Spell Check in smart art

[Aisha]

It seems that spelling is not checked in smart art. Any thoughts?

[Jay Freedman]

Post by Aisha
It seems that spelling is not checked in smart art. Any thoughts?

Your conclusion is correct. Word has never been able to spell-check anything
in artwork, and it hasn't started now.

As a suggestion, type into a scratch document all the labels you plan to put
into the art. Spell-check it there, and then copy/paste it into the art.
Another possibility would be a macro that extracts what you've already typed
into the artwork and puts a copy of that text into a new document to be
spell-checked.

[Aisha]

I am not talking about regular art work, but rather the smart art feature in
Word 2007. I just checked Word 2003, and it does run spell check on diagrams
(now renamed smart art).

Post by Jay Freedman

Post by Aisha
It seems that spelling is not checked in smart art. Any thoughts?

Your conclusion is correct. Word has never been able to spell-check anything
in artwork, and it hasn't started now.
As a suggestion, type into a scratch document all the labels you plan to put
into the art. Spell-check it there, and then copy/paste it into the art.
Another possibility would be a macro that extracts what you've already typed
into the artwork and puts a copy of that text into a new document to be
spell-checked.
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Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
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[mjag39]

To add to this. If you select the Smart Art box the Spellcheck Icon is
available in the quick access toolbar, but if you highlight the text within
the SmartArt the spellcheck icon is grayed out.

Post by Aisha
I am not talking about regular art work, but rather the smart art feature in
Word 2007. I just checked Word 2003, and it does run spell check on diagrams
(now renamed smart art).

Post by Jay Freedman

Post by Aisha
It seems that spelling is not checked in smart art. Any thoughts?

Your conclusion is correct. Word has never been able to spell-check anything
in artwork, and it hasn't started now.
As a suggestion, type into a scratch document all the labels you plan to put
into the art. Spell-check it there, and then copy/paste it into the art.
Another possibility would be a macro that extracts what you've already typed
into the artwork and puts a copy of that text into a new document to be
spell-checked.
--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

[Cindy M.]

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Post by Aisha
It seems that spelling is not checked in smart art. Any thoughts?

Bob Buckland answered a similar question a few days before you
posted. See

http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx?q
uery=SmartArt+spell+Buckland&dg=microsoft.public.word.docmanagement&
cat=en_US_ce704816-2055-4ee8-a8f1-2496ab2e29d3&lang=en&cr=US&pt=&cat
list=&dglist=&ptlist=&exp=&sloc=en-us

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17
2005)
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