Office 2007 proofing tools error "cannot find proofing tools for English"
I am using Office 2007 Pro Plus on my Windows XP system. The default language which is installed in the Office suite is English. I think this one is a single user pack. I am using Word most of the time. This is a new upgrade that I had performed recently. But when I try to run proofing tools I am getting a error on my screen. Word is not able to find proofing tools for English. It is a fresh installation but still it is not working.
re: Office setup cannot find proofing.en-us\proof.en\
I know this is old ;but I wish it would have been here when i found this as helpful tech site on the internet !
re: Office 2007 proofing tools error "cannot find proofing tools for English"
I am trying to work out what worked for you.
re: Office 2007 proofing tools error "cannot find proofing tools for English"
I have a problem with my recently installed Office 2007 Pro Plus setup running under XP SP2. My default language preference for spelling and grammar is English (UK) but when I try to spell check new or old (word XP) documents, I get an error to say that Word "cannot find proofing tools for English (UK)...". If I click K, Word tells me it has completed the spelling and
grammar checking but detects no errors etc. And if I choose to use the thesaurus I get the error the Office "cannot op[en the Thesaurus... Installer error 1605...". Everything work OK if I select English (US) as my language but that does not help me much... I have tried repairing the installation and have tried unininstalling the proofing tools and reinstalling them (using the MSOCache files, not the installation source) but this has not helped... Are the English (UK) proofing tools not available from the installation source? Where can I obtain the English (UK) Files and how do I install them? Any help, as always, greatly appreciated.
re: Office setup cannot find proofing.en-us\proof.en\
Help me please...
Even if the files are found in a installation cd or dvd from microsoft....the certificate is expired...could that be the reason?
Here is the error report I found when tried to open those files: proof.cab, proof.msi and proof.xlm:
(In addition it is not possible to copy those files into my hard drive from the MS Offics small business 2007 CD)
office12/Proofing.en-us/Proof.es/Proof.Cab 15.6 MB
Certificate Information
The digital signature of the object did not verify
Issued to: VeriSign Time Stamping Services Signer
Issued By: VeriSign Time Stamping Services CA
Valid from 12/3/2003 to 12/3/2008
Thawte Timestamping CA
VeriSign Time Stamping Services CA
VeriSign Time Stamping Services Signer
re: Office setup cannot find proofing.en-us\proof.en\
Try the fix given below which was made on some other site:
- When the installer pops up the error, ignore it. Don’t close or cancel the install, just let it sit.
- Perform a Windows search for “proof.msi”. You may need to select the “Search system folders” option.
- In the results, you will see “proof.msi” located somewhere in the Windows temporary directory.
- Copy, or write down, the path that is found.
- Return to the installer. You should still have the error message present asking you to enter a location. In the box at the bottom of the error message, type or paste the path from step 4.
- Now that you have the path typed/pasted, delete the “proofing.en-us\proof.en\proof.msi” part from it.
- Press enter.
Source: ryantadams