XL98: Microsoft Excel Hangs When You Use the Italian Dictionary

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, open the workbook in Microsoft Word and check the spelling in that program. To do this, follow these steps:

1. Start Microsoft Word.
2. On the File menu, click Open.
3. In the Select a Document dialog box, click Readable Files in the List Files Of Type list.
4. Locate and select the Excel workbook. Click Open.
5. In the Open Worksheet dialog box, select the appropriate worksheet in the Open Document In Workbook list and click OK.
6. On the Tools menu, point to Language, and then click Set Language.
7. In the Language dialog box, click Italian, and then click OK.
8. On the Tools menu, click Spelling And Grammar.

NOTE: Because you cannot use the Italian dictionary to check the spelling in workbooks in Microsoft Excel, make sure that Italian is not selected in the Language dialog box in Microsoft Excel. Otherwise, Microsoft Excel stops responding when you start the spelling checker.