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

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  1. Anonymous
    2014-09-26T00:07:58+00:00

    What would be the difference?

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  2. Jay Freedman 208.2K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2014-09-26T02:02:51+00:00

    If you don't have the original tools installed (for which you must pay), the Service Pack will not install. It contains only the differences between the original tool code and the updated versions.

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  3. Stefan Blom 352.1K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2014-09-28T17:48:03+00:00

    To install an additional language in Office 2010, you have to purchase a language pack from the Microsoft store: http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msusa/en_US/pdp/productID.253665800?cdid=en-us.

    For Office 2013, you can go to the download page for Office proofing tools: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/language-packs/?CTT=5&origin=HA010354264.

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  4. Anonymous
    2014-10-04T20:01:54+00:00

    Natalya,

    I think your mistaken, I just purchased the pack ($27) and you can keep the English interface and have Russian language tools working when you switch between the languages.  It looks like there is an option for changing the interface to Russian which is not what I was interested in.

    God bless you!

    Pavel

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  5. Anonymous
    2015-01-24T05:51:53+00:00

    I have just had a reply from Microsoft that appropriate teams are working to address this problem, but it is more complex than they initially thought. Take heart, though: MS is aware of the problem and working on it!

    Update: This is now fixed. The link to Download a Language Pack for Office 2010 now actually goes to a site to download a language pack for Office 2010. Hooray!

    re: download a Language Pack for Office 2010, the link leads to:

    404 - File or directory not found.

    The resource you are looking for might have been removed, had its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable.

    My Spell Check stopped working.  

                                           Keyboard   Proofing

    English (U.S.) <default> enabled     not installed

    How can it possibly be NOT installed? I've been using it for years.

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