The only other answer I can think of is to create a "0_NoSpellCheck" character tag, which has everything set to "As Is" save the Language, which is set to "None". You will then have to tag all the instances (but that could easily be done w/ a S&R).
Grant ================================================================ Grant Hogarth Senior Technical Writer Equis International - A Reuters Company +1 801 270 3180 (t) | +1 801 815 8353 (m) | +1 801 265 3999 (f) Email: grant.hogarth at reuters.com Reuters Messaging: grant.hogarth.reuters.com at reuters.net URL: www.equis.com TZ: Mountain (GMT +7) Reuters news and information reaches one billion people every day. Get the latest news at Reuters.com -----Original Message----- From: framers-bounces+grant.hogarth=reuters....@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces+grant.hogarth=reuters.com at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Van Boening, Tammy Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 2:55 PM To: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: Getting something ignored during spell checking Framemaker 7.2, Windows XP with SP2 I am currently writing a Developer's Guide that references heavy use of xml files. Our styles and standards call for referring to any file type as .<type> file; for example, the .xml file, an .xml file, the .pdf file, and so on. Obviously, when I run spell check on any file in this book, Framemaker is flagging these entries as an extra space between the word "the" or "an" and the file type. I don't want to turn off checking for extra spaces in my spelling checker (although I do have smart spaces turned on, I still find that I have extra spaces every now and then which is freaky to me, but . . .) I don't want to make this file type a variable because Special > Variable > Insert is a lot more time consuming than just rapidly typing ".xml file" - (believe me, as many times as this is used in this guide, a variable is not the way to go.) So, what do I have to have set up in my spell checker rules to avoid any instance of ".xml" getting ignored? I tried adding ".xml" to the rules, but it's still getting flagged during spell checking. TIA, TVB Tammy L. Van Boening Senior Technical Writer Fiserv Insurance Solutions Property and Casualty Division 303-729-7733 tammy.vanboening at fiserv.com *********************************************************************** Keep smiling, at least until you get your own way.