When you try to check the spelling and grammar of a
Word document that contains text in a language other than English, you may
receive an error message similar to the following:
Word
cannot find the spelling file Mssp3<language>.dll or Mssp32.dll for
<language>.
For example, the following error message may be
displayed when you attempt to check the spelling and grammar of a Word document
that contains text in German:
Word cannot find the
spelling file mssp3GE.dll or mssp32.dll for German (Germany).
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This behavior can occur when all of the following are true:
| • | The default keyboard language installed on your computer is
English (United States).
-and- |
| • | Your Word document contains text in another language (for
example, German).
-and- |
| • | Language AutoDetect is turned on in Microsoft
Word. |
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To work around this problem, follow these steps:
| 1. | On the Tools menu in Word, point to Language, and then click Set Language. |
| 2. | In the Language dialog box, click to clear the Detect language
automatically check box, and then click OK. |
| 3. | On the Tools menu, click Spelling and Grammar. |
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Microsoft
has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed
at the beginning of this article.
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