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Cannot install german language support for english Word 2003 installation
Posted by Goran Ivanic on February 12th, 2008


I am getting the well known "Cannot find proofing tool for german (Germany)" error popup when
I opened a Word document with Word 2003.

According to some recommendations I went to menu

Start->Programs->MsOffice->MsOfficeTools->Ms Office 2003 Language Settings

After analyzation of the current MsOffice installation a dialog pops up
where on the right (="already installed") side german is already listed but greyed out/disabled.

Maybe this is because I used an english MsOffice 2003.

So I have I problem: I cannot add german (Germany) from the left side to the right
side because it already exists. Moreover I cannot remove it (for later re-adding)
on the right side because it is disabled.

Why ist german greyed out/disabled ?

How can I otherwise add "german (Germany)" language support ?

By the way: Adding "german (Austria)" language support does NOT help/remove my
original "Missing proofing tool" problem.

Why are hundreds of languages available on the left side but not "german (Germany)"?

Is the language support for one language embedded in a single file which I could take from another
computer and copy it to the local installation ?

Goran