Microsoft KB Archive/136000

= PRJ: Spelling Command Displays Dialog Box with Garbled Text =

Article ID: 136000

Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Project 98 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Project 4.1 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q136000



SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Project, when you click Spelling on the Tools menu, you may receive a dialog box that displays unreadable text, such as "e|ui||M|4." The text may contain a combination of extended characters, the pipe symbol, and random alphabetic and numeric characters.

In Microsoft Project 98 the following error message appears:

There is a problem with the installation of the spelling checker. Reinstall the spelling checker by running Microsoft Project Setup.



CAUSE
This problem occurs when you check the spelling in your project if information for the spelling dictionary is missing from the Windows registry.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, run Microsoft Project Setup again in maintenance mode, and click the Reinstall button to restore any missing files and the missing registry entries.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the versions of Microsoft Project listed above.



MORE INFORMATION
If the Windows registry is missing information for the spelling dictionary used in Microsoft Project, the following symptoms occur in the applications that use the same spelling dictionary as Microsoft Project:

Microsoft Excel
When you click Spelling on the Tools menu, you receive the following error message:

Cannot open main dictionary

Microsoft PowerPoint
When you click Spelling on the Tools menu, you receive the following error message:

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

When you click OK, the following error message appears:

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

