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Suddenly Word Wants Foreigh Languages

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Ray - 13 Dec 2007 14:35 GMT
Suddenly I have an anomaly that I have never had before.  I've been using
Word since Word 97.  Currently in Word 2003.  Occasionally when I place the
cursor in some previously typed text to add, change, edit, etc., when I
click I get a dialog box with the following:

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The list of common Spanish (Spain-Modern Sort) AutoCorrections is not
available.
This feature is not currently installed.  Would you like to install it now?
          ||   Yes   ||        ||   No   ||
============

And a related anomaly that appears to come from the same problem is this.
During spell check I had clicked "Ignore All" several times and I had
clicked other things like "Add to 'Dictionary" and "Change" then after a
click on "Ignore All" it gave the following dialog with a Yes/No choice at
the bottom:

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Microsoft Office Word can't check the spelling or grammar in this document.
This feature is not currently installed.  Would you like to install it now?
          ||   Yes   ||        ||   No   ||
============

After clicking the "No" button I got another dialog similar to the one at
the top (for Argentina instead of Spain).  The only button was an "OK"
button:

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Cannot find proofing tools for Spanish (Argentina). If you have the proofing
tools, try installing or re-installing them.  Contact your local reseller to
obtain Office Proofing Tools.  For more information, see the Microsoft
Office Site.   ||  OK  ||
============

Then it went back to its regular spell checking and finished the document
normally.

This is an ongoing problem, and it happens at seemingly unrelated and
indiscriminate times.  It is driving me crazy.  How can I fix this short of
uninstalling Word and reinstalling it?

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Thanks, Ray

Stefan Blom - 13 Dec 2007 15:25 GMT
Turn off the auto-detection of languages, in Tools | Language | Set
Language. For more, see
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister/LangFmt.htm.

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP

> Suddenly I have an anomaly that I have never had before.  I've been using
> Word since Word 97.  Currently in Word 2003.  Occasionally when I place
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> indiscriminate times.  It is driving me crazy.  How can I fix this short
> of uninstalling Word and reinstalling it?
daryl - 18 May 2008 16:36 GMT
Hello Stefan,

I have a similar problem as Ray here, except this message pops up after I
switch to an Arabic keyboard on the language bar.  I turned off
auto-detection of languages, but I still receive the first error he
mentioned, which I restated below.  Any other ideas?

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The list of common Arabic (Saudi Arabia) AutoCorrections is not available.
This feature is not currently installed.  Would you like to install it now?
         ||   Yes   ||        ||   No   ||
============

Thanks,
Daryl

> Turn off the auto-detection of languages, in Tools | Language | Set
> Language. For more, see
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> > indiscriminate times.  It is driving me crazy.  How can I fix this short
> > of uninstalling Word and reinstalling it?
Stefan Blom - 22 May 2008 10:45 GMT
If you don't have a CD (DVD) to install from, you can turn off AutoCorrect,
by clearing the "Replace text as you type" option on the AutoCorrect tab of
the AutoCorrect dialog box.

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP

> Hello Stefan,
>
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>> > short
>> > of uninstalling Word and reinstalling it?
daryl - 22 May 2008 15:51 GMT
Thanks Stefan, but after clearing "Replace text as you type" the error
message still pops up.  No, I do not have the installation DVD since I
downloaded it from my University's server.

I looked at the link you offered Ray,
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister/LangFmt.htm, and attempted to
enable only the languages I intend to use (which is just English), using the
MS Office 2003 Lang Settings.  

It has trouble configuring FrontPage, needing the original installation
source which I don't have since I downloaded it from the University server
too, then gives me a "Fatal Error" and closes.

Any other ideas?  Thanks for looking into this with me.

Daryl

> If you don't have a CD (DVD) to install from, you can turn off AutoCorrect,
> by clearing the "Replace text as you type" option on the AutoCorrect tab of
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> >> > short
> >> > of uninstalling Word and reinstalling it?
Stefan Blom - 28 May 2008 09:08 GMT
It seems as if the underlying problem is with the language settings, then.
Perhaps you have to discuss this with the IT staff at your university?

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP

> Thanks Stefan, but after clearing "Replace text as you type" the error
> message still pops up.  No, I do not have the installation DVD since I
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>> >> > short
>> >> > of uninstalling Word and reinstalling it?
 
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