gabe@ctr.columbia.edu (Gabe Wiener) (10/01/89)
Is there any way to get a French dictionary for MS Word 4.0? I'm getting _really_ tired of proofreading French documents by hand, but my volume of documents doesn't justify the purchase of the French edition of Microsoft Word. Is it possible to use the French dictionary with the regular U.S. program? Or is the search algorithm different? Thanks folks... -- Gabe Wiener - Columbia Univ. "This 'telephone' has too many shortcomings gabe@ctr.columbia.edu to be seriously considered as a means of gmw1@cunixd.cc.columbia.edu communication. The device is inherently of 72355.1226@compuserve.com no value to us."
dgraham@kean.mun.ca (David Graham) (10/10/89)
In article <1989Oct1.030111.19813@ctr.columbia.edu>, gabe@ctr.columbia.edu (Gabe Wiener) writes: > Is there any way to get a French dictionary for MS Word 4.0? As far as I know, Microsoft's position on this is still that you have to buy a copy of the French edition of the software. At least that was what they said when I complained about this last spring. > I'm getting > _really_ tired of proofreading French documents by hand, but my volume of > documents doesn't justify the purchase of the French edition of Microsoft > Word. Mine does, but not the purchase of both French and English (I work about equal amounts in both languages). > Is it possible to use the French dictionary with the regular U.S. > program? No. I tried this. > Or is the search algorithm different? According to what I was told by Microsoft, the dictionaries are coded very differently and cannot be read by other versions of the program. Apparently redoing them is under consideration but will never happen unless enough of us complain. This alone is nearly enough to make me buy Nisus... > Gabe Wiener - Columbia Univ. "This 'telephone' has too many shortcomings > gabe@ctr.columbia.edu to be seriously considered as a means of > gmw1@cunixd.cc.columbia.edu communication. The device is inherently of > 72355.1226@compuserve.com no value to us." David Graham dgraham@kean.ucs.mun.ca Department of French & Spanish (709)737-7636/7 Memorial University of Newfoundland
cy@dbase.UUCP (Cy Shuster) (10/21/89)
Foreign language dictionaries may be purchased separately that work with the base (US) release of FullWrite Professional. Call (213) 329-8000 for more info. --Cy--