Microsoft KB Archive/218537

= PPT2000: Cannot Check the Spelling of Certain English Dialects =

Article ID: 218537

Article Last Modified on 8/6/2002

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q218537



SYMPTOMS
If you set the language for a block of text to certain dialects of English, and you then check the spelling of the text, you may receive the following error message

PowerPoint couldn't find the spelling for English

where  is the regional version of the English language for which you are trying to check the spelling.

When you click OK, you receive the following message:

The spelling check is complete.

This message repeats continuously after the first time you try to check spelling using the new language setting.



CAUSE
PowerPoint can only check the spelling of the following English dialects, which have spelling checker dictionaries included with Office 2000:
 * Australia
 * Canada
 * U.K.
 * U.S.



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: PPT2K PPT2000 PPT POWERPNT 2000 PPT9 9.0 spellcheck spellchecker new jamaica caribbean belize zealand ireland zimbabwe trinidad south africa Philippines PowerPoint couldn t find the spelling for English

Keywords: kberrmsg kbbug kbpending KB218537

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