There seems to be a spell checker issue in Word where the following error is reported. On my Mac, this happens most often when I open a file that did not originate from MS Word 2011.
Are Microsoft Word 2007 documents compatible with Microsoft Word 2011 for Mac (OSX)? I have many, many documents written in Microsoft Word 2007. I am planning to buy a Mac Powerbook. Blog Apple 'El Capitan' OSX Incompatibility with Office 2011. Mark Cavaliero October 2, 2015 Operations Leave a Comment. Office 2011 is NOT compatible at this time with OSX 10.11 El Capitan. To blow away the El Capitan installation and using a bootable Yosemite installer to get the older OS installed on the Mac.
If I create a document in MS Word 2011, and leave spell and grammar checks enabled for “as you type” (see below on how to disable this), then I do not get an error. If you do not disable the options below, then as at the date of this page this error will recur and you will need to shut down the application. Disable the ‘as you type’ options First, in Word select Word Preferences and the following window will appear.
Select ‘Spelling and Grammer’. Disable the 'as you type' options Once this is done you should be able to open the document that originated in OpenOffice or any other compatible programme without the pop up warning appearing.
Please note, however, that this pop-up will re-occur if you do a spelling and/or grammar check. “Repair” a Document If you want to be able to re-enable the ‘as you type’ options above, you may want to try the steps below, as these have worked for me. However this does not assist with compatibility of Word documents between OpenOffice.org and MS Office. First, save the document as a docx file. Then select all the text in the document (Command-A). Next select Tools Language, and select one language for the entire document.
In your post you said: Please note, however, if you open any other documents that didn’t originate in Word 2011, then you may have to perform all the above steps again. I found a work around, because thousands of my documents originated in an earlier version of Word, and following the above procedure is not feasible every time I open a document created in an earlier version of Word. I created a macros and named it AutoOpen the code i used is below. This automatically sets the autocheck to english when a document is opened. Sub AutoOpen ‘ ‘ AutoOpen Macro ‘ ‘ Dim doc As Word.Document Set doc = ActiveDocument Application.ResetIgnoreAll ActiveDocument.SpellingChecked = False ActiveDocument.GrammarChecked = False doc.Range.LanguageID = wdEnglishUS doc.Range.NoProofing = False End Sub. Who is behind Guide2Office? My name is Stephanie Krishnan and I'm passionate about the way that open source software and its community can help small businesses and individuals with their productivity and lives.
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