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Microsoft word not working properly

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  • 31-10-2018 4:21pm
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    Little Less Conversation
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 189 ✭✭


    The spell check has stopped working. Also I can't use the thesaurus. The thesaurus may be related to the language use on my computer or on Microsoft word. It has the language set to Irish and I have to manually change the language to English for every word I want to change using thesaurus. But it keeps changing back to Irish. It's just a pain having to keep changing the language. I have tried changing the language to see if spell check works but it doesn't.

    I'm in college and need the use of Microsoft word. While I can use the college computers, I would rather use mine as I'm not stuck to college hours. Though I may have to complete most of my assignments at home, I might just have to use the college computers to do the spell check before submitting.

    Is there a way to fix these issues?


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    AndrewJRenko
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    What version of Word is it? Are you running on Windows or Mac? Do you have original installation discs available to reinstall?


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    Little Less Conversation
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 189 ✭✭Little Less Conversation


    AndrewJRenko wrote: »
    What version of Word is it? Are you running on Windows or Mac? Do you have original installation discs available to reinstall?

    Microsoft word 2010 on windows 7. I think I have the original installation discs. I didn't think of reinstalling but would that work on an old Microsoft package and old windows version?


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    AndrewJRenko
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    Little Less Conversation wrote: »
    Microsoft word 2010 on windows 7. I think I have the original installation discs. I didn't think of reinstalling but would that work on an old Microsoft package and old windows version?
    Yeah, reinstall should generally work, provided everything else is OK on the PC in question. It's usually a good first step for any kind of software inconsistency. Have you run Windows Update to ensure that you're up to date on all patches and fixes first?


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