dutch spell check not working

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I am working with the English version of XP and Word 2003. My Dutch spell
check does not work. I installed Dutch as my default language, I unchecked
the box "detect language automatically" in the language dialogue box, and
when I check my MS office language settings, it appears that I have a licence
for MS Office Proofing Tools including 40-odd languages including Dutch.
But still, when I spell check my document, a message appears that the spell
check is complete when it is not the case, because my text is full of
mistakes...
What am I doing wrong??!!
 
Open the Word document where this problem occurs. Press Ctrl+A
to select all of the text, click on Tools | Language | Set
Language | <choose your language> | uncheck the "Detect language
automatically" and "Do not check spelling or grammar" boxes |
Default | OK, and press F7 to rerun spellcheck. If you are
prompted to save changes to your Normal.dot global template, say yes.
 
Open the Word document where this problem occurs. Press Ctrl+A
to select all of the text, click on Tools | Language | Set
Language | <choose your language> | uncheck the "Detect language
automatically" and "Do not check spelling or grammar" boxes |
Default | OK, and press F7 to rerun spellcheck. If you are
prompted to save changes to your Normal.dot global template, say yes.
 
Sorry Garfield,

that does not help. My Word is still convinced that the spell check is
complete, after doing nothing at all....
I think the problem is due to the fact that I have an English version (in
which only French, spanish & english spell checks are available). I was
hoping that I could avoid buying MS Proofing tools, but I think that's the
only solution.

But thank you anyway!
 
Sorry Garfield,

that does not help. My Word is still convinced that the spell check is
complete, after doing nothing at all....
I think the problem is due to the fact that I have an English version (in
which only French, spanish & english spell checks are available). I was
hoping that I could avoid buying MS Proofing tools, but I think that's the
only solution.

But thank you anyway!
 
Obviously you need the dictionaries for the spell check to work. Your first
post suggested that you had the proofing tools, your last suggests you
haven't.

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Obviously you need the dictionaries for the spell check to work. Your first
post suggested that you had the proofing tools, your last suggests you
haven't.

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com

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Well, it does look like I have the proofing tools, when I check my Language
dialogue box I can read that I license was given to me, but when I check the
Proof settings on my C-drive, I can only find the English, French & Spanish
dictionnaries.
So maybe I should install the Dutch dictionnary from my installation cd's?
Let me know if you know how to do that!
 
Well, it does look like I have the proofing tools, when I check my Language
dialogue box I can read that I license was given to me, but when I check the
Proof settings on my C-drive, I can only find the English, French & Spanish
dictionnaries.
So maybe I should install the Dutch dictionnary from my installation cd's?
Let me know if you know how to do that!
 
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