Spelling, AutoCorrect, and Reference Tools: Add and Remove Proofing Dictionaries for Foreign Languages in PowerPoint

Created: Thursday, March 30, 2017, posted by Geetesh at 12:50 pm

Updated: Thursday, September 8, 2022 at 11:42 am

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PowerPoint includes proofing tools (spelling dictionaries, thesauri, and grammar rules) for more than one language. For example, if you use English as your main language, then Spanish and French dictionaries may already be installed. This enables you to spell check Spanish and French words. Similarly, you can add and remove proofing dictionaries in many languages.

To learn more, choose your version of PowerPoint. If we do not have a tutorial for your version of PowerPoint, explore the version closest to the one you use.

Microsoft Windows

Add and Remove Proofing Dictionaries for Foreign Languages in PowerPoint 365

Add and Remove Proofing Dictionaries for Foreign Languages in PowerPoint 2016

Add and Remove Proofing Dictionaries for Foreign Languages in PowerPoint 2013

Add and Remove Proofing Dictionaries for Foreign Languages in PowerPoint 2010

Apple Mac

Add and Remove Proofing Dictionaries for Foreign Languages in PowerPoint 2011

Add and Remove Proofing Dictionaries for Foreign Languages in PowerPoint

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