Check the spelling and grammar of text in Spanish or French
1. Set up your system to work with multiple
languages.
Windows XP Setup:
On the Windows Start menu, click Control Panel.
Click “Date, Time, Language, and Regional Options”.
Click “Regional and Language Options”, and then click
the Languages tab.
To add another language:

Click the Details button.

In the “Text Services and Input Languages”
window, click the Add... button.

Use the drop-down menu to select the new
language.

Click OK in these windows: “Add input
language”, “Text Services and Input
Languages”, “Regional and Language Options”
You should now see the Language Bar in Windows XP.
It will appear in one of two places:


On the task bar (probably on the right-hand
side), or
In a window's title bar (probably on the right
side, next to the Minimize icon).
If you click on the Language Bar, you can select the
language that you want to type with.
2. Enable the languages that you want to use for
editing.
On the Microsoft Windows Start menu, point to
Programs, point to Microsoft Office Tools, and then
click Microsoft Office XP Language Settings.
Click the Enabled Languages tab.
In the Available languages box, select the language you
want to enable.
Click Add.
If any Microsoft Office programs are running, the
Language Settings tool notifies you and automatically
closes the programs. The features for the language you
enabled appear the next time you start an Office
program.
Note If you see (limited support) next to a language in
the Available languages box, you may need to install
additional system support for the language. The
available support depends on your operating system.
3. Install the spelling and grammar tools for the
language you want.
If you check spelling or grammar in another language,
and the correct files aren't available on your computer,
then Microsoft Word will try to automatically install
them. If Word can't install the correct files, you may
need to obtain 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.
4. Turn on automatic language detection.
If you're working in more than one language within a
document, Microsoft Word can automatically detect
each language as you type it.
Note To use this feature, you must first set up your
computer to support multilingual editing, and then
enable the languages you want to use for editing.
On the Tools menu, point to Language, and then click
Set Language.
Select the Detect language automatically check box.
Notes
To turn off automatic language detection in your
document, clear the Detect language automatically
check box.
To turn off the automatic detection of a particular
language, remove it from the list of enabled languages
in the Microsoft Office Language Settings tool.
Remove the language only if you don't want to use
features particular to that language (for example, date
formats) in Word and other Microsoft Office programs.
5. Set spelling and grammar options for the
language you want to work in.
On the Tools menu, click Options, and then click the
Spelling & Grammar tab.
Set the options you want.
For Help on an option, click the question mark, and then
click the option.
6. Check spelling or grammar as usual.
Check the spelling and grammar of text in Spanish or French
1. Set up your system to work with multiple
languages.
Windows 2000
a. On the Windows Start menu, point to Settings, then
click Control Panel.
b. Double-click on the Regional Options control panel
icon.
c. Click on the Input Locales tab.
d. To add another language:

Click the Change button.

In the “Text Services” window, click the Add...
button.

In the “Add input language” window use the
drop-down menu to select the new language.

Click OK in these windows: “Add input
language”, “Text Services”, “Regional Option”.
e. You should now see the Language Bar in Windows
XP. It will appear in one of two places:
f.

On the task bar (probably on the right-hand
side), or

In a window's title bar (probably on the right
side, next to the Minimize icon).
NOTE: If you don’t see the Language Bar, then

Repeat Steps a to d.

After clicking the Change button, then click on
the Language Bar button.

In the “Language bar settings” window check
the box labeled “Show the language bar on the
desktop”.
g. If you click on the Language Bar, you can select the
language that you want to type with.
2. Enable the languages that you want to use for
editing.
On the Microsoft Windows Start menu, point to
Programs, point to Microsoft Office Tools, and then
click Microsoft Office XP Language Settings.
Click the Enabled Languages tab.
In the Available languages box, select the language you
want to enable.
Click Add.
If any Microsoft Office programs are running, the
Language Settings tool notifies you and automatically
closes the programs. The features for the language you
enabled appear the next time you start an Office
program.
Note If you see (limited support) next to a language in
the Available languages box, you may need to install
additional system support for the language. The
available support depends on your operating system.
3. Install the spelling and grammar tools for the
language you want.
If you check spelling or grammar in another language,
and the correct files aren't available on your computer,
then Microsoft Word will try to automatically install
them. If Word can't install the correct files, you may
need to obtain 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.
4. Turn on automatic language detection.
If you're working in more than one language within a
document, Microsoft Word can automatically detect
each language as you type it.
Note To use this feature, you must first set up your
computer to support multilingual editing, and then
enable the languages you want to use for editing.
On the Tools menu, point to Language, and then click
Set Language.
Select the Detect language automatically check box.
Notes
To turn off automatic language detection in your
document, clear the Detect language automatically
check box.
To turn off the automatic detection of a particular
language, remove it from the list of enabled languages
in the Microsoft Office Language Settings tool.
Remove the language only if you don't want to use
features particular to that language (for example, date
formats) in Word and other Microsoft Office programs.
5. Set spelling and grammar options for the
language you want to work in.
On the Tools menu, click Options, and then click the
Spelling & Grammar tab.
Set the options you want.
For Help on an option, click the question mark, and then
click the option.
6. Check spelling or grammar as usual.