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MS Office Proofing Tools for Hebrew -- (1) grammar-check doesn't work, (2) where to get a good Hebrew dictionary for MS Word

Anonymous
2024-11-22T08:39:13+00:00

I have MS Office LTSC Professional Plus 2021, running on Windows 11 23H2. I create and edit Hebrew language files in MS Word and I want to use the MS Office Proofing Tools (spell- and grammar-check, thesaurus, etc).

So far I have done the following:

(1) Added Hebrew language to Windows Input Methods.

(2) Installed the Hebrew Language Pack for 64-bit Office

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/install-the-hebrew-language-pack-for-64-bit-office-0e7bc753-71de-4996-90b5-1f519d9baf9e?ui=en-us&rs=en-us&ad=us

(3) Confirmed that Hebrew is set as the display language 

     File > Options > Language > Office display language

(4) Confirmed that Hebrew is set for authoring 

     File > Options > Language > Office authoring languages and proofing

I can now author documents in Hebrew in MS Word 2021 and edit existing ones without any issue. And on the Review menu I can use some of the Proofing Tools (spell-check, thesaurus and translate).

However grammar-check doesn't seem to work. Furthermore the Hebrew dictionary that comes with the Hebrew Language Pack seems to be a very rudimentary one. For example, for the Hebrew word for woman it recognizes the spelling אישה , but does not recognize the more common spelling of אשה -- which happens to be the spelling offered by GoogleTranslate (https://translate.google.com/?sl=en&tl=iw&text=woman%0A&op=translate)

At the bottom of the Thesaurus sidebar it says: "Word currently does not have a dictionary installed for Hebrew. To see definitions, ".

However when I click on the link, I am taken to the 'Dictionaries' sidebar where it says: "Install a dictionary from the Office Store to see definitions". I searched with Google for "MS Word 2021 Hebrew dictionary" but found nothing useful.

So my questions are:

(1) How do I get the Grammar-Check to work?

(2) Where do I get a good Hebrew dictionary for use with MS Word 2021?

Any help, would be greatly appreciated.

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-11-22T11:08:33+00:00

    Dear CE707070,

    Greetings!! Good day and thank you for posting this in the forum.

    Per your inquiry, MS Office Proofing Tools for Hebrew -- (1) grammar-check doesn't work, (2) where to get a good Hebrew dictionary for MS Word and you also mentioned that you are using MS Office LTSC Professional Plus 2021.

    In such case, I would suggest you post your question on Microsoft Q&A Office Community Office Management - Microsoft Q&A because our team mainly focus on general and built-in feature queries in Microsoft 365 Office for Business apps.

    Please accept my apologies for redirecting you to different community as the members in the category posted focus on the users with out of the box concerns on Microsoft 365, and the questions regarding of Office 2021 is slightly different compares to Office 365 due to the difference of their version and product construction, so to get the fast and better assistance, we have redirected you in the correct path.

    I appreciate your understanding and cooperation.

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