Microsoft KB Archive/138350

= PPT7: "Sorry, There Is No Valid Speller" Error =

Article ID: 138350

Article Last Modified on 8/17/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft PowerPoint 95 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q138350



IMPORTANT: This article contains information about editing the registry. Before you edit the registry, make sure you understand how to restore it if a problem occurs. For information about how to do this, view the "Restoring the Registry" Help topic in Regedit.exe or the "Restoring a Registry Key" Help topic in Regedt32.exe.



SYMPTOMS
When you try to run the spelling checker in PowerPoint for Windows 95, you may receive the following message:

Sorry, there is no valid speller. You should run Setup and reinstall.

If the Registry does not contain all the necessary keys you receive the following additional message:

The spelling information is missing from the Registry. You should run Setup and reinstall.



CAUSE
When PowerPoint for Windows 95 installs, it may write incorrect information to the Registry, or it may not write all the necessary lines in the appropriate Registry key. The text string referencing the spelling .dll or the dictionary .lex file may be missing, or it may be pointing to an incorrect file.

This problem, however, has been corrected in the international releases of PowerPoint 7.0.



RESOLUTION
WARNING: Using Registry Editor incorrectly can cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that problems resulting from the incorrect use of Registry Editor can be solved. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.

For information about how to edit the registry, view the "Changing Keys And Values" Help topic in Registry Editor (Regedit.exe) or the "Add and Delete Information in the Registry" and "Edit Registry Data" Help topics in Regedt32.exe. Note that you should back up the registry before you edit it. If you are running Windows NT, you should also update your Emergency Repair Disk (ERD).

The PowerPoint spelling checker can work with either of the following two pairs of files. If the pairs are mismatched, the spelling check fails. One pair represents files installed by the Office installation and the other for files installed by the stand-alone version of PowerPoint. English.   Version       Dictionary             Speller ---      --             ---

Office       Mssp2_en.lex           Mssp232.dll Stand-alone  Mssp_am.lex            Mssp32.dll Make sure one of the pairs of files is on the hard disk. The default location for these files in Windows 95 is   C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Proof and the default location in Windows NT is:   C:\Winnt\Msapps\Proof If these files are missing, you must run Setup to restore them. If the files are present, use the following steps to check your Registry to make sure the information is correct.  Click the Windows 95 Start button and then click Run. (Or click Run on the File menu in the Windows NT Program Manager.) Type Regedit, or Regedt32 for Windows NT in the Run dialog box and click OK.  Open the following key:      HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Proofing Tools \Spelling\1033\Normal  This key should contain the following values:

Dictionary:

Engine:

Make sure that text to the right of these values is the correct path to the spelling files. If they are incorrect, double-click the incorrect value to bring up the editing screen.</li>  Correct the path. Click OK. Also open the following key: <pre class="fixed_text">     HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\PowerPoint\7.0\Spelling\Speller The correct data for Speller should read: <pre class="fixed_text">     Speller     "1033\Normal" (This is the value for the American English speller; double-click the incorrect value and correct if necessary) </li> On the Registry menu, click Exit Registry.</li> Restart Windows.</li></ol>

The PowerPoint spelling checker should now work correctly.

Additional query words: ppt7 ppt95 pp95 speller powerpt spelling error w_powerpt powerpnt spellcheck

Keywords: kberrmsg kbprb kbproof KB138350

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