Microsoft KB Archive/98274

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The information in this article applies to:
 * Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 2.0, 2.0a, 2.0a-CD, 2.0b, 2.0c

SUMMARY
Alki(R) Software Corporation has language, legal, and medical dictionaries for use with Microsoft Word 2.x for Windows.

MORE INFORMATION
Word proofing tools from Alki Software are available in many different languages. The table below indicates which proofing tools are available in which language.

Language              Spelling    Hyphenation    Thesaurus    Grammar --

Danish                yes         yes            yes          no

English (British)     yes         yes            yes          yes

English (American)    yes         yes            yes          yes

Finnish               yes         yes            no           no

French (Canadian)     yes         yes            yes          yes

French (European)     yes         yes            yes          yes

German                yes         yes            yes          no

Italian               yes         yes            yes          no

Norwegian             yes         yes            yes          no

Portuguese (European) yes         yes            no           no

Portuguese (Brazilian) yes        yes            no           no

Spanish               yes         yes            yes          no

Swedish               yes         yes            yes          no Note: You cannot use the proofing tools for Word versions 1.x with Word versions 2.0 and later, or vice versa. The Comprehensive Spelling Dictionary incorporates all the original spellings from the retail version of Word and adds 74,100 medical, legal, business, financial, and insurance terms. Word's standard spelling dictionary offers 104,000 spellings.

Approximately 516K of additional hard-disk space is needed if Word's original dictionary is not discarded. The original dictionary can be removed from the disk, and the net increase in needed disk spaced is only approximately 262K. No additional RAM is necessary.

The Comprehensive Thesaurus is a replacement for Word's thesaurus file. It does not change the way the Thesaurus feature is used. It offers a total of 600,000 synonyms for 50,000 key words. Word's standard thesaurus offers 200,000 synonyms for 24,000 key words. The Alki Thesaurus file size is 808,301 bytes. The original thesaurus can be removed from the disk. No additional RAM is necessary.

Hyphenation files are small (2K to 34K) in all languages, although the American English hyphenation file is 77K.

For more information about language proofing tools for use with Microsoft Word, contact Alki Software Corporation.

Alki Software Corporation 300 Queen Anne Ave. N., Suite 410 Seattle, WA 98109

Phone:  (206) 286-2600 Fax:    (206) 286-2785 Support: (206) 286-2780 Orders: (800) NOW-WORD (669-9673) Internet Web Page: http://www.proofing.com The third-party contact information included in this article is provided to help you find the technical support you need. This contact information is subject to change without notice. Microsoft in no way guarantees the accuracy of this third-party contact information. Copyright 1997 Alki Software Corporation. Alki is a registered trademark of Alki Software Corporation.