Microsoft Word Foreign Versions

2. A Junior Year Abroad:

Is there a Microsoft Word foreign-language version available? What about the dictionary and thesaurus? What are your options to accomplish this mission?

No there are not Microsoft Word foreign versions available if you are traveling aboard as a student to a foreign country. Howevere, depending on where you are traveling, what proofing tools that you want to use, such as the spelling checker, and what software is installed on the computer that you are using, you may need to install additional software. You must first find out what languages are installed on this computer? If you want to use proofing tools, such as the spelling checker or the grammar checker on a computer, the proofing tools for that language must be installed on the computer first. If the computer doesn't have any languages other than the local language installed, you can still change the keyboard language and type your e-mail message, but you won't be able to check the spelling, grammar, or hyphenation of your text.

Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Microsoft Office, point to Microsoft Office Tools, and then click Microsoft Office 2007 Language Settings. If the Display Language tab is not displayed, there is only one language installed on the computer. Depending on who owns the computer and the language that you need, you may be able to download a free Language Interface Pack. To add a language to your input language Click Start, click Control Panel, and then click Date, Time, Language, and Regional Options. In the Date, Time, Language, and Regional Options dialog box, under Pick a task, click Add other languages. In the Regional and Language Options dialog box, on the Languages tab, click Details.

In the Text Services and Input Languages dialog box, on the Settings tab, click the Default input language down arrow, and then select the default language that you want to use.

In the Installed services box, select the language that you want to add to the Language bar. If the language that you want to use as a secondary language is not listed in the Installed services box, click Add to open the Add Input Languages dialog box, click the language that you want to expand the list, click Keyboard to expand the Keyboard list, click the check box next to the keyboard layout that you want, click OK, and then click Apply.

There are also ways to customize your Microsoft Word dictionary or input Import an existing custom dictionary from another computer. Other options would be purchasing an electronic translator or a English to French dictionary before you depart for your journey abroad as a student.

References:

http://support.microsoft.com/