Hi. My spell checker and grammar checker have stopped working. Word says that I need the files msspell3.dll and msgr...dll. I have the files in my original CD but don't know how to install them. I have tried repairing the installation but even though I have done this several times, the checkers still don't work. Thank you for your help. If I have to reinstall Word and Office, will I lose all my documents if I don't back them up first or does it just save a copy and I'll have it back as it was?
asiagurl29 wrote: > Hi. My spell checker and grammar checker have stopped working. Word says that > I need the files msspell3.dll and msgr...dll. I have the files in my original > CD but don't know how to install them. I have tried repairing the > installation but even though I have done this several times, the checkers > still don't work. Thank you for your help. If I have to reinstall Word and > Office, will I lose all my documents if I don't back them up first or does it > just save a copy and I'll have it back as it was? Uninstalling or reinstalling Word will not do anything to your documents. This does not change the fact that making backups of your data is vital. -- John Doue
Thanks, I think I'll do it. "John Doue" wrote: > asiagurl29 wrote: > > > Hi. My spell checker and grammar checker have stopped working. Word says that > > I need the files msspell3.dll and msgr...dll. I have the files in my original > > CD but don't know how to install them. I have tried repairing the > > installation but even though I have done this several times, the checkers > > still don't work. Thank you for your help. If I have to reinstall Word and > > Office, will I lose all my documents if I don't back them up first or does it > > just save a copy and I'll have it back as it was? > Uninstalling or reinstalling Word will not do anything to your > documents. This does not change the fact that making backups of your > data is vital. > > -- > John Doue >
"msgr...dll"? It would help if you quoted the error message EXACTLY. Your interpretation of your vague recollection of what the error message might have said in part can be confusing. It would also help if you said what version of Word you have. I don't think uninstalling and reinstalling will help in this case. It is more likely that Word thinks the text of your document is a different language than what you think it is. Open the document that has this problem, press Ctrl+A to select all of the text, click on Tools | Language | Set Language | <choose your language> | uncheck the "Detect language automatically" and "Do not check spelling or grammar" boxes | Default | OK. Then press F7 to rerun spelling and grammar checks. asiagurl29 wrote: > Hi. My spell checker and grammar checker have stopped working. Word says that > I need the files msspell3.dll and msgr...dll. I have the files in my original > CD but don't know how to install them. I have tried repairing the > installation but even though I have done this several times, the checkers > still don't work. Thank you for your help. If I have to reinstall Word and > Office, will I lose all my documents if I don't back them up first or does it > just save a copy and I'll have it back as it was?
The error message is "Word cannot find the spelling file msspell3.dll or mssp232.dll". followed by "Word cannot find the grammar file mssgr??32.dll" The version of Word I am running is Office 2000. These error messages come up after I run a spelling and grammar check and the usual squiggly lines that come up when there is a spelling and grammar mistake is missing. I don't run Word in a different language and this has never happened before. I will try to do what you said though. Thank you for the help. "asiagurl29" wrote: > Hi. My spell checker and grammar checker have stopped working. Word says that > I need the files msspell3.dll and msgr...dll. I have the files in my original > CD but don't know how to install them. I have tried repairing the > installation but even though I have done this several times, the checkers > still don't work. Thank you for your help. If I have to reinstall Word and > Office, will I lose all my documents if I don't back them up first or does it > just save a copy and I'll have it back as it was?
I did what garfield-n-odie said and the same error messages that I mentioned in the last post still popped up. Thank you for all your help. "asiagurl29" wrote: > The error message is "Word cannot find the spelling file msspell3.dll or > mssp232.dll". followed by "Word cannot find the grammar file mssgr??32.dll" > The version of Word I am running is Office 2000. These error messages come up > after I run a spelling and grammar check and the usual squiggly lines that > come up when there is a spelling and grammar mistake is missing. I don't run > Word in a different language and this has never happened before. I will try > to do what you said though. Thank you for the help. > > "asiagurl29" wrote: > > > Hi. My spell checker and grammar checker have stopped working. Word says that > > I need the files msspell3.dll and msgr...dll. I have the files in my original > > CD but don't know how to install them. I have tried repairing the > > installation but even though I have done this several times, the checkers > > still don't work. Thank you for your help. If I have to reinstall Word and > > Office, will I lose all my documents if I don't back them up first or does it > > just save a copy and I'll have it back as it was?
The "msgr??32.dll" part of the error message suggests that my diagnosis is correct. Maybe you didn't press Ctrl+A to select all of the text before applying the language formatting? Or if you have text in a header or footer, then that text is not selected when you press Ctrl+A, so open the header or footer and apply the language formatting to the header or footer text, close the header or footer, and then rerun spellcheck. asiagurl29 wrote: > I did what garfield-n-odie said and the same error messages that I mentioned > in the last post still popped up. Thank you for all your help. > > "asiagurl29" wrote: > > >>The error message is "Word cannot find the spelling file msspell3.dll or >>mssp232.dll". followed by "Word cannot find the grammar file mssgr??32.dll" >>The version of Word I am running is Office 2000. These error messages come up >>after I run a spelling and grammar check and the usual squiggly lines that >>come up when there is a spelling and grammar mistake is missing. I don't run >>Word in a different language and this has never happened before. I will try >>to do what you said though. Thank you for the help. >> >>"asiagurl29" wrote: >> >> >>>Hi. My spell checker and grammar checker have stopped working. Word says that >>>I need the files msspell3.dll and msgr...dll. I have the files in my original >>>CD but don't know how to install them. I have tried repairing the >>>installation but even though I have done this several times, the checkers >>>still don't work. Thank you for your help. If I have to reinstall Word and >>>Office, will I lose all my documents if I don't back them up first or does it >>>just save a copy and I'll have it back as it was?
