Try the following:

• Make sure Microsoft Office 2003 Proofing Tools includes a spelling checker for the language of the text.
• Install the spelling checker for the language, if available. To do so, change your installation of Office 2003 Proofing Tools by using the Microsoft Windows Add or Remove Programs control panel.
• If you are using Microsoft Office Word 2003, make sure the text has the correct language setting. You can check the language setting by clicking the text and looking at the status bar. To change the language setting, select the text, point to Language on the Tools menu, and then click Set Language. Then click the language of the text.

  If the language of your text is set correctly, the spelling checker may be set to Installed on First Use. If so, you may need to “force” Word to install the spelling checker. Select a misspelled word in the language that you're using, and then click Spelling and Grammar on the Tools menu. Word installs the spelling checker for that language.

1. Select the text you don't want to check.
2. Do one of the following:
   • If you are using Microsoft Word, point to Language on the Tools menu, and then click Set Language. Select the Do not check spelling or grammar check box.
   • If you are using Microsoft PowerPoint or Microsoft Publisher, click Language on the Tools menu. Under Mark selected text as, click (no proofing).

To change the language for checking spelling in an Office program, do any of the following:

• In Microsoft Access or Microsoft Excel, click Options on the Tools menu, and then click the Spelling tab. Under Dictionary Language, click the language you want.
• In Microsoft FrontPage, open the Web page in Page view, right-click the page, and then click Page Properties on the shortcut menu. Click the Language tab. Under Mark current document as, click the language you want. To change the language for checking the spelling of specific text, select the text, and then click Set Language on the Tools menu. Under Mark select text as, click the language you want.
• In Microsoft Outlook, click Options on the Tools menu, and then click the Spelling tab. Under International dictionaries, click the language you want.
• In Microsoft PowerPoint, select the text you want to check spelling for. On the Tools menu, click Language. Under Mark selected text as, click the language you want.
• In Microsoft Publisher, select the text you want to check spelling for. On the Tools menu, point to Language, and then click Set Language. Under Mark selected text as, click the language you want.
• In Microsoft Word, point to Language on the Tools menu, and then click Set Language. Select the Detect language automatically check box. To select options for checking the spelling of text in that language, click Options on the Tools menu, and then click the Spelling & Grammar tab. Select the options you want.