Proofing tools for Office 2010

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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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Suzanne S Barnhill 279.2K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator

2013-04-07T13:15:04+00:00

Indeed, this is frustrating and absurd. The article "Do I need a language pack or language interface pack?" at http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/onenote-help/do-i-need-a-language-pack-or-language-interface-pack-HA010354264.aspx says, "Or to buy a language pack, please go to Buy an Office 2013 language pack or Buy an Office 2010 language pack." And both those links go to the same page, for Office 2013.

FWIW, it appears that what you need is not the language pack but the Proofing Tools Kit, which includes proofing tools for all languages. If you google for Office 2010 Proofing Tools Kit, what you find from Microsoft is a series of service packs, but there are numerous sites that claim to offer the kit itself for download (free in most cases). Although I would view these sites with caution, there doesn't appear to be any official channel for getting this package.
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