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Description of the January 2010 update for Office Word

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how-to articles - Spelling and Grammar

how-to articles - Spelling and Grammar

How to turn off AutoFormat options in Word
Describes how to turn off AutoFormat options in Microsoft Word 2010 and in earlier versions.
How to enable right-to-left language support for Word 2003 and Word 2002 on computers that are running on Windows Server 2003, on Windows XP, or on Windows 2000
Explains how to enable the support for right-to-left languages in Word 2003 and Word 2002 on computers that are running on Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, or Windows 2000. Also explains the software requirements and benefits of this procedure.
How to create an exclude dictionary in Word 2002 and in Word 2003
Describes how to create an exclude dictionary in Microsoft Office Word 2003 and in Microsoft Word 2002.

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Download details - Spelling and Grammar

Download details - Spelling and Grammar

Description of the Word 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package for the Dutch spelling checker and proofing tools: January 8, 2007
Describes the Word 2003 issue that is fixed in the Word 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package for the Dutch spelling checker and proofing tools. The hotfix package is dated January 8, 2007.
Description of the Microsoft Office Word 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package: April 21, 2005
Describes the Microsoft Office Word 2003 issues that are fixed in the Word 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package that is dated April 21, 2005.

Troubleshooting - Spelling and Grammar

Troubleshooting - Spelling and Grammar

Spell checker does not detect some misspelled words in Word
Decribes how to work around an issue where missspelled words are not detected when you check the spelling of a document in Word.
Description of the Office 2003 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package for the English language proofing tools (Msspell.msp): October 28, 2008
Describes the issue that is fixed in the Office 2003 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package for the English language proofing tools that is dated October 28, 2008.
Description of the Office 2003 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package for the Arabic language proofing tools (Ptk.msp, Aramui.msp): October 28, 2008
Describes the issue that is fixed in the Office 2003 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package for the Arabic language proofing tools that is dated October 28, 2008.

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WebCast: How to use Microsoft Office Word 2003 as your XML editor

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