I would like to make sure that a field with text in it doesn't get printed until it is spellchecked. You can do it manually with the edit menu. I want it to pop up as the field validates that there is text in it.

Please help, I feel like I'm just not looking in the right places.

Don't use field-level validation for a job like this.

Probably a better bet would be to design the interface to coerce the action required. It might mean removing the ability to edit directly into the field, instead requiring the user to enter another screen thqt displays the text. Upon leaving this screen the spell check is run.

However I don't think that forcing people to run a spell checker is going to remove spelling errors. It's more likely to upset users. A better bet is to change the business process to require that the text is proof-read and signed-off before being allowed to be printed.

It's a paragraph of text that is auto forwarded to publish online. The spellcheck is needed to let them know if there are gross misspellings and to remind them about this. They are not bothered by the process having asked for it.

I do appreciate the feedback. I'm not sure why going to a different screen is more helpful? The user is the one putting the text in, once they hit a button to commit the record spell check can do the whole record or just the text field, not sure it matters.

I haven't been sure how to run it but I finally found some spelling items in Scripts. I assume that if I validate the field based on it having entry into it then it can run a script? But I may need a plug in?

Thanks for the help!

Sorry if that reads weird. I find I can't tell when I've phrased something poorly until after I hit post.

Even reading preview!

"Having entered text into the field can it then run validation and trigger a script?"

I think FMP 8.5 automatically underlines unknown words in a red wiggly line (like MS Word) - this might be sufficient?

you would think. : I'm finding users really can do a lot of ignoring of things.