OFF95: Macro to Spell Check a Binder

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Before entering the sample macro code below, do the following:

1. Open a new binder document.
2. Add a new Microsoft Word 6.0 Document section to the binder.
3. Enter the misspelled word "dogg", without quotes, in your Word document.
4. Add a new Microsoft Excel 5.0 Worksheet section to the binder.
5. Enter the misspelled word "catt", without quotes, in cell A1.
6. With the Microsoft Excel section active, click View Outside on the Section menu.
   
   Step 6 is necessary to add a module sheet to the Microsoft Excel section and to be able to enter macro code into the module sheet.
7. Insert a module sheet in the workbook, and enter the following code into the module sheet:

       Sub Check_Spelling_In_Binder()
           Dim BindObj As Object
           Dim WrdBasic As Object
           Dim BindSct
       
           On Error Resume Next
           'Create a reference to the Binder
           Set BindObj = ActiveWorkbook.Container.Parent
       
           active_section = BindObj.ActiveSection.Name
       
           'Loop through all of the Binder sections.
           For Each BindSct In BindObj.sections
               BindSct.Activate
       
               '"If" structure to determine type of section
               If BindSct.Type Like "Excel.Sheet.*" Then
                   BindSct.Object.Cells.CheckSpelling _
                       customdictionary:="custom.dic", _
                       ignoreuppercase:=False, alwayssuggest:=True
       
               ElseIf BindSct.Type Like "Word.Document.*" Then
       
                   ' If Word.Basic object not created, create it
                   If WrdBasic Is Nothing Then Set WrdBasic = _
                   CreateObject("word.basic")
                   WrdBasic.toolsspelling
       
               ElseIf BindSct.Type Like "Excel.Chart.*" Then
                   BindSct.Object.CheckSpelling _
                       customdictionary:="custom.dic", _
                       ignoreuppercase:=False, alwayssuggest:=True
               Else
                   'This would be a PowerPoint section.
                   'No Spell check method in Powerpoint object model.
       
               End If
       
           Next BindSct
       
           'reactivate the section from which this macro was launched
           BindObj.sections(active_section).Activate
       
           Set BindObj = Nothing
           Set WrdBasic = Nothing
       End Sub
     
   						

8. On the File menu click Close to return to the Binder.
9. On the Tools menu click Macro and in the Macro dialog box double- click the macro "Check_Spelling_In_Binder" to run the macro.

The macro should run and the spelling checker for both Word and Microsoft Excel should come up while the respective binder section is active and tell you that it found a misspelled word. When the macro has finished, the section that was active when you ran the macro will be activated.