Microsoft Office 2010 Dictionary missing

Anonymous
2011-08-30T11:43:59+00:00

Previously Office 2010 Dictionary had been working fine, now nothing dictionary and thesaurus missing. Please help.

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Stefan Blom 353.7K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
2011-08-30T12:07:19+00:00

Make sure that the correct language is applied to text. On the Review tab, click Language | Set Proofing Language.

Also, as long as you have the Language dialog box open, make sure to clear the "Detect language automatically" option. Doing so will prevent the language from changing at the insertion point.

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  1. Doug Robbins - MVP - Office Apps and Services 323.6K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2013-02-24T22:36:01+00:00

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  2. Suzanne S Barnhill 279.5K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2013-02-25T00:01:37+00:00

    The Thesaurus is part of the Proofing Tools that come with Office, but Office does not include a "dictionary" in the sense of a reference that offers definitions, pronunciation, etc. What it provides is "lexicons" (word lists) in various languages for spell checking purposes, together with a "custom dictionary" or "user dictionary" to which you can add your own words.

    In order to use an actual dictionary, try right-clicking on a word and choosing Look Up from the shortcut menu. This should give you a list of options that may include the Encarta Dictionary. If you don't see that option, click on Research Options... instead. You'll get a dialog in which you can check off the reference sources you want to enable.

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  3. Anonymous
    2013-02-25T08:03:10+00:00

    Thank you to everyone for there help. But I feel that this is a answer that has to come from Microsoft. MS Word did have a dictionary. I have used it many times. Like was said in the above post it was the Encarta Dictionary. As of right now MS Word does not give me the option in "Research Options" to add it back. If MS Word does not have a dictionary available that is fine but it did and a little explanation of where it went is not out of order.

    Frustrated,

    Joshua

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  4. Doug Robbins - MVP - Office Apps and Services 323.6K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2013-02-25T08:27:02+00:00

    If you select a word in a document and then right click and select Translate and then click on Research options in the Research pane, the list of Reference Books in the Research Options dialog includes:

    Encarta Dictionary: English (North America)

    Encarta Dictionary: English (UK)

    Encarta Dictionary: French

    That is the case with my computers here running Word 2007, Word 2010 and Word 2013

    If you do not see that, you may need to go to the Control Panel and click on the Uninstall a program link and then select your Office installation and click on Change and then select Add or Remove Features and under Office Shared Features>Proofing Tools, set Translation Core Files to be Run from My Computer.

    Note, you are unlikely to receive an answer from Microsoft here as these are basically peer support forums.

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