Microsoft Office for Windows offers proofing tools in a greater number of languages (37) however, not all of the languages are included when you purchase Office. Proofing Tools in Microsoft Office for Windows See the boxes below for step-by-step instructions on using these tools on Windows and Mac. Option 2: Manually mark your text as the appropriate language.Option 1: Word can automatically detect the language of your text.Then, you have two options for setting the language of the text in each document you create: For the spell-checker to work in another language, first, make sure that language is available installed. Or you can choose to run the spelling or grammar checkers manually. For example, if you have automatic spell-checking turned on, Word shows the red squiggly lines underneath possible misspelled words (green squigglies incidate possible grammar problems).
The proofing tools for other languages are used the same way you use them in English. The availability is different for the Windows and Mac versions of Office see the boxes below for specific details on each system. Microsoft Office offers a spell-checker, dictionary and thesaurus, grammar-checker, and hyphenation rules in various languages.
