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In Word and Outlook, you can use accent marks (or diacritical marks) in a document, such as an acute accent, cedilla, circumflex, diaeresis or umlaut, grave accent, or tilde. For keyboard shortcuts in which you press two or more keys simultaneously, the keys to press are separated by a plus sign (+) in the tables.
On the Review tab, go to Language. Choose Language > Set Proofing Language, and then select Detect language automatically. Set the proofing language to check spelling in different languages within a single document. Get suggestions in different languages with Editor.
Go to Review > Language > Set Proofing Language. Note: Languages in use in the document display at the top. Languages with downloaded proofing tools have a checkmark symbol. If you don't want Word, PowerPoint, or Outlook to mark errors in the selected text, select Do not check spelling or grammar.
Use the Language bar when you: Want to switch between languages with a Latin alphabet, such as English, Spanish, or French, and a language with a non-Latin alphabet, such as Arabic or Chinese. Want to switch between languages with a non-Latin alphabet, such as Greek or Russian.
The Detect language automatically option, available in Word and Outlook on Windows, detects the language that you are typing and automatically enables the proofing tools for that language. If you don't have that language already installed you will need to download the free Language Accessory Pack.
In Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, and OneNote, the Mini Translator displays the translation of one word as you point at it with your cursor. You can also copy the translated text to the Clipboard, paste it into another document, or play a pronunciation of the translated word.
Check spelling and grammar in a different language. Translate text into a different language. Learn how to download, install, and configure Language Accessory Packs for Microsoft 365 to add additional display, help, and proofing tools to Microsoft 365.
Set the Office Language Preferences dialog box. The display and help languages can be set independently. For example, you could have everything match the language of your operating system, or you could use a combination of languages for your operating system, editing, display, and Help.
Open an Office program, such as Word. Select File > Options > Language. Under Office display language, on the Set the Office Language Preferences, select Install additional display languages from Office.com. Choose the desired language in the Add an authoring language dialog and then select Add.
To quickly add a word to a your default dictionary, right-click the word in a document, and select Add to dictionary. To edit a word, delete it, and then add it with the spelling you want. To save words by default to this custom dictionary, see , below.
Microsoft Editor runs in Word for Microsoft 365 to analyze your document and offer suggestions for spelling, grammar, and stylistic issues, like making sentences more concise, choosing simpler words, or writing with more formality.