Recently bought Word 2003 Upgrade has only French and English spellcheck. I
need German and Dutch as well. This has never been a problem with earlier
Word releases.

Thanks very much. I am however dismayed that I have to pay extra because I
bought Word 2003 in the UK, whereas buying in the Netherlands the German and
Dutch spellcheck (as well as English and French) always came standard. Now it
looks cheaper to buy a new Dutch Version than to buy the additional proofing
tools for two languages!



"garfield-n-odie" wrote:

Depends on what language version of Word/Office 2003 you have. For
example, U.S.-English versions of Office 2003 include English, French,
and Spanish proofing tools, but do not include German or Dutch. If your
version does not include the proofing tools in the languages you need,
you can purchase the Proofing Tools CD for Office 2003 and install the
languages from that. See
http://www.microsoft.com/office/edit...fingtools.mspx
for more information.

Rochus Zuurmond wrote:

Recently bought Word 2003 Upgrade has only French and English spellcheck. I
need German and Dutch as well. This has never been a problem with earlier
Word releases.

Indeed, very dismaying. You can complain to MS at this website, perhaps
pointing out that their old structure is no longer sufficient in the current
EU.
http://register.microsoft.com/mswish/suggestion.asp

You may have misunderstood, though--I believe that once you buy the 1 CD,
you can install as many languages as you want from it. I don't think it
makes a price difference that you need two extra languages.


On 2/20/05 1:51 AM, "Rochus" wrote:

Thanks very much. I am however dismayed that I have to pay extra because I
bought Word 2003 in the UK, whereas buying in the Netherlands the German and
Dutch spellcheck (as well as English and French) always came standard. Now it
looks cheaper to buy a new Dutch Version than to buy the additional proofing
tools for two languages!

"Daiya Mitchell" wrote

Indeed, very dismaying. You can complain to MS at this
website, perhaps
pointing out that their old structure is no longer
sufficient in the current
EU.
http://register.microsoft.com/mswish/suggestion.asp

You may have misunderstood, though--I believe that once
you buy the 1 CD,
you can install as many languages as you want from it. I
don't think it
makes a price difference that you need two extra
languages.

An idea I've had is that when you buy a copy of Office in
any language you should also get a number of "vouchers", say
three or, better, four. Each of these "vouchers" will be
redeemable for the additional proofing tools in a language
of your choice. I have an English version of Office for
example. The other languages that come with it are French
and Spanish but in my work I need Turkish and (occasionally)
French and German.

This being an MS public newsgroup I won't tell you how I
solved the problem but my wife has a Turkish version of
Office and it comes with English and German support...

--
Bob

Kanyak's Doghouse
http://www.kanyak.com

This is a good idea. Have you suggested it at
http://register.microsoft.com/mswish/suggestion.asp?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Opinicus" wrote in message
...
"Daiya Mitchell" wrote

Indeed, very dismaying. You can complain to MS at this
website, perhaps
pointing out that their old structure is no longer
sufficient in the current
EU.
http://register.microsoft.com/mswish/suggestion.asp

You may have misunderstood, though--I believe that once
you buy the 1 CD,
you can install as many languages as you want from it. I
don't think it
makes a price difference that you need two extra
languages.

An idea I've had is that when you buy a copy of Office in
any language you should also get a number of "vouchers", say
three or, better, four. Each of these "vouchers" will be
redeemable for the additional proofing tools in a language
of your choice. I have an English version of Office for
example. The other languages that come with it are French
and Spanish but in my work I need Turkish and (occasionally)
French and German.

This being an MS public newsgroup I won't tell you how I
solved the problem but my wife has a Turkish version of
Office and it comes with English and German support...

--
Bob

Kanyak's Doghouse
http://www.kanyak.com

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote

This is a good idea. Have you suggested it at
http://register.microsoft.com/mswish/suggestion.asp?

I have. And I would like to ask everyone else who thinks
it's a good idea to do the same.

--
Bob

Kanyak's Doghouse
http://www.kanyak.com

"Opinicus" wrote in message

An idea I've had is that when you buy a copy of Office in
any language you should also get a number of "vouchers",
say
three or, better, four. Each of these "vouchers" will be
redeemable for the additional proofing tools in a
language
of your choice. I have an English version of Office for
example. The other languages that come with it are French
and Spanish but in my work I need Turkish and
(occasionally)
French and German.

This being an MS public newsgroup I won't tell you how I
solved the problem but my wife has a Turkish version of
Office and it comes with English and German support...