Spellchecker

Spell check is supported in Microsoft Office and Hunspell.

To enable or disable spell check:

  1. Click Spellchecker in the General Preferences group.
  2. Select or deselect Enable Spell Checking.
  3. If Check for spelling errors as you type is selected, choose one of the following:

    • Microsoft Office

        Note:

      Microsoft Office must be installed on your computer.

    • Hunspell

        Note:

      Hunspell dictionaries are available for the following languages. Any of these languages can be installed by going to Help > Wordfast 4 Update, choosing the required language JAR and clicking Update.

      Language

      Code

      Language

      Code

      Arabic

      AR

      Korean (South Korea)

      KO-KR

      Basque (Basque)

      EU-ES

      Latvian (Latvia)

      LV-LV

      Bosnian (Bosnia)

      BS-BA

      Lithuanian (Lithuania)

      LT-LT

      Bulgarian (Bulgaria)

      BG-BG

      Malaysian (Malaysia)

      MS-MY

      Catalan (Catalan)

      CA-ES

      Norwegian (Bokmål Norway)

      NB-NO

      Croatian (Croatia)

      HR-HR

      Norwegian (Nynorsk Norway)

      NN-NO

      Czech (Czech Republic)

      CS-CZ

      Polish (Poland)

      PL-PL

      Danish (Denmark)

      DA-DK

      Portuguese (Brazil)

      PT-BR

      Dutch (Netherlands)

      NL-NL

      Portuguese (Portugal)

      PT-PT

      English (Canada)

      EN-CA

      Romanian (Romania)

      RO-RO

      English (United Kingdom)

      EN-GB

      Russian (Russia)

      RU-RU

      English (United States)

      EN-US

      Scottish Gaelic (United Kingdom)

      GD-GB

      Estonian (Estonia)

      ET-EE

      Serbian (Serbia)

      SR-RS

      Farsi (Iran)

      FA-IR

      Slovak (Slovakia)

      SK-SK

      Finnish (Finland)

      FI-FI

      Slovenian (Slovenia)

      SL-SI

      French (Canada)

      FR-CA

      Spanish (Mexico)

      ES-MX

      French (France)

      FR-FR

      Spanish (Spain)

      ES-ES

      Galician (Spain)

      GL-ES

      Swedish (Sweden)

      SV-SE

      German (Germany)

      DE-DE

      Swahili (Kenya)

      SW-KE

      Greek (Greece)

      EL-GR

      Tagalog (Philippines)

      TL-PH

      Hebrew (Israel)

      HB-IL

      Thai (Thailand)

      TH-TH

      Hindi (India)

      HI-IN

      Turkish (Turkey)

      TR-TR

      Hungarian (Hungary)

      HU-HU

      Ukrainian (Ukraine)

      UK-UA

      Indonesian (Indonesia)

      ID-ID

      Urdu

      UR

      Irish (Ireland)

      GA-IE

      Vietnamese (Vietnam)

      VI-VN

      Italian (Italy)

      IT-IT

      Welsh (United Kingdom)

      CY-GB

      Japanese (Japan)

      JA-JP

      Zulu (South Africa)

      ZU-ZA

      Kazakh (Kazakhstan)

      KK-KZ

      		    
  4. Click OK to save the settings.
  Note:

If spell checking is disabled, all spelling preferences are cleared. To select spelling preferences, select Enable Spell Checking.

Parent topic: General Preferences