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Gary H - 02 Sep 2004 00:29 GMT

OS: XP Pro
APP: Word 97
I need to write documents in Spanish (default language is
English) and spell check them. I selected spanish in the
language selection of the control panal. I changed
language in Word to Spanish. However the chracters (~
over the n) do not show and when I try to spell check the
error is: Word cannot find the file: MSGRES32.DLL
Thanks,
Gary

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Debbie Berkley [MSFT] - 03 Sep 2004 23:31 GMT

I'm not sure why you're receiving that error message, since that file is
actually the grammar checker for Spanish. Have you installed the proofing
tools for Spanish?

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Gary - 19 Sep 2004 03:49 GMT

I searched through the Add/Remove option for
reinstallation and can find no reference to Spanish under
proofing tools or anywhere.
Adice?

>-----Original Message-----
>I'm not sure why you're receiving that error message, since that file is
>actually the grammar checker for Spanish. Have you installed the proofing
>tools for Spanish?
>
>.

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Cindy M -WordMVP- - 20 Sep 2004 20:34 GMT

Hi Gary,

> I searched through the Add/Remove option for
> reinstallation and can find no reference to Spanish under
> proofing tools or anywhere.

I think Debbie may have missed the fact that you have Word
97. Starting with Word 2000, Spanish and French are included
with Office/Word. But in version 97 (and earlier) it was
necessary to purchase and install a separate Proofing Tool
package (for each and every language).

The proofing tools for Office 97 (and 2000) are no longer
manufactured, so your best bet if you want the Microsoft
tools is to try something like eBay. Or, search the Internet
for third-party tools.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun
8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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Gary - 22 Sep 2004 01:50 GMT

Thanks so much for the first difinitive answer I have
received so far. Sounds to me like its time we step up to
a newer MS Office version.
Thanks!

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Cindy M -WordMVP- - 22 Sep 2004 14:03 GMT

Hi Gary,

> Sounds to me like its time we step up to
> a newer MS Office version.

Note that I'm not a Microsoft employee, so that what I'm
going to say does not come from that angle, but from my
personal experience :-)

I highly recommend getting away from Office 97. With the
exception of Access, all the apps were less stable than in
earlier and later versions (due to moving to Unicode,
changing the graphics tools, changing to VBA, and a number
of other things).

On the whole, Office 2000 wasn't a bad product, and will be
most compatible with Word 97 files. It's no longer being
produced/sold "officially", however. And it also had some
oddities in the Word VBA (programming) interface. Access
people decidedly did NOT care for this version.

Between Office 2002 and Office 2003, I personally recommend
2003. It cleared up some problems with new things
introduced in 2002. Also, Powerpoint got quite a few new
things. And Outlook is without question much better than
earlier versions. From what I've heard from the Excel
people, it doesn't really matter too much. I think Access
people tend to prefer 2002 over 2003.

Things you may want to test in Word, if you (your company)
use them a lot, before you make the move: Mail merge, Track
changes, how well documents/templates containing numbering
"convert", ditto with tables.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update
Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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