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Answer» Was sent some word files that are read only and i want to spellcheck them but can't? Was sent some word files that are read only and i want to spellcheck them but can't?Obviously, you are not the creator of the documents and the creator may have had a reason for making them read-only. So, why do you want to spellcheck them? I don't think whoever sent them KNEW they were read only. Anyway it doesn't mattter i just wanted to know how to enable the spell check. Thanks anyway. Quote from: soybean on February 01, 2011, 09:28:36 AM Obviously, you are not the creator of the documents and the creator may have had a reason for making them read-only. So, why do you want to spellcheck them? An excellent point....why ? ? Quote from: patio on February 01, 2011, 01:12:10 PM An excellent point....why ? ? One of the most common reasons to spell check a document is to check the spelling of said document. Just because the person "protected" the document doesn't mean they are infallible. Actually I think the entire concept of protecting word documents, excel worksheets, and so forth is completely absurd. The only reasonably common use CASE for such a FEATURE is in corporations to prevent people from editing the documents, and that can be facilitated by simply changing the access control lists of the document file, rather then using the ridiculous "roll your own" implementation that word or excel provide. There are some very specific use cases where it might be useful (such as "applications" written in excel using macros and so forth) but people seem to think "oh, I better protect this document" from what? people changing it Why? Why shouldn't people be able to change it? Why send somebody a document they cannot change? What is the point? the person sending it has a copy, so unless they delete your copy when they send the file it's POINTLESS for them to protect the document before sending it on. There are some legal documents that should never be changed, even if there are typos. Quote from: rthompson80819 on February 01, 2011, 02:34:15 PM There are some legal documents that should never be changed, even if there are typos. That's why they get printed out. Quote from: BC_Programmer on February 01, 2011, 02:41:31 PM That's why they get printed out. Not always. Recently I received a PDF legal document for a friend who had a problem receiving it. I printed it out, she signed it and had to fax it back to the law firm so they had her signature on file.There may be a very good reason for not being able to alter the document. Consider this: If the document is part if a Writ, and the addressee is asked to sign and return it by faxing or other, then it must be in UNALTERED condition. Correcting, by even changing a misspelled Mailing Address will in fact INVALIDATE the document. A friend who worked for a UK legal company told me that quite far into the 2000s they used to use a dailywheel printer with multipart stationery (multiple layers with a top page and carbonless copies) because of a legal requirement that valid copies of certain documents had to be produced at the same time as the original. They changed to dot matrix eventually. Quote from: Salmon Trout on February 02, 2011, 03:47:29 PM they used to use a dailywheel printer A dailywheel printer? Did it just print once a day? Or do you mean daisywheel.Keep an eye on those printers!! Not to change the subject but.... In my days as Unit Record Operator, the 1403 Chain Printer was the best on the market. Cheques were produced on that printer. Believe it or not, but one day one of the hammers got stuck, and a hundred or so cheques were produced with incorrect money in the Amount field. In stead of $999.99 it printed as $9 9.99 |
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