Looking for a French spellcheck software to be downloaded Free from
Internet to Windows XP - Word 97.  Must be able to correct
similtaneously as I write in Word 97 in French.

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Request for Question Clarification by aceresearcher-ga on 16 Nov 2002 07:37 PST

Hi, mireille157!
 
The spell-checking software that comes with Microsoft Word is not
language-specific. It takes whatever Dictionary you have downloaded
and specified, and compares the text in your document to that.
 
There are numerous different Dictionaries available: English, French,
Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, etc., etc. -- and even a Medical
Dictionary, which contains medical terminology (including Latin
disease names).
 
Computers which come with Word already installed usually come
pre-loaded with the English Dictionary, because the majority of the
people who buy Word need the English Dictionary for spell-checking.
 
Are you sure you're not looking for an add-on French Dictionary which
Microsoft Word's spell-checking program can use to check documents
written in French? (The spell-checking function works not only while
you are typing, but can be run for a whole document as well.)
 
Thanks, 
 
aceresearcher

Researchers may wish to note the options that have already been suggested:

https://answers.google.com/answers/main?cmd=threadview&id=102293

mireille157,

The spell-checking software that comes with Microsoft Word is not
language-specific. It takes whatever Dictionary you have downloaded
and specified, and compares the text in your document to that.

There are numerous different Dictionaries available: English, French,
Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, etc., etc. -- and even a Medical
Dictionary, which contains medical terminology (including Latin
disease names).

Word just happens to come pre-loaded with the English Dictionary,
because the majority of the people who buy Word need the English
Dictionary for spell-checking.

Are you sure you're not looking for an add-on French Dictionary which
Microsoft Word's spell-checking program can use to check documents
written in French?

Thanks,

aceresearcher

When installing Word, you have the option of specifying languages in
which you will be writing: by enabling these, Word installs with the
dictionaries already loaded.  Once the program is running, you can
select a language setting from the box in the top right corner of the
screen.  In the case of French, you can perform both spelling and
grammar checks in any of a dozen local dialects, from Moroccan to
proper France's French.  Downloading additional dictionaries may add
some functionality, but the dictionary included standard is excellent,
even if the grammar check misses some obvious errors.