How to force Word to use the right dictionary?

GiHem · #1 11-21-2017, 06:07 AM

Hi gmayor,
Thank you for your interesting answer.
I had for a long time noticed that automatic language detection was not 100% reliable.
Even when creating a style (linked paragraph and character) dedicated to a language (in my case, German), the result is not 100% guaranteed.

Manual intervention is therefore still required.
GiHem

GiHem · #2 11-21-2017, 06:21 AM

Hi gmaxey,
Thanks for the answer.
The code works fine if MS Word detects the spelling errors.
A simple test: copy an article from a German newspaper into an MS Word document. There should be no mistakes.
Select the text; change it in lower case and then in sentence case.
You will notice that, sometimes, MS Word does not find errors when all the nouns are misspelled.
GiHem

GiHem · #3 11-21-2017, 07:17 AM

I have a practical supplementary question: how do I apply the code from the original thread to a selected portion of text and not to the entire document?
Thank you in advance
GiHem

GiHem · #4 11-21-2017, 03:02 PM

I have found out how to know if a portion of text is selected.

Code:

Select Case Selection.Type
Case wdSelectionNormal
MsgBox "there is a selection"
Case Else
MsgBox "there is no selection"
End Select

But I still don't know how to apply a code to this selection and not to the whole document.
Could a member of this forum help me.
Thank you in advance.
GiHem

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