Switching Spelling to different languages

[Ricardo Lopes]

7 clicks are necessary to switch from one spelling language to another.
There is no way to know in advance which is the current language, so you
need to do all 7 clicks. However, if you are mentally controlled enough, you
can hit F7 instead of Send, and you will have 6 clicks.
Another issue.
I could not find any toolbar component that shows me what spelling language
I am, so I can figure out in advance the errors are mistakes or only the
wrong language spelling.
I am waiting for MS to enhance this feature since Outlook 2000 and nothing.
A spokes person from MS, told me to use Word as my main editor, but that
would be an overkill.
Does anyone knows a shortcut or a feature that could help?
Thanks
Ricardo Lopes

 

[Patrick Schmid]

Use the Windows language bar. If you install another language (Control
Panel, Regional and Language Options, Languages, Detail) with the same
keyboard layout as your physical one, you can easily switch between input
languages and all Office programs will use the current input language by
default. Windows assigns a hotkey (ctrl-shift) by default to cycle through
all installed input languages.
Outlook 2007 will solve the issue for you for sure as it uses Word as its
email editor (you can't change that and it is not the full Word, but a
specially packaged small version just used by Outlook). It can then
automatically detect the language you are typing.

Patrick Schmid

 

[Ricardo Lopes]

Hi Patrick,
Very nice engineered attempt to solve it.

I never figured out, one can install several languages within the same
keyboard.
Unfortunately, Outlook message fully ignores the switch between languages
using the Language Bar, it keeps the last one saved. I don't know what other
Office product would benefit from it, but again I do appreciate your help.
I think I need to wait until 2007 to get this new feature.
I was thinking about a VBA code that could display the language in a
message, that And better yet to change it before hitting F7.
Have a good day
Ricardo Lopes

 

[Patrick Schmid]

Which Outlook are you using?

Hi Patrick,
Very nice engineered attempt to solve it.

I never figured out, one can install several languages within the same
keyboard.
Unfortunately, Outlook message fully ignores the switch between languages
using the Language Bar, it keeps the last one saved. I don't know what
other
Office product would benefit from it, but again I do appreciate your help.
I think I need to wait until 2007 to get this new feature.
I was thinking about a VBA code that could display the language in a
message, that And better yet to change it before hitting F7.
Have a good day
Ricardo Lopes

 

[Ricardo Lopes]

I am using Office 2003 Professional.
One more info. I did see that Word and Excel reacts to the language change.
Word is more responsive, Excel got confused a bit.
It is interesting also to see that when you hit Windows Start button, the
language bar changes back to the original language.
Thanks
Ricardo Lopes

 

[Patrick Schmid]

Hi Ricardo,

the language bar setting doesn't change back when you hit the Windows Start
button. Rather what happens is that if you change the language from your
default, the change applies only to the program you did it in. For example,
you could have Word and Excel opened, and in Word you could be using your
default input language (English e.g.) while you switched Excel to German. If
you ALT-TAB between them, you'll see the language change. Windows explorer
(the window start button) simply is a different program from Word and hence
has its own setting.
How did Excel get confused?
Unfortunately, I don't have any Outlook 2003 installed anywhere (I'm using
2007). Therefore I can't check the behavior in it. If you absolutely need
the behavior then I guess there is no other way than telling Outlook to use
Word as your primary email editor. The other option is to wait for the
public Office 2007 beta and use Outlook 2007 Beta (assuming you are willing
to take on the risk of using beta software, as you cannot have Outlook 2003
and 2007 installed at the same time). I can't comment on the release time of
the public beta due to NDA restrictions.

Patrick Schmid

 

[Ricardo Lopes]

Hi Patrick,
It was very productive dealing with you.
In summary there are two alternatives.
1. Switch to Word editor today.
2. Wait until the beta version of Outlook 2007 is available to the general
public.

Thanks very much indeed.

Ricardo Lopes

 

[Ricardo Lopes]

Patrick,
I switched to Word 2003 editor today, and after a couple of learning
moments, got a much better productivity, as I can select the language from
the 'Tools' drop down menu, option language.
For new emails and reply to emails, is still a mistery how the language bar
behaves with them. But it is not impacting me, as the language option
fullfill the requirement.
Another benefit is the automatic spell correction that also exist in
Portuguese and Spanish. Very smart.
Thanks and emjoy the rest of the day.

Ricardo Lopes

 

[Patrick Schmid]

I switched to Word 2003 editor today, and after a couple of learning

moments, got a much better productivity, as I can select the language from
the 'Tools' drop down menu, option language.
For new emails and reply to emails, is still a mistery how the language
bar
behaves with them. But it is not impacting me, as the language option
fullfill the requirement.
Another benefit is the automatic spell correction that also exist in
Portuguese and Spanish. Very smart.

Outlook 2007 comes built-in with all of this.

I am glad you found a way to get things working for you.

Patrick

 

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