Check the spelling of text written in another language

Make sure that you have already marked the text that you want to check as being in another language.

How?

You can mark text in a publication as being in another language. This enables you to hyphenate and perform spelling checks for text in multiple languages.

Note   You cannot set mail merge fields, WordArt, or Web form controls as being in another language.

Mark portions of text

  1. Select the text you want to mark by doing one of the following:
  2. On the Tools menu, point to Language, and then click Set Language.
  3. In the Language dialog box, under Mark selected text as, click the language you want.
  4. Click OK.

    To reset the marked text as being in the default language, on the Edit menu, immediately click Undo.

Mark all text and table frames in a publication

  1. On the Tools menu, point to Language, and then click Set Language.
  2. In the Language dialog box, under Mark selected text as, click the language you want.
  3. Select the All Text check box.
  4. Click OK.

    To reset the marked text as being in the default language, on the Edit menu, immediately click Undo.

Note   Any text that you add to the publication after this step will not be set as this language and it will not be checked automatically.

  1. To select the text you want to check the spelling for, do one of the following:
  2. On the Tools menu, point to Spelling, and then click Spelling.
  3. In the Check Spelling dialog box, click the option you want for each word that appears in the Not in dictionary box.

    You can leave the spelling of the word as it is, change it, or add the word to the dictionary so that Publisher ignores it in the future.

  4. To check the spelling in every text and table frame in the current publication, select the Check all stories check box.
  5. Do one of the following:

Tip

If you check spelling or grammar in another language, and the correct files aren't available on your computer, then Microsoft Publisher will try to automatically install them. If Publisher can't install the correct files, you might need to get the files from the Microsoft Office XP Proofing Tools. Proofing Tools is available for purchase at Shop.microsoft.com or outside the United States from a licensed reseller.