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Q186037: OFF97: Alki Language Proofing Tools Available

Article: Q186037
Product(s): Word 97 for Windows
Version(s): 97
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kb3rdparty kbdta kbproof word97
Last Modified: 10-AUG-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Access 97 
- Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows 
- Microsoft Outlook 97 
- Microsoft PowerPoint 97 for Windows 
- Microsoft Word 97 for Windows 
- Microsoft Office 97 Professional Edition for Windows 
- Microsoft Office 97 Standard Edition for Windows 
- Microsoft Office 97 Small Business Edition for Windows, version 2.0 
- Microsoft Office 97 Small Business Edition for Windows 
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SUMMARY
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Microsoft proofing tools packages are available from Alki Software for languages
from six different language groups: Western European, Central European, Baltic,
Cyrillic, Greek, and Turkish.


MORE INFORMATION
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Each language group uses its own set of characters. By default, you can proof
text in any of the languages within your system's language group. For example,
if you are using the English (U.S.) version of Microsoft Windows 95, Microsoft
Windows 98, Microsoft Windows NT, or Microsoft Windows 2000, you should have no
problem proofing text in other Western European languages. However, if you want
to proof text in a different language group, you may need to adjust your
operating system to turn on (enable) your applications to display and proof text
correctly in the new language.

For additional information about how to turn on support for multiple languages in
Windows, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q141306 How to Enable Support for Multiple Languages in Windows


  Q177561 How to Add and Enable Additional Languages in Windows NT


NOTE: The spelling check feature does not work in Office 97 applications, other
than Word 97 for Windows, in languages outside your Windows 95 operating
system's language group. You must upgrade to Windows NT 4.0 or later. Please
contact Alki Software for more information.

The following table lists the language groups and languages for use with Office
97, and which proofing tools are included in each package.

NOTE: Some proofing tools are not available for all languages.

  Language                    Spelling   Hyphenation   Thesaurus   Grammar
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  WESTERN EUROPEAN
    Basque                       x            x
    Catalan                      x            x            x
    Danish                       x            x            x
    Dutch                        x            x            x          x
    English, Australian          x            x            x          x
    English, UK                  x            x            x          x
    English, US                  x            x            x          x
    Finnish                      x            x            x
    French
     (Canada and France)         x            x            x          x
    German and Swiss German      x            x            x          x
    Italian                      x            x            x          x
    Norwegian
     (Bokmal and Nynorsk)        x            x            x
    Portuguese
     (Brazil and Portugal)       x            x            x
    Spanish                      x            x            x          x
    Swedish                      x            x            x

  GREEK
    Greek                        x            x            x

  CENTRAL EUROPEAN
    Croatian                     x            x
    Czech                        x            x            x
    Hungarian                    x            x            x          x
    Polish                       x            x            x
    Romanian                     x            x            x
    Slovak                       x            x            x
    Slovenian                    x            x            x

  BALTIC
    Estonia                      x            x            x
    Latvian                      x            x
    Lithuanian                   x            x

  CYRILLIC
    Bulgarian                    x            x
    Russian                      x            x            x          x
    Serbian                      x            x

  TURKISH
    Turkish                      x            x            x

System Requirements
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- Microsoft Windows 95 or Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.51 or later

- One or more of the Microsoft Office applications listed at the beginning of
  this article

- Alki Software language proofing tools for Microsoft Office 97 for Windows

No additional system resources are required beyond those recommended for Word and
your version of Windows.

For more information about language proofing tools for use with Microsoft Word,
contact Alki Software Corporation.

  Alki Software Corporation
  300 Queen Anne Ave. N., Suite 410
  Seattle, WA 98109

  Phone: (206) 286-2600
  Fax: (206) 286-2785
  Support: (206) 286-2780
  Orders: (800) NOW-WORD (669-9673)
  World Wide Web site: http://www.proofing.com

The third-party contact information included in this article is provided to help
you find the technical support you need. This contact information is subject to
change without notice. Microsoft in no way guarantees the accuracy of this
third-party contact information.

Copyright 1997 Alki Software Corporation.

Alki is a registered trademark of Alki Software Corporation.

Additional query words: foreign

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Keywords          : kb3rdparty kbdta kbproof word97 
Technology        : kbWordSearch kbOutlookSearch kbOfficeSearch kbExcelSearch kbAccessSearch kbPowerPtSearch kbWord97 kbWord97Search kbAccess97 kbPowerPt97 kbZNotKeyword2 kbOffice97Search kbAccess97Search kbExcel97Search kbOutlook97Search kbPowerPt97Search kbOffice97 kbZNotKeyword3
Version           : :97
Hardware          : x86
Issue type        : kbinfo

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