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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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Which version of Office are you running? If it is an Office 365 Home subscription, you can install additional proofing tools via www.office.com/myaccount. Usually, this results in two entries for Office in Programs and Features, but that won't cause any trouble.
Two years later, same problem! Bought my laptop this year. Office updated, then missing proofing tools! What should I do? No multiple versions of Word installed.