Spellchecking in two or more languages simultaneously

Question

Is it possible to load a (say) French, German and Italian dictionary that can catch words not in English in word 2016 mac? thanks.

Answer 1

Hello,

The English dictionary/spell file will catch words that are not in English.

It is not possible to run multiple-language spell-checks on the same word without changing its proofing language. Hello,

The "proofing language" is a key to several Word features including spelling and grammar and AutoCorrect. It is not an application-wide setting nor even a document setting; it is set at the character level!

See this screenshot:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/t48k9m8yytpm3oo/Proof...

You may want to look at Suzanne Barhill's article on the spelling checker. It is the definitive article. http://wordfaqs.ssbarnhill.com/MasterSpellCheck...

The proofing language is best set in individual words using a character style. You can have different styles for different languages.

I hope this information helps. I will be back with a reference to a way to check in two different languages using a macro. It may be possible to extend that to more. Please let me know if you have any more questions or require further help.

Regards

Answer 2

Here is a macro that gives limited ability to check multiple languages. Read the thread, though.

Sub SpellCheckLanguageSwitch()
'   Paul Edstein
'   http://www.msofficeforums.com/word/38778-possib...
'   Check in two languages - here EnglishUK and German
'
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
Dim Rng As range
For Each Rng In ActiveDocument.range.SpellingErrors
  With Rng
    If .LanguageID = wdEnglishUK Then
      .LanguageID = wdGerman
      If .SpellingErrors.Count > 0 Then ActiveDocument.Undo
    ElseIf .LanguageID = wdGerman Then
      .LanguageID = wdEnglishUK
      If .SpellingErrors.Count > 0 Then ActiveDocument.Undo
    End If
  End With
Next
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub

If you are using that many languages in single documents, the option to detect language automatically may be of help. Word is not great at this but it still could help.