How can we disable spellcheck/grammer check in the PPT.
Tried using this property
val txtFrame: ITextFrame = table.get_Item(cell, row).textFrame
txtFrame.paragraphs.get_Item(0).paragraphFormat.defaultPortionFormat.proofDisabled = NullableBool.True
Screenshot 2025-03-25 at 12.53.55 PM.png (2.2 KB)
but spellcheck still runs.
@pawann,
Thank you for posting the question. We are sorry that you encountered this problem. We need more details to investigate the case. Please share the following additional files and information:
- sample PowerPoint presentation file
- output presentation file
- Aspose.Slides version you used
We are using aspose-slides 25.2 to build this attached PPT.
We want to disable the grammar and spell check at the entire PPT level.
See examples in ppt of the spell check and grammar check. - “detaillls” and “Due to some regulations we are”
Aspose Grammer issue.pptx.zip (25.3 KB)
@pawann,
Thank you for the details. Could you please also specify the full version of PowerPoint you are using?
My Powerpoint version is 16.93.2 using a mac-os
Tested on windows 10 with version 2411 with same results.
Find attached output PPT for additional tests we performed.
The file has 2 slides.
1st slide -
1st text box - setProofDisabled(NullableBool.True) - But the grammar check on regulation was shown
2nd text box - setProofDisabled(NullableBool.True) - Has an spell error in the sentence “Duesss” and in this case the grammatical error was not shown.
Looks like if there is only a grammatical error and no spell errors, setProofDisabled is not working
What is the solution for this for the textbox?
2 slide - Table
Table seems to have more issues. We had to set the language Id for the setProofDisabled(NullableBool.True) to take effect. Here also, the grammar errors get highlighted.
In the attached ppt, we set the language to French, but english is getting flagged for spell errors.
We do not want to set the language id. We want to disable spell check for the whole ppt without having to set individually for each language. We support many languages and is not a feasible solution for us.
In both cases, an ideal solution for us would be disable spellcheck / grammar check at the entire ppt level.
Please also note that we have a licensed version of aspose slides and paid support. if we can get more traction from the paid support route . pleae route the ticket accordingly.
p.pptx.zip (25.4 KB)
TestSpellCheck.java.zip (1.5 KB)
@pawann,
Thank you for the additional information and files. Unfortunately, at this point I’m not sure if my PowerPoint displays slides exactly the same way as yours.
Here are screenshots of the slides displayed in PowerPoint:
slide_1.png (77.0 KB)
slide_2.png (92.7 KB)
Here are my Proofing options:
options.png (30.5 KB)
Could you please share your screenshots?
Andrey,
The question we have is -
How do we disable proofing programmatically at the entire ppt level using the aspose libraries?
We will not be able to change settings of Microsoft ppt of our end users.
@pawann,
We have opened the following new ticket(s) in our internal issue tracking system and will deliver their fixes according to the terms mentioned in Free Support Policies.
Issue ID(s): SLIDESJAVA-39648
You can obtain Paid Support Services if you need support on a priority basis, along with the direct access to our Paid Support management team.
@pawann,
Our developers have investigated the case.
They were unable to reproduce the behavior described for Slide 1. When using setProofDisabled(NullableBool.True), all proofing checks are disabled.
The problem with the table on Slide 2 occurred due to the use of setProofDisabled(NullableBool.True) in inherited properties. This method does not work in inherited properties, which is why applying it in getDefaultPortionFormat() has no effect. The property must be set individually for each specific text portion.
This requires access to each client machine with PowerPoint, as there is no global presentation-level flag. However, we prepared a code snippet that disables proofing for the main shapes in the presentation (tables, SmartArt, text boxes). The list of supported shapes can be expanded if needed.
