--- Forwarded Message from Stephanie Kufner <[log in to unmask]> --- >Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1999 08:17:14 -0400 (EDT) >From: Stephanie Kufner <[log in to unmask]> >To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: #4973 NT/Office 97 and spellcheckers >In-Reply-To: <[log in to unmask]> ------------------ You have to individually purchase and install the various languages and their dictionaries with Office 97 - then, when changing to another spell checker highlight your text (or a tleast a portion of it) , set language and voila. Good luck On Thu, 15 Apr 1999, LLTI-Editor wrote: > Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1999 17:36:19 EDT > From: LLTI-Editor <[log in to unmask]> > Reply-To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum <[log in to unmask]> > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: #4973 NT/Office 97 and spellcheckers > > --- Forwarded Message from LeeAnn Stone <[log in to unmask]> --- > > >Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1999 11:32:18 -0700 (PDT) > >To: [log in to unmask] > >From: LeeAnn Stone <[log in to unmask]> > > Hi, > > I'm in a language lab and occasionally I get people who > would like to spellcheck in a language other than english. > We are running Windows NT and Office 97. I know that > under the Tools menu, Language menu you can set the > language used for spell checking. It lists over 50 options, > however none of them seem to really work (though there > is no indication from the program that you're not really > checking in the selected language, you just have to > know). I believe that it's pulling the list of languages from > the the OS built in list found in the Keyboard control panel > and that the dictionaries are not actually installed but still listed. > To avoid user confusion I removed that menu item from Word. > Knowing though that the Mac version of Office had about 10 > other dictionaries in the Proofing Tools folder of the Value Pack > folder on the CD I assumed the PC version would have them also, > however I didn't find any additional dictionaries. I discovered > that they need to be purchased separately, but now my question is, > if additional dictionaries are purchased and installed and I put the > Set Language menu item back in Word, will just those languages be > displayed or will all 50? Is there a way to > remove from that list the languages that are not actually installed or is > there any indication to the user as to which are really installed? > > Thanks, > Stan Woo-Sam > Humanities Instructional resource Center > UC Irvine >