> > think it was something in Normal because absolutely nothing else worked,
> > and
> > what you wrote was true also - if you reinstall Word, ibecause of the
> > Normal.dot , it won't help. And it didn't. So we'll see if this works.
> > Thanks.
> >
> > "Anne Troy" wrote:
> >
> >> Wondering how it worked out for you.... ?
> >> ****************************
> >> Hope it helps!
> >> Anne Troy
> >> www.OfficeArticles.com
> >> ****************************
> >> "Chandler75" <Chandler75.DeleteThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:3B08818F-AAF8-42CF-89A8-84ACFB389509@microsoft.com...
> >> > Anne, thanks for an excellent article. I had done those things but I
> >> > did
> >> > them again - no luck. Next I think I will tackle your article on
> >> > "Normal"
> >> > and see if that helps. It's very odd - on some pages, it's fine; on
> >> > others,
> >> > it doesn't work, and though I have "Help," the computer will say it's
> >> > not
> >> > loaded and would I like to load it. Going nuts. Thanks.
> >> >
> >> > "Anne Troy" wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> It's likely somewhere in one or more of the styles... anyway, perhaps
> >> >> you've
> >> >> just missed something. Maybe my article will help?
> >> >> http://www.officearticles.com/word/spell_check_doesnt_work_in_microsoft_word.htm
> >> >>
> >> >> ****************************
> >> >> Hope it helps!
> >> >> Anne Troy
> >> >> www.OfficeArticles.com
> >> >> ****************************
> >> >> "Chandler75" <Chandler75.DeleteThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> >> news:B330057C-1499-4478-8E66-F134A5645029@microsoft.com...
> >> >> > For some reason, my spell check no longer works from time to time
> >> >> > due
> >> >> > to
> >> >> > some
> >> >> > sort of code that is landing in my documents. I have done
> >> >> > everything
> >> >> > from
> >> >> > system restore to studying this board and taking the advice given,
> >> >> > setting
> >> >> > the language, etc., I have reloaded Microsoft Office, nothing works.
> >> >> > On
> >> >> > certain pages I get a message that a) the help feature is not
> >> >> > installed
> >> >> > (which it is); b) msr.dll or some .dll file cannot be found so the
> >> >> > speller
> >> >> > isn't working. On other pages, it works fine. This is in the
> >> >> > document
> >> >> > because when I take it to another computer, the same thing happens.
> >> >> > I
> >> >> > forwarded a job to the person I was doing it for, and she had to cut
> >> >> > and
> >> >> > paste my document into another to get the spell check to run. How
> >> >> > can
> >> >> > I
> >> >> > get
> >> >> > rid of this coding?
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>

Chandler75 · External Since: Jul 01, 2007 Posts: 8

Anne, your article seems to have done the trick! Thank you so much for all
your help.

The spellcheck is fine, but a couple of odd things are still occurring.
Since this all happened with the disabling of the spellcheck, I can no longer
do "Control - page up" -I get a message that says help isn't available or
something. And - stranger yet - I can no longer delete like I used to. Now
I get a "delete this? y/n" rather than just hitting delete and having a word
or phrase deleted.

Odd. But your normal.dot info really did help. Thanks again.
"Anne Troy" wrote:

> Cool, Chandler. Smile

> ****************************
> Hope it helps!
> Anne Troy
> www.OfficeArticles.com
> ****************************
> "Chandler75" <Chandler75 RemoveThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:6544EA16-C249-44A3-B607-9DB359178BF6@microsoft.com...
> > Anne, very kind of you to ask. Last night I finally had time and I read
> > your
> > article about Normal.dot and I renamed it. I did some testing and it
> > seemed
> > okay, but now I'll have to wait to get a new job before I can tell - and
> > I'm
> > on vacation next week. When I know, I promise to come back and tell you.
> > I
> > think it was something in Normal because absolutely nothing else worked,
> > and
> > what you wrote was true also - if you reinstall Word, ibecause of the
> > Normal.dot , it won't help. And it didn't. So we'll see if this works.
> > Thanks.
> >
> > "Anne Troy" wrote:
> >
> >> Wondering how it worked out for you.... ?
> >> ****************************
> >> Hope it helps!
> >> Anne Troy
> >> www.OfficeArticles.com
> >> ****************************
> >> "Chandler75" <Chandler75 RemoveThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:3B08818F-AAF8-42CF-89A8-84ACFB389509@microsoft.com...
> >> > Anne, thanks for an excellent article. I had done those things but I
> >> > did
> >> > them again - no luck. Next I think I will tackle your article on
> >> > "Normal"
> >> > and see if that helps. It's very odd - on some pages, it's fine; on
> >> > others,
> >> > it doesn't work, and though I have "Help," the computer will say it's
> >> > not
> >> > loaded and would I like to load it. Going nuts. Thanks.
> >> >
> >> > "Anne Troy" wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> It's likely somewhere in one or more of the styles... anyway, perhaps
> >> >> you've
> >> >> just missed something. Maybe my article will help?
> >> >> http://www.officearticles.com/word/spell_check_doesnt_work_in_microsoft_word.htm
> >> >>
> >> >> ****************************
> >> >> Hope it helps!
> >> >> Anne Troy
> >> >> www.OfficeArticles.com
> >> >> ****************************
> >> >> "Chandler75" <Chandler75 RemoveThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> >> news:B330057C-1499-4478-8E66-F134A5645029@microsoft.com...
> >> >> > For some reason, my spell check no longer works from time to time
> >> >> > due
> >> >> > to
> >> >> > some
> >> >> > sort of code that is landing in my documents. I have done
> >> >> > everything
> >> >> > from
> >> >> > system restore to studying this board and taking the advice given,
> >> >> > setting
> >> >> > the language, etc., I have reloaded Microsoft Office, nothing works.
> >> >> > On
> >> >> > certain pages I get a message that a) the help feature is not
> >> >> > installed
> >> >> > (which it is); b) msr.dll or some .dll file cannot be found so the
> >> >> > speller
> >> >> > isn't working. On other pages, it works fine. This is in the
> >> >> > document
> >> >> > because when I take it to another computer, the same thing happens.
> >> >> > I
> >> >> > forwarded a job to the person I was doing it for, and she had to cut
> >> >> > and
> >> >> > paste my document into another to get the spell check to run. How
> >> >> > can
> >> >> > I
> >> >> > get
> >> >> > rid of this coding?
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>

garfield-n-odie [MVP] · External Since: Feb 13, 2006 Posts: 1969

In Word, click on Tools | Options | General tab | uncheck the two boxes
for WordPerfect help and navigation | OK.

Chandler75 wrote:

> The spellcheck is fine, but a couple of odd things are still occurring.
> Since this all happened with the disabling of the spellcheck, I can no longer
> do "Control - page up" -I get a message that says help isn't available or
> something. And - stranger yet - I can no longer delete like I used to. Now
> I get a "delete this? y/n" rather than just hitting delete and having a word
> or phrase deleted.
>