Presentation pres = new Presentation();
ISlideCollection slds = pres.getSlides();
try
{
// Get the first slide
ISlide sld = pres.getSlides().get_Item(0);
slds.addClone(sld);
slds.addClone(sld);
// Add an autoshape of type line
IAutoShape ashp = sld.getShapes().addAutoShape(ShapeType.Rectangle, 150, 75, 234, 123);
// Adds TextFrame to the Rectangle
ashp.addTextFrame(" ");
// Accesses the text frame
ITextFrame txtFrame = ashp.getTextFrame();
//set textbackgroud to white
ashp.getFillFormat().setFillType(FillType.Solid);
ashp.getFillFormat().getSolidFillColor().setColor(Color.WHITE);
// Creates the Paragraph object for text frame
IParagraph para = txtFrame.getParagraphs().get_Item(0);
// Creates a Portion object for paragraph
IPortion portion = para.getPortions().get_Item(0);
portion.getPortionFormat().getFillFormat().setFillType(FillType.Solid);
portion.getPortionFormat().getFillFormat().getSolidFillColor().setColor(Color.BLACK);
portion.setText(" Le montant total des dépenses a demeurées \n Due to some regulation we are ");
//TextBox 2
IAutoShape ashp2 = sld.getShapes().addAutoShape(ShapeType.Rectangle, 144, 257, 234, 123);
// Adds TextFrame to the Rectangle
ashp2.addTextFrame(" ");
// Accesses the text frame
ITextFrame txtFrame2 = ashp2.getTextFrame();
//set textbackgroud to white
ashp2.getFillFormat().setFillType(FillType.Solid);
ashp2.getFillFormat().getSolidFillColor().setColor(Color.WHITE);
// Creates the Paragraph object for text frame
IParagraph para2 = txtFrame2.getParagraphs().get_Item(0);
// Creates a Portion object for paragraph
IPortion portion2 = para2.getPortions().get_Item(0);
portion2.getPortionFormat().getFillFormat().setFillType(FillType.Solid);
portion2.getPortionFormat().getFillFormat().getSolidFillColor().setColor(Color.BLACK);
portion2.setText(" Le montant total des dépenses a demeurées Duesss to some regulation we are ");
// TABLE
ISlide sld1 = pres.getSlides().get_Item(1);
// Defines columns with widths and rows with heights
double[] dblCols = {150, 150, 150};
double[] dblRows = {50, 30};
// Adds a table shape to slide
ITable tbl = sld1.getShapes().addTable(100, 50, dblCols, dblRows);
// Sets the border format for each cell
for (int row = 0; row < tbl.getRows().size(); row++)
{
for (int cell = 0; cell < tbl.getRows().get_Item(row).size(); cell++)
{
ICellFormat cellFormat = tbl.getRows().get_Item(row).get_Item(cell).getCellFormat();
ITextFrame txtFrameTable = tbl.get_Item(cell, row).getTextFrame();
cellFormat.getBorderTop().getFillFormat().setFillType(FillType.Solid);
cellFormat.getBorderTop().getFillFormat().getSolidFillColor().setColor(Color.BLACK);
cellFormat.getBorderTop().setWidth(1);
cellFormat.getBorderBottom().getFillFormat().setFillType(FillType.Solid);
cellFormat.getBorderBottom().getFillFormat().getSolidFillColor().setColor(Color.BLACK);
cellFormat.getBorderBottom().setWidth(1);
cellFormat.getBorderLeft().getFillFormat().setFillType(FillType.Solid);
cellFormat.getBorderLeft().getFillFormat().getSolidFillColor().setColor(Color.BLACK);
cellFormat.getBorderLeft().setWidth(1);
cellFormat.getBorderRight().getFillFormat().setFillType(FillType.Solid);
cellFormat.getBorderRight().getFillFormat().getSolidFillColor().setColor(Color.BLACK);
cellFormat.getBorderRight().setWidth(1);
txtFrameTable.getParagraphs().clear();
txtFrameTable.getParagraphs().addFromHtml("Le montant total des dépenses a demeurées \n Duesss to some regulation we are");
}
}
// Adds some text to the merged cell
// SmartArt
ISlide sld2 = pres.getSlides().get_Item(2);
ISmartArt diagram = sld2.getShapes().addSmartArt(50, 50, 400, 500, SmartArtLayoutType.Hierarchy);
ISmartArtNodeCollection allNodes = diagram.getAllNodes();
//foreach to while statements conversion
Iterator tmp0 = ( allNodes).iterator();
try
{
while (tmp0.hasNext())
{
SmartArtNode item = (SmartArtNode)tmp0.next();
item.getTextFrame().setText("Le montant total des dépenses a demeurées \n Duesss to some regulation we are");
}
}
finally
{
if (Operators.is(tmp0, IDisposable.class))
((IDisposable)tmp0).dispose();
}
//Disable Proofing
ForEach.shape(pres, (shape, slide, index) -> {
if (shape instanceof AutoShape) {
AutoShape autoShape = ((AutoShape)shape);
if (autoShape.getTextFrame() != null) {
disablePortionProofing(autoShape.getTextFrame());
}
}
if (shape instanceof Table) {
Table table = ((Table)shape);
for (IRow row : table.getRows()) {
for(ICell cell : row) {
if (cell.getTextFrame() != null) {
disablePortionProofing(cell.getTextFrame());
}
}
}
}
if (shape instanceof SmartArt) {
SmartArt smartArt = ((SmartArt)shape);
for (ISmartArtNode smartArtNode : smartArt.getAllNodes()) {
if (smartArtNode.getTextFrame() != null) {
disablePortionProofing(smartArtNode.getTextFrame());
}
}
}
});
//Write the PPTX to Disk
pres.save("output.pptx", SaveFormat.Pptx);
}
finally
{
if (pres != null) pres.dispose();
}
void disablePortionProofing(ITextFrame textFrame)
{
for (IParagraph paragraph : textFrame.getParagraphs())
{
for (IPortion portion : paragraph.getPortions())
{
portion.getPortionFormat().setProofDisabled(NullableBool.True);
}
}
}