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# ProofReader Repeats Single Number or Does Not Initiate Volume

Article ID: 121011

Article Last Modified on 10/20/2003

APPLIES TO

- Microsoft Windows Sound System 1.0
- Microsoft Windows Sound System 2.0

This article was previously published under Q121011

## SYMPTOMS

When you are using the ProofReader utility in a Microsoft Word document containing a Microsoft Excel embedded object and you choose the Selected Range or On Entry command, ProofReader either does not initiate any volume (although the pointer flashes as if sound interrupts are being attempted), or it selects one number in the selected field and repeats the same number in a loop.

## CAUSE

The ProofReader option found in the Excel toolbar is actually the file PROOF.XLA. The above symptoms occur because this file is not properly initiated when it is started from an embedded or linked Excel object in another application.

## RESOLUTION

To correct this problem:

- Use the full ProofReader utility in Windows Sound System version 2.0 as follows:
  1. Start ProofReader from the icon found in the Windows Sound System group.
  2. Minimize ProofReader.
  3. Select the range to be proofread by typing CTRL+N or choosing Selected Range from the Proof menu.
  -or-
- Start Microsoft Excel as the first application with the active Proof menu (ProofReader-PROOF.XLA). Use the following steps:
  1. Start Excel with PROOF.XLA.
  2. Minimize Excel.
  3. Start the application containing the embedded or linked Excel object.
  4. Select the embedded or linked Excel object.
  In Excel, the Proof command becomes available and works correctly provided that the PROOF.XLA Excel session is still open and minimized.

## STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows Sound System versions 1.0 and 2.0. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional query words: 2.00 snd systm windows wndows

Keywords: KB121011