Configure and Enable Spellchecker

Spellchecker preferences control the interaction between the application and Microsoft Office, Hunspell, or Bing. The Hunspell option requires software installation on your computer.

To configure and enable Spellchecker:

  1. Click Spellchecker in the General Preferences group.
  2. Select Enable Spellchecking to enable Spellchecker.
      Alert:

    Deselect Enable Spellchecking to disable Spellchecker. Disabling Spellchecker clears all Spellchecker preferences. You must reconfigure your preferences when you re-enable Spellchecker.

  3. (Optional) Select Check for spelling errors as you type and configure for Microsoft Office, Hunspell, or Bing, based on your installation.
      Note:

    To install Hunspell, go to Help > Wordfast Pro Update, choose the required language JAR, and click Update. Select Hunspell for any of the following languages after you install it.

    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 your configuration.
Parent topic: General Preferences