dictionary button grayed out

J

JWA

I've recently installed Word 2007 and among other buttons, placed the
dictionary button on the taskbar; however, it's grayed out. I use the
dictionary frequently. How can I get it to work?
 
J

JWA

I don't think so. I have a dictionary button on the taskbar, but it doesn't
work. I don't find anything like that under the research choices. The
thesaurus is there, but not the dictionary.
 
P

Polaris

The Research task pane in Word 2007 allows you to select the Encarta
Dictionary as one of the reference sources. I have added the Research command
to my Quick Access Toolbar. When clicking it the task pane opens with The
Encarta Dictionary selected.
 
J

JWA

In searching for the Research task pane, I went to Add-Ins and in Toolbar
Commands I found the dictionary icon I was looking for. I added that group--I
didn't find a way to add only the dictionary icon--so now I know where to go
for the dictionary. I still don't understand why the round icon that was
grayed out didn't work, but I don't need it now. Thanks for your help.
 
F

franche

JWA said:
I've recently installed Word 2007 and among other buttons, placed the
dictionary button on the taskbar; however, it's grayed out. I use the
dictionary frequently. How can I get it to work?
 
G

grammatim

Does the Set Language (on the Review tab, near the right) of the
document agree with the language of the dictionary?
 
G

gil

Ahhh . it looks like the dictionary has to be kept in its standard folder to avoid being grayed out. . the c:/documents and
settings/ Application Data/ Microsoft/ Uproof folder

Hmmm I'll check it out further



Gil



Does the Set Language (on the Review tab, near the right) of the
document agree with the language of the dictionary?
 

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