Panther remove language option

[Reed]

I just upgraded from 10.2.8 to 10.3.2 - Panther - and my language
option in the Tools menu disappeared! I can no longer switch
languages and dictionaries to run a spell check.

 

[Beth Rosengard]

Hi Reed,

Go to Tools> Customize, be sure Menu Bar is selected on the Toolbars tab (it
should be by default) and click Reset. That should do it.

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Beth Rosengard
Mac MVP

Mac Word FAQ: <http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/WordMac/index.htm>
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[Guest]

Hi Beth,

Resetting the menu bar did not work. However I was able to drag the
"set language" button from the customize command menu to my
toolbar, and that worked. It's unfortunate that I can't reset the tools
menu. Any suggestion?

 

[Beth Rosengard]

Hi Reed,

Here are a few things to try though I don't know if they'll help.

1) Quit Word and navigate to your Normal template which should be in
/Applications/Microsoft Office X/Templates/. Rename Normal to something else
(like OldNormal), then relaunch Word. If this fixes the problem but you
have customizations, etc, in OldNormal that you want to maintain, you can
use Organizer to transfer those from OldNormal to the newly-created Normal
template. Then you can trash the old renamed file. To learn how to use
Organizer, see here (use IE not Safari to view this site):
<http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/WordMac/MacWordNormalTemplate.htm>

If this doesn't fix the problem, quit Word again, trash the new Normal and
rename OldNormal back to Normal.

2) To test your Preference files, quit *all* Office Applications.
Navigate to your ~/library/preferences/Microsoft folder. Rename the
Microsoft Component Preferences, Word Settings (10), and Microsoft Office
Settings (10) files. When you restart Word, these files will be recreated.
If all is well, you can trash the old files. You will have to reset some
Preferences and AutoCorrect settings.

If this doesn't help, you can trash the new files and rename the old ones
back.

Please post back with the results and good luck.

--
Beth Rosengard
Mac MVP

Mac Word FAQ: <http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/WordMac/index.htm>
Entourage Help Page: <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/toc.html>