dutch spell check not working

[Ingeborg]

I am working with the English version of XP and Word 2003. My Dutch spell
check does not work. I installed Dutch as my default language, I unchecked
the box "detect language automatically" in the language dialogue box, and
when I check my MS office language settings, it appears that I have a licence
for MS Office Proofing Tools including 40-odd languages including Dutch.
But still, when I spell check my document, a message appears that the spell
check is complete when it is not the case, because my text is full of
mistakes...
What am I doing wrong??!!

 

[garfield-n-odie [MVP]]

Open the Word document where this problem occurs. Press Ctrl+A
to select all of the text, click on Tools | Language | Set
Language | <choose your language> | uncheck the "Detect language
automatically" and "Do not check spelling or grammar" boxes |
Default | OK, and press F7 to rerun spellcheck. If you are
prompted to save changes to your Normal.dot global template, say yes.

 

[Ingeborg]

Sorry Garfield,

that does not help. My Word is still convinced that the spell check is
complete, after doing nothing at all....
I think the problem is due to the fact that I have an English version (in
which only French, spanish & english spell checks are available). I was
hoping that I could avoid buying MS Proofing tools, but I think that's the
only solution.

But thank you anyway!

 

[Graham Mayor]

Obviously you need the dictionaries for the spell check to work. Your first
post suggested that you had the proofing tools, your last suggests you
haven't.

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[Ingeborg]

Well, it does look like I have the proofing tools, when I check my Language
dialogue box I can read that I license was given to me, but when I check the
Proof settings on my C-drive, I can only find the English, French & Spanish
dictionnaries.
So maybe I should install the Dutch dictionnary from my installation cd's?
Let me know if you know how to do that!

 

[Graham Mayor]

The proofing tools are a separate application from Word. You will need to
install from them the language(s) that you need -
http://www.microsoft.com/office/editions/prodinfo/language/proofingtools.mspx

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