If you want to use proofing tools, such as the spelling checker or the grammar checker on a computer, the proofing tools for that language must be installed on the computer first. If the computer doesn't have any languages other than the local language installed, you can still change the keyboard language and type your e-mail message, but you won't be able to check the spelling, grammar, or hyphenation of your text.

• Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Microsoft Office, point to Microsoft Office Tools, and then click Microsoft Office 2007 Language Settings.

If the Display Language tab is not displayed, there is only one language installed on the computer. Depending on the language(s) that you need you may need to Buy a Language Pack or download a free Language Interface Pack. To find out what languages are part of a Language Pack, see The 2007 Microsoft Office suites localized versions. For more information about Language Packs and Language Interface Packs, see Language Packs for the 2007 Microsoft Office system product overview and Microsoft Office 2007 Language Interface Pack overview.

 Important   You must install the Language Pack version that matches your version of Office. For example, if you are using Microsoft Office 2007, you must install the Microsoft Office Language Pack 2007. The 2003 version of a Language Pack will not work with Office 2007.

If you do not have the Language Pack installed for the language that you are trying to use the proofing tools with, an error message displays.

 Important   Changing the input language only enables you to use type in that language. To check for spelling, grammar, or hyphenation errors, the proofing tools for the language that you are typing in must be enabled and a Language Pack or Language Interface Pack may be required. For more information, see Check spelling and grammar in another language.

1. Click Start, click Control Panel, and then click Date, Time, Language, and Regional Options.

 Note   In Classic view , double-click Regional and Language Options.

2. In the Date, Time, Language, and Regional Options dialog box, under Pick a task, click Add other languages.
3. In the Regional and Language Options dialog box, on the Languages tab, click Details.
4. In the Text Services and Input Languages dialog box, on the Settings tab, click the Default input language down arrow, and then select the default language that you want to use.
5. In the Installed services box, select the language that you want to add to the Language bar.

    Note   If the language that you want to use as a secondary language is not listed in the Installed services box, click Add to open the Add Input Languages dialog box, click the language that you want to expand the list, click Keyboard to expand the Keyboard list, click the check box next to the keyboard layout that you want, click OK, and then click Apply.

1. Click Start, and then click Control Panel. Under Clock, Language and Region, click Change keyboards or other input methods.

    Note   In Classic view , double-click Regional and Language Options.

2. In the Regional and Language Options dialog box, under the Keyboards and Language tab, click Change keyboards .
3. In the Text Services and Input Languages dialog box, on the General tab, click the Default input language down arrow, and then select the default language that you want to use.

 Note   If the language that you want to use as a secondary language is not listed in the Installed services box, click Add to open the Add Input Languages dialog box, click the language that you want to expand the list, click Keyboard to expand the Keyboard list, click the check box next to the keyboard layout that you want, click OK, and then click Apply.

If there is more than one keyboard available for that language, you can see the keyboard by clicking Preview.

With character codes, you type the codes of the character that you want, for example, ALT+164 enters an ñ character.

For more information, see Insert ASCII or Unicode Latin-based symbols or characters or Insert special characters for lists of special characters and how to insert them.

With the Character Map, you select a font, and then click the character that you want. For more information, see Type ¢, £, ¥, ®, and other characters not on the keyboard.

1. Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Accessories, point to System Tools, and then click Character Map.
2. Select a font, and then click the character that you want.

 Important   The disadvantage of using Character Map to select characters is that they may not be recognized as being a symbol for a particular language and the spelling checker may flag it as incorrect.

If you don't see the Language bar on your desktop or in your taskbar, you need to display the Language bar.

Display the Language bar in Windows XP (Category view)

Display the Language bar in Windows Vista (Category view)

After you add an input language, you can type without using the keyboard by using the On-Screen Keyboard (OSK).

1. Click Start, Run, and then type

   osk

   in the text box.
2. Click the on screen “keys” on the OSK to enter text, accents, or special characters.

 Important   This feature is only available in these 2007 Microsoft Office system programs: Outlook, PowerPoint, Publisher, and Word.

The Automatically switch keyboard to match language of surrounding text option is useful if you want to use native keyboard layouts when typing in different languages. When this option is turned on in Outlook, PowerPoint, Publisher, or Word, the program automatically switches the active keyboard layout to match the language of the text where the cursor is. For example, if you have a file that has paragraphs written in both English and Spanish, and you move your cursor from a paragraph of English to a paragraph of Spanish the keyboard layout switches from English to Spanish. This has the same result as if you manually switched the keyboard layout from English to Spanish by using the Language bar. For more information on on this feature, see Turn on automatic language options.

