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Mac Forum / Applications / Word / October 2005Can't get French spell check
I am trying to write a paper in French. I select all the text, go to Language and set it as French. The document is checked for gramer, but not for spelling. When I run a Comptibility Report, it says that French proofing tools are not installed. When I go to Preferences\Spelling and Gramar, the Custom Dictionary is set to Custom Dictionary. When I click on 'Dictionaries', and try to add the French dictionary (located in the \Shared Applications\Proofing Tools folder) all dictionaries are greyed out. They are installed, they just cannot be selected. I am using MS Office 2004 for Mac, on OSX Tiger. I hope I have provided enough info. Hi, > I am trying to write a paper in French. I select all the text, go to > Language and set it as French. The document is checked for gramer, [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > be selected. I am using MS Office 2004 for Mac, on OSX Tiger. I hope > I have provided enough info. Custom dictionaries are a more or less different issue. What you need is the French proffing tools (for grammar - which it appears you have; and spelling - which don;t appear to be installed). I don;t know how you ended up with a partial install like that but you should check you install. For Office 2004, in: Applications/Microsoft Office 2004/Shared Applications/Proofing Tools/ you should have: French Hyphenation French Hyphen Dictionary French Spelling French Grammar Dictionary2 French Grammar Dictionary1 French Grammar French Thesaurus French Grammar Help French Thesaurus Dictionary French Dictionary2 French Dictionary1 French Grammar Reference French Grammar Parameter If any of them is missing, try using a copy from the install CD. If you have Office X, then in addition of making sure you have a complete install of the proofing tools for this version, you'll need to re-apply all the Office X updates which have considerably improved and corrected the French proofing tools. Corentin  Signature--- Mac:MS MVP (Francophone) --- http://www.mvps.org - http://mvp.support.microsoft.com MVPs are not MS employees - Les MVP ne travaillent pas pour MS Remove "NoSpam" to e-mail me - Retirez "NoSpam" pour m'écrire > Hi, > [quoted text clipped - 41 lines] > > -- Corentin Thanks for the reply. I had all the files you listed, but it still did not work. A complete reinstall of Office fixed the problem. This is the third time I've had to reinstall Office to fix a bug. I guess Microsoft is buggy whether on a PC or Mac! camd. > Corentin > Thanks for the reply. I had all the files you listed, but it still did > not work. A complete reinstall of Office fixed the problem. This is > the third time I've had to reinstall Office to fix a bug. I guess > Microsoft is buggy whether on a PC or Mac! You must have had a corrupted file :-\ In any case, I'm glad you finally got it to work.... Corentin Signature--- Mac:MS MVP (Francophone) --- http://www.mvps.org - http://mvp.support.microsoft.com MVPs are not MS employees - Les MVP ne travaillent pas pour MS Remove "NoSpam" to e-mail me - Retirez "NoSpam" pour m'écrire |
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