Proofing tools for Office 2010

Anonymous
2013-04-07T12:54:21+00:00

I'm trying to find proofing tools for Office 2010 on MS site, but something is completely wrong. All the links now bring me to the Office 2013 options. Even the link "Download a Language Pack for Office 2010" on http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/language-packs/office-2013-language-options-FX102851176.aspx brings me to Office Language Pack 2013 page.

Actually I don't need the full language pack, I just need the spellchecker working for some languages (russian, estonian, some more). As I see it is possible to freely download such proofing tools for Office 2013, but they don't work with Office 2010.

What I show do and where I can them?

Thanks in advance,

Vadim

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  1. Doug Robbins - MVP - Office Apps and Services 323.6K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2017-08-04T11:09:28+00:00

    Sorry, but that link resolves to

    https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Language-Accessory-Pack-for-Office-82ee1236-0f9a-45ee-9c72-05b026ee809f?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US&fromAR=1

    from which you can only obtain Language Accessory Packs for Office 2016.

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  2. Doug Robbins - MVP - Office Apps and Services 323.6K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2017-02-19T03:38:17+00:00

    The only ways that you can obtain Russian Proofing Tools for Office 2010 are:

    1. By purchasing a subscription to the Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN)
    2. By trying to find a copy for sale on a site such as ebay.

    It would be less expensive to take out a subscription to Office 365 as then for Office 2016, the proofing tools can be downloaded without charge.

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-01-25T00:02:18+00:00

    DEAR ALL

    THIS WHAT I GOT FROM THE SITE

    404 - File or directory not found. The resource you are looking for might have been removed, had its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable.

    NOT WORKING , DONT KNOW WHY , CAN YOU HELP?

    ALDAINY

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  4. Jay Freedman 208.2K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2013-05-06T20:08:34+00:00

    Microsoft's policy on proofing tools has changed three times in three consecutive versions of Office:

    • In Word 2007 and earlier, there was a single Proofing Tools package that was sold (both by Microsoft and by other vendors such as Amazon.com) for approximately US$100. It contained a large number of dictionaries and thesauri, most of which were useless to most purchasers.
    • In Word 2010, the package was separated into individual language packs, each of which costs US$24.95. They are sold only through Microsoft's web site, at http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msusa/en_US/pdp/productID.253665800. You must use your browser to go there, not the link in the Language Preferences dialog of Word 2010 (the link in the dialog still goes to the wrong web page).
    • In Word 2013, the proofing tools for all languages are free. However, the Word 2013 language tools will not install in Word 2010.

    The failure of the link inside Office 2010 to go to the correct page is a mistake, and I don't know whether there will be anything done to correct it.

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  5. Anonymous
    2013-05-06T19:51:20+00:00

    The way to add an additional language to the proofing tools is to purchase and install a language pack. I don't believe the proofing tools have ever been free. Some Language Interface Packs are free, but they are offered only for "exotic" languages for which there is not a language pack.

    That is up to you to believe or not, but in 2013 any languages(include exotic) can be downloaded and used for free(I mean proofing tools, NOT a language pack that customize interface of MSO itself).  I don't want to change language of  interface of MSO each time when I need to spell check files in different languages. It always was easy to keep a bunch of dictionaries for other languages without a problem

    Right now when one will click inside MSO to link "not installed" it point to MSO 2013 instead of 2010.

    It is a glitch or a way to force customers to buy 2013... or force to switch to Google docs...

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