How to use the foreign language spell checker in Word 97
Foreign language dictionaries in Microsoft Word 97 allow you to select the language in which they want their documents to be spell checked. The default language is English (United States). Click on the information you would like about foreign language use in Microsoft Word 97:
What languages are supported
How to spell check a part of an existing document or a single document in another language
How to set the dictionary for text to be written
How to set the default spell checker to another language
As of June 1998, these languages are supported for the spell checking abilities in Microsoft Word 97, Access 97, and PowerPoint 97:
All other languages are not loaded and are not supported.
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How to spell check a part of a document or a single document in another language
To spell check part of a document or a single document using one of the supported languages listed above without changing your default language spell checking language, follow these steps. For the list of supported languages, click here.
In an open document, choose the text you wish to have spell checked in another language:
To spell check an entire document with a different language, press { Ctrl}{ A}. That will select all of the text in the document.
To spell check a portion of a document with a different language, select the passage of text you would like spell checked in another language by holding down the left mouse button and dragging your mouse over the area of text.
Click on the Tools menu, and then on Language. Then click on Set Language....
Scroll in the Mark selected text as: box until you see the language you wish to use.
Be sure to choose only a supported language.
Click on that choice once with your mouse.
Click on OK.
The selected text will be spell checked using your chosen language. The rest of your document will be spell checked using your default language.
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How to set the dictionary for text to be written
To spell check text you have not yet written using one of the supported languages listed above, without changing your default language spell checking language, follow these steps. For the list of supported languages, click here.
Open an existing or new document, and use your mouse to place your cursor where you wish to add text.
Click on the Tools menu, and then on Language. Then click on Set Language....
Scroll in the Mark selected text as: box until you see the language you wish to use.
Be sure to choose only a supported language.
Click on that choice once with your mouse.
Click on OK.
Type the text you wish to add.
The text you type after the cursor will be spell checked in the language you have chosen. If you wish to create more text in another part of the document using that same dictionary, repeat steps 2 through 6.
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How to set the default spell checker to another language
Follow these steps to set your spell checker to spell check all of your documents in one of the supported languages. For the list of supported languages, click here.
Open a Microsoft Word 97 document.
Click on the Tools menu, and then on Language. Then click on Set Language....
Scroll in the Mark selected text as: box until you see the language you wish to use.
Be sure to choose only a supported language.
Click on that choice once with your mouse.
Click on the Default... button.
You will get a message informing you that the change will affect all new document based on the NORMAL template. Your already-created documents will not be affected. Click on Yes, if this is what you want.
Click on OK.
All new documents created after the change will be spell checked using your chosen language.
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Created by the PeopleSoft Knowledge Management Team.
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Created: kcw 05/19/1998
Revised: jem 01/25/1999