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Make sure you set the Focus on the control, just to be sure:<br />
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Me.DegreeofAttainment.SetF<wbr />ocus<br />
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Also, SpellCheck must be installed (it's installed with Office, not Access) and you cannot do this in the Runtime environment (i.e. if you're running Access Runtime vs the full retail version of Access).
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Make sure you set the Focus on the control, just to be sure:

Me.DegreeofAttainment.SetFocus

Also, SpellCheck must be installed (it's installed with Office, not Access) and you cannot do this in the Runtime environment (i.e. if you're running Access Runtime vs the full retail version of Access).

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I get runtime err 2046, the command or action ‘spelling’ isn’t available now.<br />
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when I run the following code in AfterUpdate property of a memo field.<br />
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Private Sub DegreeofAttainment_AfterUp<wbr />date()<br />
'If the text/memo contains data run the<br />
'Spell Checker after data is entered.<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; If Len(Me!DegreeofAttainment &amp;&nbsp;&quot;&quot;) &gt;&nbsp;0 Then<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; DoCmd.RunCommand acCmdSpelling<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Else<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Exit Sub<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; End If<br />
End Sub
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I get runtime err 2046, the command or action ‘spelling’ isn’t available now.

when I run the following code in AfterUpdate property of a memo field.

Private Sub DegreeofAttainment_AfterUpdate()
'If the text/memo contains data run the
'Spell Checker after data is entered.
    If Len(Me!DegreeofAttainment & "") > 0 Then
        DoCmd.RunCommand acCmdSpelling
            Else
        Exit Sub
    End If
End Sub

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