Good afternoon folks,
We use SW 2008 SP5.0 and MS Office 2003. I use Word as my emaileditor for sending email (from within Outlook). As for almosteveryone in this situation, the Normal.dot template is what is usedto create new Word documents (and to compose emails). This isnormally a transparent thing though.
For some time (going back to at least the previous SP for SW), I'venoticed that when I do a Spell Check on my .SLDDRW drawings I getan error message generated by Word that is shown in tha attachedimage file. The Spell Check proceeds just fine in SW, and I caneven add words as needed to the .dic dictionary file that SW usesto supplement the "normal" dictionary. The problem appears when Icomplete the Spell Check, I notice that the error dialog pops upfrom Word. I need to choose to cancel saving the Normal.dottemplate changes several times (in responsed to a warning that"...changes to the global template have been made...").
This problem only happens if I am running Word or Outlook. Ithappens even if I am only running SW and Outlook, and then evenwhen I am not composing an email at all! I can exit Outlook (andany instnaces of Word) to do my spell checking, but I think thatshould be considered a sloppy and unacceptable workaround, emailand documents are a standard part of modern engineering and whodoesn't need to spin three plates at once from time-to-time?
Has anybody else seen this? Why should SW be doing anything tomodify the Normal.dot template (or make Windows think it is)? I canimagine why SW opens a 'hidden' session of Word to use to examinethe text in a drawing for spelling errors, but what's up with thetemplate?
I'll appreciate any advice available! Thanks and enjoy New YearsDay! :-)
Best,
EricSolidworksDrawings And Detailing
We use SW 2008 SP5.0 and MS Office 2003. I use Word as my emaileditor for sending email (from within Outlook). As for almosteveryone in this situation, the Normal.dot template is what is usedto create new Word documents (and to compose emails). This isnormally a transparent thing though.
For some time (going back to at least the previous SP for SW), I'venoticed that when I do a Spell Check on my .SLDDRW drawings I getan error message generated by Word that is shown in tha attachedimage file. The Spell Check proceeds just fine in SW, and I caneven add words as needed to the .dic dictionary file that SW usesto supplement the "normal" dictionary. The problem appears when Icomplete the Spell Check, I notice that the error dialog pops upfrom Word. I need to choose to cancel saving the Normal.dottemplate changes several times (in responsed to a warning that"...changes to the global template have been made...").
This problem only happens if I am running Word or Outlook. Ithappens even if I am only running SW and Outlook, and then evenwhen I am not composing an email at all! I can exit Outlook (andany instnaces of Word) to do my spell checking, but I think thatshould be considered a sloppy and unacceptable workaround, emailand documents are a standard part of modern engineering and whodoesn't need to spin three plates at once from time-to-time?
Has anybody else seen this? Why should SW be doing anything tomodify the Normal.dot template (or make Windows think it is)? I canimagine why SW opens a 'hidden' session of Word to use to examinethe text in a drawing for spelling errors, but what's up with thetemplate?
I'll appreciate any advice available! Thanks and enjoy New YearsDay! :-)
Best,
EricSolidworksDrawings And Detailing