In order to change the display language, you must have another language installed and enabled before you can change the display to another language. Learn what languages are installed on your computer and how to enable another language in the interface of Office programs.

1. Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Microsoft Office, point to Microsoft Office Tools, and then click Microsoft Office 2007 Language Settings.
2. Click the Display Language tab, and then select the language that you want from Display Microsoft Office menus and dialog boxes in.

If you don't see the Display Language tab, or need more information about how to change the display language, see Enable another language in the interface of Office programs.

 Important   Changing the input language only enables you to use type in that language. To check for spelling, grammar, or hyphenation errors, the proofing tools for the language that you are typing in must be enabled and a Language Pack or Language Interface Pack may be required. If you enable a language and limited support, Not enabled, or Not installed appear after the language name, see What does limited support mean.

1. In Word and PowerPoint, click the Microsoft Office Button , click Options , and then click Language Settings .

Where is the Options button?

For example, the Word Options button is located in the lower part of the menu that opens after you click the Microsoft Office Button .
2. In the Microsoft Office Language Settings 2007 dialog box, click the Editing tab, select the language in the Available editing languages list, and then click Add to add it to the Enabled editing languages list.
3. Select your Primary editing language—that sets the default language used for the proofing tools.
4. On the Review tab, in the Proofing group, click Set Language .
5. In the Language dialog box, select Detect language automatically so that you don't need to identify the language of portions of your document as being in a different language.

 Note   In some situations when there are multiple languages in a single document or the text in a different language is too short to be identified as a particular language, the Detect language automatically feature may cause spell checking problems. If you are having problems checking spelling or grammar when using multiple languages in a single document, clear this check box, select the text in a different language and manually set the language for that portion of the text. For more information, see Turn off the Detect language automatically option. For information about spell checking in a different language, see Check spelling and grammar in another language. For more information about using proofing tools in different languages, see Check spelling and grammar in another language.

Check spelling and grammar by doing one of these actions:

• In Word and PowerPoint, click the Review tab, and then click Spelling & Grammar.
• In an Outlook e-mail message, on the Message tab, click Spelling & Grammar.
• In OneNote, Publisher, InfoPath, Project, and Visio, click Tools, click Spelling, and then click Spelling.
• In Access, click the Home tab, and then click Spelling.

 Note   In some situations when there are multiple languages in a single document or the text in a different language is too short to be identified as a particular language, the Detect language automatically feature may cause spell checking problems. If you are having problems checking spelling or grammar when using multiple languages in a single document, clear this check box, select the text that is in a different language, and then manually set the language for that portion of the text.

If you have problems checking spelling and grammar in a different language, see Check spelling and grammar in another language.

This feature is available only in these 2007 Microsoft Office system programs: OneNote, PowerPoint, Publisher, and Word.

If you want to create a document in one language and then include text in another language in the same document, such as a quote in another language, you can type the text in the second language, select that text, and then identify it as a second language. This enables the Proofing Tools, such as the spelling and grammar checker, to use the correct language dictionary to review your text.

1. Select the portion of the document that is in the second language.
2. On the Review tab, in the Proofing group, click Set Language , and then select the second language, for example English, from the list of languages.

 Note   In OneNote and Publisher, click Tools, point to Language, click Set Language, and then select the second language.

You can also select the Detect language automatically option in this dialog box so that you don't have to identify the language of sections of your document as being in a different language.

1. On the Review tab, in the Proofing group, click Research .

 Note   In OneNote and Publisher, click Tools, and then click Research.

 Note   In an Outlook e-mail message, click the Message tab, click Spelling, and then click Research.

2. In the Research pane near the bottom of the pane, click Research options .
3. In the Research Options dialog box, click Update/Remove .
4. In the Update or Remove Services dialog box, select the service category that you want installed, for example, Translation (Installed Dictionaries), click Update , follow the installation instructions, click Close, and then click OK.
5. Select the reference materials that you want to use, for example, Thesaurus: Russia, type the word that you want to research into the Search for text box , and then click Start .

For more information about how to use the Research tool, see Translate text.

1. On the Review tab, in the Proofing group, click Translate .

 Note   In OneNote, click Tools, and then click Translate.

 Note   In OneNote and Publisher, click Tools, and then click Translate.

 Note   In an Outlook e-mail message, click the Message tab, click Spelling, and then click Translate.

1. In the Research pane, in the Search text box, type the word, phrase, or sentence that you want translated, click the down arrow, and then select Translation .
2. In the Translation section, in the From list box, select the initial language, for example, German.
3. In the To list box, select the language that you want to translate the word into, for example, Russian.
4. Click Start .

 Note   To translate an entire document, click Start , and then follow the instructions.

For more information about how to use the Translate tool, see Translate text.