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Missing Proofing Tools

Anonymous
2014-09-01T01:12:31+00:00

Hi, I have installed Office 365 for over a year now, and I have had no problems with Word.  today, I got a message in Word that says:  "MISSING PROOFING TOOLS This document contains text in English (US) which isn't being proofed.  You may be able to get proofing tools for this language".  I clicked on the link to download, but I do not seem to have solved the problem.  I still get the message in Word, and it does not recognize misspelled words.

 I have checked the online forum and tried the solutions offered but to no avail.

I'm confused as to what could have caused this since I am the only user of the laptop, and as recently as Friday I used Word.  Please help.

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  1. Diane Poremsky MVP 17,421 Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2014-09-01T03:25:07+00:00

    What language is your Office installation? US English tools would be installed if using English. Or get them from http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=35400

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-04-01T14:37:14+00:00

    I had the same problem, only in Office 2013 on windows 7. I thought that I had a 64-bit Office because my OS is also in 64-bit. But it seems to be that Office is in 32-bit by default (en with reason, check the microsoft site for this). My solution: install the 32-bit (x86) proofing tools.

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  3. Stefan Blom 342.4K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2014-09-21T18:32:12+00:00

    Try an online repair, if you haven't already. If even that doesn't work, you probably have to remove Office completely and then reinstall it from www.office.microsoft.com/myaccount.

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  4. Anonymous
    2014-09-21T09:38:05+00:00

    I have Office 365 and when I open word I get:

    MISSING PROOFING TOOLS This document contains text in English (United Kingdom) which isn't being proofed. You may be able to get proofing tools for this language

    I click the Download link.

    I can then download the one English proofing exe file - whose file name is proofingtools_en-us-x86.exe (it is English (US) not English (UK) ).  I then restart word and get the same error message - ARRGHH

    Where can I download the English (UK) proofing tools from microsoft?

    surely this can't be too hard

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  5. Anonymous
    2014-09-01T20:04:30+00:00

    What language is your Office installation? US English tools would be installed if using English. Or get them from http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=35400

    I already downloaded this tool, but to no avail.  I still get the same message.  any other suggestions?

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