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Spel cheeker knot wurkin

Stress Co_
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I can't get Spell Checker to work in AC13.

I opened spell checker via:
Document> Spell Checker> Open Spell Checker

It opened the spell checker window and then immediately opened a window to select an application. If I clicked cancel I got a "Cannot initialize Word Services!" message.

Archicad Help had me thinking I needed to select WORD to use it's Dictionary.

Now (after selecting WORD) ...... if I open Spell Checker... it launches WORD and doesn't check my AC file.

Not sure if its related but it worked fine before updating to Build 3600
Marc Corney, Architect
Red Canoe Architecture, P. A.

Mac OS 10.15.7 (Catalina) //// Mac OS 14.5 (Sonoma)
Processor: 3.6 GHz 8-Core Intel Core i9 //// Apple M2 Max
Memory: 48 GB 2667 MHz DDR4 //// 32 GB
Graphics: Radeon Pro 580X 8GB //// 12C CPU, 30C GPU
ArchiCAD 25 (5010 USA Full) //// ArchiCAD 27 (4030 USA Full)
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Anonymous
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I am having the same issues. Were you able to get it to work again?
Anonymous
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ArchiCAD on the Mac uses the built-in system spell checker by default. I haven't had any problems with it that I can recall.

I believe it is possible to use the MS Word dictionary instead. By attempting to enable it you have probably disabled the system service. I'm not sure why it isn't working with your Word install. The best thing would be to figure out how to revert to the built-in MacOS spell checker.
Stress Co_
Advisor
jptrott wrote:
I am having the same issues. Were you able to get it to work again?
It is working again, but not by any action I knowingly took.
The help I received from GS...was to uninstall and reinstall Archicad and reapply the hotfix (Advice I never followed, as It begun working on it's own).
Hope that helps.
Matthew wrote:
ArchiCAD on the Mac uses the built-in system spell checker by default. I haven't had any problems with it that I can recall.
I can't quite figure which system it's now using.... just glad itz wurkin
Marc Corney, Architect
Red Canoe Architecture, P. A.

Mac OS 10.15.7 (Catalina) //// Mac OS 14.5 (Sonoma)
Processor: 3.6 GHz 8-Core Intel Core i9 //// Apple M2 Max
Memory: 48 GB 2667 MHz DDR4 //// 32 GB
Graphics: Radeon Pro 580X 8GB //// 12C CPU, 30C GPU
ArchiCAD 25 (5010 USA Full) //// ArchiCAD 27 (4030 USA Full)

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