again: Grammar check in Spanish

[Rob]

Hi,

I have seen that the question has been asked before but the articles are
no longer on the news server.

We use Word 2004 - International version. My wife would like to use
Spelling and Grammar checks as you type in Spanish.

Under Tools I set the language to Spanish
Under Word > Preferences > Spelling and Grammar the Grammar section is
grayed out (although check Grammar is checked)

Word will check Spelling but no Grammar in Spanish.

After setting the default language to English (US) for instance in the
Preference pane the Grammar Section is active (that is - not grayed out)
and Word will check Spelling AND Grammar.

My wife is pulling her hair out - is there anything we can do to stop
her from going bold?
Or do some dictionaries just don't have a Grammar section?

BTW I couldn't find a grammar check in OS X's own dictionaries as used
by e.g. Mail App.

Help is appriciated - Robert

 

[Daiya Mitchell]

Word just doesn't offer grammar for some languages. If you look in apps/ms
office/shared apps/proofing tools, you will see that there is a file for
English grammar, but not for Spanish grammar.

I'm not even sure if they contract with anyone to provide Spanish grammar
for Spanish versions, though I imagine they must. What do you mean by
international version? There's an international version?

 

[Eric Olson [MSFT]]

The English version of Microsoft Word 2004 includes the ability to spell
check in Spanish, but does not include a grammar checker in Spanish.

There may be some third party programs that would work with Word 2004 that
could give you this functionaity.

Eric Olson [MSFT]

 

[Corentin Cras-Méneur]

I'm not even sure if they contract with anyone to provide Spanish grammar
for Spanish versions, though I imagine they must. What do you mean by
international version? There's an international version?

No international version out there... And as far as the SPanish local
version, I suspect it's just the same as the US and only the User
interface is localized (it would make no sense actually to have a
grammar tool for the Spanish version and not include it on the CDs for
the other versions).
It's more or less the same issue as with the Dictionary: There's an
English version only and it's available on all the localized versions,
but the French Office CD ofr instance doesn't have a French Dictionary.
Considering it's based on Encarta and that there is a French ENcarta,
it's a shame we don't have Dictionaries for other languages :'-(

Corentin