Is it possible to show errors only if they are wrong in BOTH languages?

kuchen · #1 04-13-2018, 12:35 PM

I usually write in german and english. If i use a word in english it gets marked as an error, even though it's correct. Just because it's wrong in german. I have to manually select english for this specific word(s) - everytime

Is it possible to show errors only if they are wrong in both languages, so that i don't have to manually switch the languages?

(I would prefer not to add those words to the german dictionary.)

Charles Kenyon · #2 04-13-2018, 03:45 PM

Brief answer: No, it is not possible.

What is possible:

Turn on automatic detection of language. I do not recommend this because Word is not all that good at figuring out languages.
Create a character style for German language. It should be the same as your regular style except that it has German as the language attribute. You can attach a keyboard shortcut to this and pressing Ctrl+Spacebar will turn it off.

kuchen · #3 04-13-2018, 04:35 PM

Hmm... Okay

Thanks for your answer!

macropod · #4 04-13-2018, 04:43 PM

You might try a macro like:

Code:

Sub CheckLanguage()
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
Dim Rng As Range
For Each Rng In ActiveDocument.Range.SpellingErrors
  With Rng
    If .LanguageID = wdEnglishUK Then
      .LanguageID = wdGerman
      If .SpellingErrors.Count > 0 Then ActiveDocument.Undo
    ElseIf .LanguageID = wdGerman Then
      .LanguageID = wdEnglishUK
      If .SpellingErrors.Count > 0 Then ActiveDocument.Undo
    End If
  End With
Next
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub

For PC macro installation & usage instructions, see: Installing Macros
For Mac macro installation & usage instructions, see: Word:mac - Install a Macro

Charles Kenyon · #5 04-13-2018, 04:57 PM

Nice.
Elegant.

Kuchen:

What it does is check spelling errors to see if changing the language setting gets rid of the error report. It essentially runs two spell checks.

My reading is that if it does not get rid of the errors, it puts everything back, but I could be wrong about that. If it does get rid of the errors it leaves the words marked in the appropriate language.

macropod · #6 04-13-2018, 05:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Charles Kenyon

What it does is check spelling errors to see if changing the language setting gets rid of the error report. It essentially runs two spell checks.

Correct, but the second spell-check is only done on the converted spelling errors.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Charles Kenyon

My reading is that if it does not get rid of the errors, it puts everything back

Correct.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Charles Kenyon

If it does get rid of the errors it leaves the words marked in the appropriate language.

Correct.

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