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Greek Spelling in MS Office Word documents
I'm new to Windows XP. I can write in Greek but I cannot spell my Greek
documents. I had no trouble with my old MS Office 2000 with Windows 98! I would appreciate your help? Nick |
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Greek Spelling in MS Office Word documents
On Sat, 4 Feb 2006 06:23:01 -0800, Nikosi
wrote: I'm new to Windows XP. I can write in Greek but I cannot spell my Greek documents. I had no trouble with my old MS Office 2000 with Windows 98! I would appreciate your help? Nick The English versions of Office ship with proofing support for English, French, and Spanish. Support for all other languages requires the Office Proofing Tools package (http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/as...345901033.aspx), which is sold separately. As far as I know, the same was true in Office 2000. What version of Windows you're using has absolutely no effect on language capabilities in Office. More information about Office's multilingual capabilities is at http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/as...347601033.aspx. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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Greek Spelling in MS Office Word documents
Hi ?B?Tmlrb3Np?=,
I'm new to Windows XP. I can write in Greek but I cannot spell my Greek documents. I had no trouble with my old MS Office 2000 with Windows 98! Spelling in Office is controlled by the Office Proofing Tools. It has nothing to do with the version of Windows (except that you may need additional support, such as right-to-left, for some languages). Each version of office contains the local language proofing tools, plus English, at a minimum. If you don't own a Greek version of Office, then... For each version of Office, since 2000, a set of proofing tools has been available on a CD. The CD contains the tools for all 30+ language supported by Office. Presumably, you once had this CD and used it to install the Greek proofing tools. If that's the case, and you've changed computers, you need to find the CD and install the tools again (assuming you still have Office 2000; if you changed Office versions and didn't install over the original Office 2000 installlation, you will need to purchase the Proofing Tools for that version). Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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Greek Spelling in MS Office Word documents
Thank You both Cindy and Jay for your prompt response. I now understand that
there is a CD which will provide me with the Greek spelling. However, I now remember for the Office 2000 I used a freeware Spell Checker for Greek Text called "Spell Mate Lite". I still have that program in my old Window 98 machine which has Office 2000. Is there any reason why it would not work for the Office 3000? Nick "Cindy M -WordMVP-" wrote: Hi ?B?Tmlrb3Np?=, I'm new to Windows XP. I can write in Greek but I cannot spell my Greek documents. I had no trouble with my old MS Office 2000 with Windows 98! Spelling in Office is controlled by the Office Proofing Tools. It has nothing to do with the version of Windows (except that you may need additional support, such as right-to-left, for some languages). Each version of office contains the local language proofing tools, plus English, at a minimum. If you don't own a Greek version of Office, then... For each version of Office, since 2000, a set of proofing tools has been available on a CD. The CD contains the tools for all 30+ language supported by Office. Presumably, you once had this CD and used it to install the Greek proofing tools. If that's the case, and you've changed computers, you need to find the CD and install the tools again (assuming you still have Office 2000; if you changed Office versions and didn't install over the original Office 2000 installlation, you will need to purchase the Proofing Tools for that version). Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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Hi Nick,
I found a web page at www.hri.org about Spell Mate Lite. It still mentions only installation on Windows 95. Because the program depends on a special keyboard driver, I can't tell whether it will work in Windows XP. The problem is that drivers in Windows 95 and 98 used a format called "vxd" that is not supported in Windows 2000 and XP. If Spell Mate Lite uses that kind of driver, you won't be able to install it on your new computer. Probably the quickest way to find out is to try to install it. If it isn't going to work, it will tell you right away. You may be able to get some help from Hellenic Resources Network, the creators of Spell Mate Lite. It appears they haven't updated that program since 1997, but they may have something newer elsewhere on their site. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. On Sat, 4 Feb 2006 20:25:16 -0800, Nikosi wrote: Thank You both Cindy and Jay for your prompt response. I now understand that there is a CD which will provide me with the Greek spelling. However, I now remember for the Office 2000 I used a freeware Spell Checker for Greek Text called "Spell Mate Lite". I still have that program in my old Window 98 machine which has Office 2000. Is there any reason why it would not work for the Office 3000? Nick "Cindy M -WordMVP-" wrote: Hi ?B?Tmlrb3Np?=, I'm new to Windows XP. I can write in Greek but I cannot spell my Greek documents. I had no trouble with my old MS Office 2000 with Windows 98! Spelling in Office is controlled by the Office Proofing Tools. It has nothing to do with the version of Windows (except that you may need additional support, such as right-to-left, for some languages). Each version of office contains the local language proofing tools, plus English, at a minimum. If you don't own a Greek version of Office, then... For each version of Office, since 2000, a set of proofing tools has been available on a CD. The CD contains the tools for all 30+ language supported by Office. Presumably, you once had this CD and used it to install the Greek proofing tools. If that's the case, and you've changed computers, you need to find the CD and install the tools again (assuming you still have Office 2000; if you changed Office versions and didn't install over the original Office 2000 installlation, you will need to purchase the Proofing Tools for that version). Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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Greek Spelling in MS Office Word documents
Thank You Jay. I'have come up with the same conclusion. I have sent message
to HR about it and if I get an answer I will post it here. Nick "Nikosi" wrote: I'm new to Windows XP. I can write in Greek but I cannot spell my Greek documents. I had no trouble with my old MS Office 2000 with Windows 98! I would appreciate your help? Nick |
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