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Synonyms are gone! Help!
I use the synonym feature in MS Word often and rely on it to make my
documents sound a little more intelligent than I actually am. Since the beginning of this week, I have not been able to view any synonyms in Word or Outlook. I have used the same sentence as a test on a different machines and the sentence works fine on other machines, meaning the synonym feature gives me suggestions, so I know the words are not the problem. I also had my computer worked on recently (at the beginning of the week) and the synonym feature worked fine before the repair. The company who did the repair does not know how to fix the synonym problem. Does anyone know what I should or could do to repair this feature? Thank you for any help! If this is in the wrong forum, please let me know and I will repost in the correct forum. |
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Synonyms are gone! Help!
FWIW, the purpose of a thesaurus is not to provide you with fifty-cent words
to make you sound more intelligent; it's to help you recall words you already know and know how to use. There is nothing that makes you look *less* intelligent than a word you got from a thesaurus that doesn't mean *quite* what you think it does. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "lclark" wrote in message ... I use the synonym feature in MS Word often and rely on it to make my documents sound a little more intelligent than I actually am. Since the beginning of this week, I have not been able to view any synonyms in Word or Outlook. I have used the same sentence as a test on a different machines and the sentence works fine on other machines, meaning the synonym feature gives me suggestions, so I know the words are not the problem. I also had my computer worked on recently (at the beginning of the week) and the synonym feature worked fine before the repair. The company who did the repair does not know how to fix the synonym problem. Does anyone know what I should or could do to repair this feature? Thank you for any help! If this is in the wrong forum, please let me know and I will repost in the correct forum. |
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Synonyms are gone! Help!
FWIW, the purpose of a thesaurus is not to provide you with fifty-cent words to make you sound more intelligent; it's to help you recall words you already know and know how to use. There is nothing that makes you look *less* intelligent than a word you got from a thesaurus that doesn't mean *quite* what you think it does. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "lclark" wrote in message ... I use the synonym feature in MS Word often and rely on it to make my documents sound a little more intelligent than I actually am. Since the beginning of this week, I have not been able to view any synonyms in Word or Outlook. I have used the same sentence as a test on a different machines and the sentence works fine on other machines, meaning the synonym feature gives me suggestions, so I know the words are not the problem. I also had my computer worked on recently (at the beginning of the week) and the synonym feature worked fine before the repair. The company who did the repair does not know how to fix the synonym problem. Does anyone know what I should or could do to repair this feature? Thank you for any help! If this is in the wrong forum, please let me know and I will repost in the correct forum. |
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Synonyms are gone! Help!
There are at least two possible solutions:
1. Select the sentence in Word, and look at the language name near the lower left-hand corner of the Word document. Is the language and country name correct? If not, - Click on the language name. - Select the language and country name that Word should be using. - Click on the "Default..." button. - Click "Yes" 2. Something is wrong with the installation. - Close Word and your other Office applications, then go to the Add/Remove Programs option in Control Panel. (Might have a different name, depending on which version of Windows you are using.) - Find Microsoft Office in the list of programs, and click on "Change" - Choose "Add/Remove Features" in the Office Setup dialog. - Click the pluses to expand "Office Shared Features" - Click on the down arrow next to "Proofing Tools", and select "Run All From My Computer" - Click "Continue" or "Next". - Wait for Office to reinstall the proofing tools. If that doesn't work, then you can also try repairing the Office installation, instead of choosing "Add/Remove Features." I hope this helps. --------------------------------------------- This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. "lclark" wrote: I use the synonym feature in MS Word often and rely on it to make my documents sound a little more intelligent than I actually am. Since the beginning of this week, I have not been able to view any synonyms in Word or Outlook. I have used the same sentence as a test on a different machines and the sentence works fine on other machines, meaning the synonym feature gives me suggestions, so I know the words are not the problem. I also had my computer worked on recently (at the beginning of the week) and the synonym feature worked fine before the repair. The company who did the repair does not know how to fix the synonym problem. Does anyone know what I should or could do to repair this feature? Thank you for any help! If this is in the wrong forum, please let me know and I will repost in the correct forum. |