Saul's Spot

Language for spell check in Word 2007

lostmyspot — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 10:27:51 +0000

Another one of the things I knew how to do in Office 2003 but couldn’t do in 2007: set the language used for spell checking.

Actually, it’s not difficult if you know how: Review Ribbon, click the Set Language button and voila!

How to delete a Restore Point

lostmyspot — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 09:12:21 +0000

When Vista installs software, it creates a Restore Point to allow you to roll back to the state the PC was in before the installation. These Restore Points can take up some space on your hard disk.

To delete a Restore Point, use the Disk Cleanup tool. Click on the More Options tab, then click the Clean Up button in the System Restore and Show Copies section of the window.

How to remove Office 2007

lostmyspot — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 21:10:01 +0000

For some reason, Office 2007 refused to uninstall. I can’t remember the exact message, but it seemed to think it wasn’t installed on my PC. Anyway, I followed the instructions in the following article to uninstall: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928218.

It’s a bit painful, but it seemed to do the trick.