Excel Spelling

[aramaka]

Version: 2008 Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) Processor: Intel I'm dutch but i'm using the english version of excel 2008. Latest version
12.2.3.

When I want to check my dutch spelling in Excel, and I choose "Spelling"
in the "Tools" menu, but nothing happens. In Word spell checking works fine, in Excel it won't work.

Please help...

 

[XinXin]

Hi, when you do spelling check in Word, the title bar of the dialog should show which language Word is using. What does the title bar show? Dutch or English?

Thanks,
XinXin Liu
Macintosh Business Unit, Microsoft

 

[XinXin]

Ok, I think I've figured out what's wrong. Most likely, it's due to the corrupted "custom dictionary".

1. Open Word >> Word Preferences >> Spelling and Grammer, and then note down the name of your custom dictionary used by MacOffice 2008.

2. Go to [home folder] >> Library >> preferences >> Microsft >> Office 2008, and then delete the custom dictionary you found in step 1.

Thanks,
XinXin Liu
Macintosh Business Unit, Microsoft

 

[Phillip Jones, C.E.T.]

You also could have went to word > then choose to edit custom dictionary
while dictionary dictionary look for odd characters. remove those then
for good measure remove a character from any word. then put it right
back. (if you remove anything be sure to close up the return (line) space.

example:

Lloyd

Jinxs


should be

Lloyd
Jinxs

(Oh I know that Jinxs is spelled wrong it would be a sample of say
something that could be in the custom dictionary for say a person name).
once repaired the save changes. you should be good to go.

Ok, I think I've figured out what's wrong. Most likely, it's due to the
corrupted "custom dictionary".

1. Open Word >> Word Preferences >> Spelling and Grammer, and then note
down the name of your custom dictionary used by MacOffice 2008.

2. Go to [home folder] >> Library >> preferences >> Microsft >> Office
2008, and then delete the custom dictionary you found in step 1.

Thanks,
XinXin Liu
Macintosh Business Unit, Microsoft

I'm dutch but i'm using the english version of excel 2008. Latest version
12.2.3.

When I want to check my dutch spelling in Excel, and I choose "Spelling"
in the "Tools" menu, but nothing happens. In Word spell checking

works fine, in Excel it won't work.

Please help...