Microsoft KB Archive/220186

= You receive a "Word cannot find the spelling file" error message when you check the spelling and the grammar of non-English text in Word 2000 =

Article ID: 220186

Article Last Modified on 10/7/2004

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q220186



SYMPTOMS
When you try to check the spelling and grammar of a Word document that contains text in a language other than English, you may receive an error message similar to the following:

Word cannot find the spelling file Mssp3 .dll or Mssp32.dll for.

For example, the following error message may be displayed when you attempt to check the spelling and grammar of a Word document that contains text in German:

Word cannot find the spelling file mssp3GE.dll or mssp32.dll for German (Germany).



CAUSE
This behavior can occur when all of the following are true:
 * The default keyboard language installed on your computer is English (United States).

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 * Your Word document contains text in another language (for example, German).

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 * Language AutoDetect is turned on in Microsoft Word.



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, follow these steps:
 * 1) On the Tools menu in Word, point to Language, and then click Set Language.
 * 2) In the Language dialog box, click to clear the Detect language automatically check box, and then click OK.
 * 3) On the Tools menu, click Spelling and Grammar.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: Mssp3GE dll Mssp32

Keywords: kberrmsg kbtshoot kbintl kbprb kbproof kbpending KB220186

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