Language packs for Office 2008

[Florian Huber]

Hi everyone,

does anyone know if it will be possible to purchase language packs for
the new Office 2008 so that the language can be changed. I currently
live in the US and will only be able to buy it in English, but want to
change to my native language German when I go back.

Thanks,
Florian

 

[John McGhie]

No, we (at least, *I*...) don't know that yet ‹ The German version is not
released yet.

Cheers

Hi everyone,

does anyone know if it will be possible to purchase language packs for
the new Office 2008 so that the language can be changed. I currently
live in the US and will only be able to buy it in English, but want to
change to my native language German when I go back.

Thanks,
Florian

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[Jeroen van de Ven]

I am also interested in changing the dictionary to Dutch so that not
all my Dutch writing is underlined in red and some words
auto'corrected' if they look similar to English words, making them
wrong. Is it possible to do this? I tried but it didn't work.

 

[John McGhie]

I assume you have reviewed the Help topic "Change the language of the
spelling dictionary"?

Does that not work?

Cheers

I am also interested in changing the dictionary to Dutch so that not
all my Dutch writing is underlined in red and some words
auto'corrected' if they look similar to English words, making them
wrong. Is it possible to do this? I tried but it didn't work.

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[Daiya Mitchell]

See here:
http://word.mvps.org/mac/SpellCheck.html#DifferentLanguage

 

[Corentin Cras-Méneur]

I am also interested in changing the dictionary to Dutch so that not
all my Dutch writing is underlined in red and some words
auto'corrected' if they look similar to English words, making them
wrong. Is it possible to do this? I tried but it didn't work.

1) the language of the user interface cannot be changed. Office 2008 is
capable or hosting multiple languages in its resources now, but the
current versions only ship with one (different depending on your
country)

2) Office still only comes with one and only one Dictionary: The English
one

3) the installer has the proofing tools for a LOT of countries (more
than ever before now). Some only wirh spell-checking, some with
grammar-checking as well.
By default, I suspect they are all installed (I almost never do the
default install :-> )

Corentin

 

[MARCIN]

GENTS
IF I'M USING DIFFERENT LANGUAGE THAN Office 2008 HAS IN 'PROOFING' PACKAGE - THAN WHAT ????

I NEED POLISH LANGUAGE/GRAMMAR+SPELLING/ CHECK, AND THERE IS NO INFORMATION (ON BOX, IN WEB, ETC.) THIS LANGUAGE IS NOT SUPPORT BY 2008. NO INFORMATION ABOUT ANY ALTERNATIVE OR FUTURE SOLUTION (EG HOW TO ADD DIFFERENT DICTIONARY THAN OFFERED IN BASIC PACKAGE).

MS - AS USUAL - GIVE US NO INFORMATION OR SUPPORT.

 

[Daiya Mitchell]

Polish is not supported. MacOffice doesn't offer any other solutions,
that's why there is no information on them. All languages supported by
MacOffice come in the basic package.

See some potential workarounds listed here, or try another word processor:
http://word.mvps.org/Mac/Languages.html

And please don't type in all caps. It's read as YELLING, and it's rude,
and it's also extremely difficult to read.

 

[MARCIN]

IM RUDE CAUSE I'VE JUST LOST 130 EURO, PURELY CAUSE MS DID'NT ADD PROPER INFORMATION ON BOX/IN APPLE SHOP.

IF CAPITAL ARE MORE DIFFICULT FOR YOU TO READ, PLEASE CONTACT YOUR OPTICIAN (OR PSYCHIATRIST.)

 

[Daiya Mitchell]

That is no reason to be rude to other people who use the software. You
are not contacting MS through this forum, it is just a peer to peer help
group.

Re reading capitals, these articles might interest you:
http://www.englishclub.com/writing/caps1.htm
http://www.englishclub.com/writing/caps2.htm

 

[Arno Peeters]

Okay, so it's UI-language cannot be changed, but would MS be willing to trade in a (legal) Dutch Office 2008 for Mac that I recently purchased for a English one? And if so, how would I go about?

 

[Bob Greenblatt]

Okay, so it's UI-language cannot be changed, but would MS be willing to trade
in a (legal) Dutch Office 2008 for Mac that I recently purchased for a English
one? And if so, how would I go about?

You'll have to talk to the seller where you originally purchased the Dutch
version. You can try calling Microsoft directly from the numbers in the
package, or trying the web site, but my guess you'll have better luck with
the original seller.

 

[Arno Peeters]

You'll have to talk to the seller where you originally purchased the Dutch

version. You can try calling Microsoft directly from the numbers in the
package, or trying the web site, but my guess you'll have better luck with
the original seller.

Thanks Bob: did that, but unfortunately he cannot do much for me, so my last stop will be MS :frown:

 

[Houtan Rasouli]

Hi, Everyone
I want to know if there is a way to change the language of Office menu Bar? (I have bought a Spanish Version and now I want to change the menu language to English!)
- I have changed the spelling language to English.

 

[Michel Bintener]

This question has already been answered in the course of this thread, but to
clarify: no, you cannot change the interface language. If you want the
English interface, you will need to buy an English version of Office.
Alternatively, you could simply ask a friend to lend you their English
Office installer DVD and then use *your own* product key during setup. I'm
not sure how legal this would be, and there are other suggestions in this
thread, such as contacting Microsoft to return your Spanish version in
exchange for an English version.

Hi, Everyone
I want to know if there is a way to change the language of Office menu Bar? (I
have bought a Spanish Version and now I want to change the menu language to
English!)
- I have changed the spelling language to English.

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Michel Bintener
Microsoft MVP
Office:mac (Entourage & Word)

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