WD: Foreign Language Dictionaries for Word

Last reviewed: March 3, 1998
Article ID: Q107223
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c
  • Microsoft Word for Windows 95, versions 7.0, 7.0a
  • Microsoft Word for the Macintosh, version 6.0, 6.0.1, 6.0.1a
  • Microsoft Word 97 for Windows

SUMMARY

Alki Software Corporation has foreign language, legal, and medical dictionaries for Word. Several new languages have been added. In addition, Dutch, German, Portuguese, and Norwegian have combined dialects to be included on one disk.

MORE INFORMATION

Word proofing tools from Alki Software are available in many different languages. Some proofing tools are not available for all languages. Below is a table explaining the tools available for each language.

NOTE: You cannot use the proofing tools for Word for Windows versions 1.x or 2.x with Word for Windows version 6.0, and vice versa. You cannot use the proofing tools for Word for the Macintosh versions 5.x Word for the Macintosh 6.x, and vice versa. Every time that you upgrade to a newer version of Word for Windows, you should contact the Alki Software Corporation for the best way to proceed to upgrade your foreign language, legal, and medical dictionaries. Alki uses a different setup program for their products for each version of Word.

Language                 Spelling    Hyphenation    Thesaurus   Grammar
--------                 --------    -----------    ---------   -------

Czech*                   yes         yes            no          no
Danish                   yes         yes            yes         no
Dutch(Dutch/Preferred)   yes         yes            yes         no

English (British)        yes         yes            yes         yes
English (US)             yes         yes            yes         yes
English (AUS)            yes         yes            yes         yes

Finnish                  yes         yes            yes         no
French (Canadian)        yes         yes            yes         no
French (European)        yes         yes            yes         no

German (German/Swiss)    yes         yes            yes         no
Hungarian*               yes         no             no          no
Italian                  yes         yes            yes         no

Norwegian
(Bokmal/Norsk)           yes         yes            yes         no
Polish*                  yes         no             no          no
Portuguese
(European/Brazilian)     yes         yes            yes         no

Russian*                 yes         yes            no          no
Spanish                  yes         yes            yes         no
Spanish (Catalan)        yes         yes            yes         no

Swedish                  yes         yes            yes         no
Turkish*                 yes         no             no          no

 * These proofing tools have not yet been released.

You can obtain the German (German/Swiss) proofing tools from Microsoft's World Wide Web Site on the Internet at the following location:

   http://www.microsoft.com/germany/office/word/rechtsch.htm

The proofing tools are published by Alki Software Corporation, under license from Microsoft. Alki, which also publishes MasterWord, specializes in products for all versions of Microsoft Word.

   Alki Software Corporation
   300 Queen Anne Ave. N., Suite 410
   Seattle, WA  98109
   Phone:   (206) 286-2600
   Fax:     (206) 286-2785
   Support: (206) 286-2780
   Orders:  (800) NOW-WORD (669-9673)
   Internet Web Page: http://www.alki.com

The third-party contact information included in this article is provided to help you find the technical support you need. This contact information is subject to change without notice. Microsoft in no way guarantees the accuracy of this third-party contact information.


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Keywords : kbproof macword winword word6 word7 word8 word95 word97 kbtool kbfaq
Version : WINDOWS: 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c, 7.0, 7.0a, 97; MACINTOSH: 6.0, 6.0.1, 6.0.1a


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Last reviewed: March 3, 1998
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