I'm having a problem with spell checking. In a new duplicated layout when I say check record, it only checks one field, but if I go back to other layouts built on the same file and table the check record works on the whole record. I'm on 7v03. Any suggestions? Thanks.

If fields are formatted not to allow entry in Browse Mode, then Spell Check will ignore them. Do the fields in your duplicate layout allow entry?

Hi Carpal, yes the fields do allow entry in browse mode and at this point we are all using the admin user profie. Any other ideas?

Hi Stranger!

Well, that's just weird. I can't replicate the problem. I wonder if it's some OS X issue.

Not sure if you ever got an answer to this, but I have the same problem. I was told the issue was with files converted over from Filemaker 6, but I just created a new file in 7, and have the same problem. Also use Mac OS X.

I think I figured this out... the problem is not with files converted from version 6... the problem is with layouts (specifically the text fields on those layouts). Any layouts created in version 6 won't work. If you paste that layout in a fresh FMP 7 file, the spell check won't work. Just pasting one text field from a "broken" layout seems to be enough to kill the spell checker.

The solution? Create a new layout, copy over all the graphical elements (but NOT the text fields) from the "bad" layout, then create new text fields from scratch (a bit of a pain, but having a separate window open with the old layout helps... the size pallet helps too). The result? A spell check that works as advertised.