How to REMOVE languages from "Tools/Language" menu?

[Tony]

How to REMOVE languages from the "Tools/Language" menu on Word 2004
(Mac OS X 10.5.3)? I only want there English and Spanish, and selecting
them is cumbersome, since there are 35 languages in such window and
English is above (yet, not shown on the first window, but on the second
one) and Spanish is in the last window. So, selecting them requires too
many clicks and wasting time (I do that hundres of times each day).
Thanks.

 

[Daiya Mitchell]

If you type Sp, the dialog will jump to Spanish, reducing the clicks.
(This works in a number of long-list dialogs, in and out of Word). Ditto
Eng, although you still have to select the flavor of English.

However, it's even better to bypass Tools | Language entirely,
eliminating the issue of which languages are listed there.

Assuming you are mixing Spanish and English in the same document, you
can either record a macro to apply Spanish to select text in one-click,
or use a script. See here for instructions on the script:
http://www.cortig.net/wordpress/?p=156
Word Help talks about recording a macro.

If you are writing an all-Spanish letter and then an all-English letter,
you can create a template that already has the language set. Check Word
Help on templates.

 

[Tony]

Thanks. I have downloaded the scripts, edited them for English-Spanish
and placed them on the specified site, yet I see no way to invoke them.
Selecting text in Word and Control E or Control S does nothing:

English US\cE.scpt contains:
tell application "Microsoft Word"
set language ID of selection to english us
end tell

Spanish\cS.scpt contains:
tell application "Microsoft Word"
set language ID of selection to spanish
end tell

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[Daiya Mitchell]

Oops, sorry, I forgot. Scripts are a bit harder to use in Word 2004 than
2008--see the instructions here:
http://word.mvps.org/mac/InstallApplescript.html

I don't remember whether the keyboard shortcut thing works in Word 2004
or not--I think it doesn't. The script will work in Word 2004, but
you'll need to run it from the main script menu, so you may prefer to
record a macro, as macros can be put on a Word toolbar or assigned a
keyboard shortcut just like any command.