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

Microsoft 365 and Office | Word | For home | Windows

Locked Question. This question was migrated from the Microsoft Support Community. You can vote on whether it's helpful, but you can't add comments or replies or follow the question.

0 comments

86 answers

Sort by: Newest
Most helpful Newest Oldest
  1. Anonymous
    2015-04-09T12:28:02+00:00

    Please have a look at the above screenshoot. There ist a yellow marked box where I clicked on "Not installed".

    This is a link points to  

    http://officeredir.microsoft.com/r/rlidOfficeProofingTools?clid=1033&ver=14&app=winword.exe&lidhelp=0409&liduser=0807&lidui=0409 But the link is dead.

    Was this answer helpful?

    0 comments
  2. Suzanne S Barnhill 279.2K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2015-04-09T12:07:20+00:00

    What dead link? Although you can use a language pack to change the UI language, you can also install just the proofing tools.

    Was this answer helpful?

    0 comments
  3. Stefan Blom 352.1K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2015-04-09T11:06:05+00:00

    Proofing tools are not free for Office 2010. You have to purchase a language pack from the Microsoft store.

    Free proofing tools were introduced with Office 2013.

    Was this answer helpful?

    0 comments
  4. Anonymous
    2015-04-09T10:19:12+00:00

    But Language-Packs changes the Office GUI language and are not for free. I dont want to change the languege of my Office. I just need an additional language for the proofing(text correction).

    Installing an additional proofing language is included. But it does not work anymore as it used to.

    Is there a workaround for the dead link?

    Was this answer helpful?

    0 comments
  5. Doug Robbins - MVP - Office Apps and Services 323.6K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2015-04-09T09:39:33+00:00

    Try the following link

    http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msusa/en_US/pdp/Language-Pack-for-Office-2010/productID.253665800

    If you are not in the USA, click on the map of the World at the bottom left of the screen and then select your country of residence.

    Was this answer helpful?

    0 comments