Microsoft KB Archive/31166

Stand-Alone Spell Does Not Check an ASCII-Text File

PSS ID Number: Q31166 Article last modified on 11-02-1994

3.x 4.00 5.00 5.50 6.00

MS-DOS

= SUMMARY =

The spell checking program (SPELL-AM.EXE) included with Word version 4.00, may be used without starting Word however, only Word-formatted documents can be spell checked. The error message “Cannot read input file!” will appear when an unformatted file is used.

Spell checking from Word version 5.0, 5.5 and 6.0 cannot be run as a standalone program.

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