Resolved Microsoft Office 2010 language pack proofing tool without changing UI

Hi

I may have misunderstood the literature regarding the language packs or language proofing tools. 1st of all I am not sure if they are the different names for the same thing or not. Are they? 2nd I do not in ay way want to change my UI with a different language. All I want to be able to do is -1- let Office not give me those squiggly red lines when I write in a different language -2- be able to spell-check and grammar check in the other language. And since I often use more than one language at the same time (2 to 3) be able to use all of the languages for spell-check etc. at the same time. So what exactly am I looking for?

What I have legally downloaded are 3 files that have such a series of numbers/letters: X16-37717.exe, X16-37707.exe, X16-37690.exe. Are these the right kind of stuff I am looking for?

Thanks

 

Thank you. your link was truly helpful. It is well appreciated. There is still some confusion. The Microsoft link you provided does indeed give a good description of the two. However, it says, "A Microsoft Office language pack provides the ability to see display elements such as menu items, commands, and tabs, as well as use Help and proofing tools such as the spelling checker, grammar checker, and thesaurus... "
And this tells me that a language pack is not what i would need since it involves menus etc.
As to the 'interface pack it says, "Language interface packs let you change the display language.."
Well wait a minute, did it not say the same thing above? Hence my confusion.
Below where it separates the two.
, the differences between the two and recommendations as to which one may or may not need." here it implies that I do not need the interface pack but the language pack.
Now if I go the the sites that offer links to such language packs, they do not call them (in all 5 sites that I went to) 'language interface packs' but rather 'language packs' and in their description they mention menus etc.
I hope therefore that you can see my confusion. The thing is this I could always install one of the packs and see but my problem lies in the fact that I do not know well enough the language in question. Now, if I were to install the Chinese language pack, only to find out all of my menus changed into Chinese then it would be hell trying to guess where I should go to uninstall such a pack since all would be in Chinese.
As to why I asked my question in more than one forum the answer is simple. More often than not the answers don't come or the answers are not good if asked only in one place. Last week I asked a question in 7 forums (not this one) and I received a reply only from 2. In asking the question in more than one forum one gets the chance to get a reply, to get it quick enough and increases the odds of getting a good solution,. From these same forums the answers received were poor or OK--my problem was not solved.
Finally in doing so in a few places also gives you the chance to compare notes. Therefore, in my point-of-view it is wise to ask in more than one place, it's like asking a 2nd doctor for a 2nd opinion.

 

Once again thanks.
You forced me to do more reading, or rather, more careful reading, which is a good thing. This is what I found out. The 'language packs' which I downloaded are called 'LIP' - language Installation Package' They can be found for free not only on the site which I mentioned but at the Microsoft website as well. And it does say 'free' there as well. Now this sounds like a good thing, doesn't it? However, the 2 languages I downloaded (I did not need the 3d, French, since it was already on my Office program) Italian and Traditional Chinese were not on the Microsoft website. Those 2 languages had an 'information' link only and not a download. If you clicked on this link, which is supposed to tell you about the installation of that particular language it tells you what to do if you have this and that professional version of Office, which I do not have. It appears that with those 2 editions of Office these languages are already inside Office. But what happens if, like in my case, you don't have those versions of Office? Strangely enough it doesn't tell you.
It appears to me, though I may be wrong, though most languages (LIPs), from Swahili to Croatian can be downloaded for free. Italian and Trad Chinese can not. This would suggest then, if my feelings are correct, that perhaps the 2 copies of LIPs which I do have are indeed not legally downloaded--which means I should get rid of them.
Of course one could question why are most languages already part of the Office or downloadable for free and not these few? Why not English and traditional Chinese, now really? Or maybe I do have legal copies. But the only people who could probably tell me this would be Microsoft themselves and I don't know, besides forums, where to write to them directly, without paying.

Once again bro, thanks a mil. The world needs more people like you.

Oh my God I just realized you're in Malta. I have a friend from there and have been wanting to go there since 8 years ago. I guess this would imply that you speak Italian as well, do you? If so, grazie mille. (I know Italian is not an official language but English is)

 

Ok I've managed to check of your answers as good ones, with the thumbs up green icon but I can not see anywhere for me to check it off as resolved--where is it?