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. Anonymous
    2015-01-30T17:40:30+00:00

    Thanks ... I have the Language Pack already ... I can type and spell check  in the all the various "normal" languages English, German, Italian, French etc I can even use Korean and Chinese BUT I have a new user who is Russian - I've got the Russian keyboard just fine  !! I can get the keyboard OK but not the proofing tool / old fashioned spell checker !!!!!!

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  2. Suzanne S Barnhill 279.2K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2015-01-30T17:14:52+00:00

    Yes, they do keep moving these pages around. I googled for "Office 2010 language pack" and eventually got to this page, which has a link that actually works; it leads to http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msusa/en_US/pdp/productID.253665800?cdid=[lc], which (at least for now) appears to work.

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-01-30T16:38:57+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!

    Well it's gone again in that case :

    **Sorry, the page you're looking for can't be found.**No se encuentra la página que está buscando.Désolé... La page que vous recherchez est introuvable.Die gesuchte Seite wurde leider nicht gefunden.申し訳ございません。お探しのページが見つかりません。很抱歉，无法找到您要寻找的页面。很抱歉，找不到您要尋找的頁面。

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  4. Anonymous
    2015-01-25T16:13:06+00:00

    OK, I don't think you mentioned that there are other problems with your computer as well. Then getting a new machine and then install Office would be safer, of course. However, for this to work, you must have a type of license that allows transferring the installation to another computer.

    I'd buy a new, different Office and very likely Windows OS as well ~ spendy, I know, but very tempting.  I haven't really liked 7 or 2010 since I first got them.  But yes, I have a transfer license if it comes to that.  Thanks Stefan.

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  5. Stefan Blom 352.1K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2015-01-25T15:32:06+00:00

    OK, I don't think you mentioned that there are other problems with your computer as well. In that case, getting a new machine and then install Office would be safer, of course. However, for this to work, you must have a type of license that allows transferring the installation to another computer.

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