I have bought a laptop with Windows 8 installed. I installed Office 2007, but for some reason I can't get Word to check spelling in Hebrew, even though I've added it. In the language screen, English has a blue V but Hebrew does not.
However she needs the Dutch Dictionary and requires the Proofing Tools Office XP CD, which is no longer available. She doesn't need the new interface of 2007, but in order to get the proofing tools, it looks like that is the only way to go. Microsoft Office 2007 Proofing Tools allows people to edit Office documents in 47 languages. These editing tools may include spelling and grammar checkers, thesauruses, and hyphenators. Proofing Tools may also include language-specific editing features such as Language AutoDetect, AutoSummarize, and Intelligent AutoCorrect.
How do I get Word 2007 to check spelling in Hebrew?
nc4pk2 Answers
Do you have a Hebrew MUI language pack for Office 2007? Did you purchase this separately? The thing is that MUI language packs are usually fully localized, and they cost like 25 USD, and they are purchased separately. I am not sure if these were available at the time that Office 2007 was released. If so, and you purchased one, you should be able to install it and use it.
These are no longer available for purchase online since July 2011. If you purchased yours before that then you are in luck. You will be able to use it normally.
If this is a LIP language pack (language interface pack) for Hebrew, then chances are that you will not be able to do spell-checking with it. Unlike MUI packs, the LIP packs are for free, and are usually available for minority languages for which there is no full localization, and they don't include a spell-checker. Only the MUI packs have the spell-checker.
Also, I am not sure if there were any MUI packs released for Hebrew for Office 2007. What I can tell you for sure is that a Hebrew MUI pack is available for Office 2010. If has a spell-checker and it costs 25 USD.
Scenario A: You have Hebrew MUI for Office 2007
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There should be a spell-checker included. If you can't make it work the chances are there is something wrong with the installation or the configuration. You can provide us with more information to try to troubleshoot the problem.
Microsoft Office Proofing Tools 2007
Scenario B: You have Hebrew LIP for Office 2007
These packs don't include spell-checkers. So if this is the case then you should be able to translate the interface and dialog boxes of Office 2007 programs into Hebrew. But you will not be able to do spell-checking. So in this case, this is all normal.
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The route you have to take to make this work if you really want that spell-checking ability is to upgrade to Office 2010, and then purchase the 25 USD Hebrew MUI pack for Office 2010. I am not absolutely sure that this pack includes the spell-checker. So I can't stress this enough that you verify this for yourself before you purchase. You should find more information about it on the product description page.
Update:
I think I fully understand the situation now. https://rasbietrifof1984.mystrikingly.com/blog/the-metal-lathe-gingery-pdf-file. This user has added Hebrew as an 'editing language'. But no language pack or proofing tool kit (spell-checker) has been installed. No MUI, LIP, or PTK, nothing. The 'blue V' refers to the blue checkmark icon that appears when a proofing tool is available for a given language.
This is what it looks like in Office 2010.
Go to start menu, All programs, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Office 2010 Tools, Microsoft Office 2010 Language Preferences. A dialog box will open up.
Click the drop down menu list and select Hebrew. Then click the Add button.
If a proofing tool kit (PTK) for Hebrew is not installed it will say 'Not Installed' under the Proofing column.
If a proofing tool kit (PTK) for Hebrew is not installed it will say 'Not Installed' under the Proofing column.
To install it, you would normally click this link and it will take you to a Microsoft Office web page where you can either purchase and download the language tools for the selected language or you can get it for free. It depends on the language. Proofing tools seem to be free for Office 2013. Right now, if I click this link it takes me to the download page for Office 2013 because this is the most current Office suite.
As you can see from the image below you can see that Hebrew is not available for Office 2013 at the moment.
If I select Hausa (yes, it's a language spoken in Africa) I am given the option to download Language Interface Pack (LIP) for free, and the proofing tools are also free.
However, if I select Polski (Polish) I am given the option to buy a 'Language Pack'. So unlike the LIP packs, these 'Language Packs' (also known as MUI language packs) are not for free. And if you skim through the description text you will see that it says 'Proofing tools for Polish, English, and German'.
So if you decide to purchase one of these 'language packs' or 'MUI packs' you will not only get the ability to change the interface and dialog boxes of Office programs to that language (aka display language) you will also get the proofing tools for that language, all in one installable package.
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This applies to Office 2010 and 2013. There should be another page I think where you can purchase Office 2010 language tools. Because this suite is still supported by Microsoft. The same thing (steps, language options, etc.) should apply to Office 2007 but since this is an old version of Office ti may be difficult or impossible to obtain the tools you need.
This is the message you will get if you select Hebrew as editing language in Word 2010 and then click the Spelling & Grammer button under the Review section.
As the message says you need to make sure you have the proofing tool installed for this language.
SamirSamirThe Hebrew proofing tools required for spell-check were included with the Hebrew version of Office 2007 and the Hebrew Language Pack (used to be available for purchase separately).
Alternately you could have purchased the Office 2007 Proofing Tools DVD (as indicated by the error message above), but again this seems to be no longer available on the Microsoft Store site at least. If you have an appropriate MSDN subscription you are in luck however because it is still available there for download:
Additionally, if you install this you should also install SP3 for it.
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