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>Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2006 15:28:14 -0500
>From: Laura Atkinson <[log in to unmask]>
>To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum   
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>Subject: Re: #8181 Does Span Grammar Checker in Word 2003 work?
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Joseph,

I've found, with Office in other languages, that disabling the automatic 
language detection feature, selecting all your text and then manually 
telling Word what language it's supposed to be, helps.

Go to Tools > Language > Set Language... and uncheck "Detect language 
automatically". Then select your text and go to Tools > Language > Set 
Language... again and choose the appropriate language.

Hope this helps,
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Laura Atkinson
Instructional Technology Lab Specialist
Center for Instructional Technology /
Foreign Language Instructional Technology Support
Duke University
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--On Thursday, March 09, 2006 2:58 PM -0500 LLTI-Editor 
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> --- Forwarded Message from Joseph Kautz <[log in to unmask]> ---
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>> Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2006 08:48:32 -0800 (PST)
>> From: Joseph Kautz <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: LLTI-List <[log in to unmask]>
>> Subject: Does Span Grammar Checker in Word 2003 work?
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> I have been helping a Spanish instructor with Word 2003 proofing tools and
> am having a couple (hundred) problems.  When I paste known good spanish
> into a word doc and mess up some of the grammar (el puerta, Yo son, etc),
> the grammar checker does not catch these errors.
>
>
> Does anyone use the Word 2003 proofing tools for SPanish with a
> predicatable degree of success?  Particularly the grammar checker?
> Is there a freeware / opensource solution that is better?
>
>
> Joseph
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