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Microsoft Office Proofing Tools enable editing in additional languages.

• Do you want to check spelling for a language that wasn't automatically installed by Office? You're in the right place. Microsoft Office Proofing Tools includes the full set of proofing tools available for Office in this language. Just install and restart Office, and proofing tools for your language are ready to go.

Files

Status: Live This download is still available on microsoft.com. The downloads below will come directly from the Microsoft Download Center.

File	Size
proofingtools_en-us-x64.exe SHA1: 2f98f4d2f80c3197d962451e9e4a1c7932de166c	11.12 MB
proofingtools_en-us-x86.exe SHA1: 04c7b0dac9fbc574830cb6dc5b855488599bab64	10.87 MB

File sizes and hashes are retrieved from the Wayback Machine’s indexes. They may not match the latest versions of files hosted on Microsoft servers.

• This download works with the following programs:
  Microsoft Office Excel 2013
  Microsoft Office OneNote 2013
  Microsoft Office Outlook 2013
  Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2013
  Microsoft Office Word 2013
  

• To install this download:
  Install the proofing tools:
  
  
  1. Download the file by clicking the Download button (above) and saving the file to your hard disk.
  2. Run the setup program.
  3. On the Read the Microsoft Software License Terms page, review the terms, select the "Click here to accept the Microsoft Software License Terms" check box, and then click Continue.
  4. The setup wizard runs and installs the proofing tools.
  5. After the installation has completed, restart your open Office applications.
  
  
  Instructions for use: Just use the proofing tools as you normally would - you should now see them for your newly installed langauge. For example, you can set your proofing language to the new language to use spell check (if available) - to learn how to do that, see Switch between different languages by setting the proofing language
  
  To remove this download:
  
  1. On the Start menu, point to Settings and then click Control Panel.
  2. Double-click Add/Remove Programs.
  3. In the list of currently installed programs, select Microsoft Office Proofing Tools 2013 - [Language] and then click Uninstall, Remove, or Add/Remove. If a dialog box appears, follow the instructions to remove the program.
  4. Click Yes or OK to confirm that you want to remove the program.