Office 2016 Pt-pt — Proofing Tools

If the option isn't available within the menu, you need to download the Office 2016 Language Accessory Pack. Microsoft previously offered a standalone "Proofing Tools Kit," but for Office 2016, these tools are bundled within the full language pack.

For a casual user, the differences between European and Brazilian Portuguese may seem minor. For a professional, they are glaring. Here are key distinctions handled by proper PT-PT proofing tools: proofing tools office 2016 pt-pt

| Feature | PT-PT (Portugal) | PT-BR (Brazil) | |---------|------------------|----------------| | Orthography | facto, óptimo, acção | fato, ótimo, ação | | Verb conjugation (2nd person) | tu fazes, vós dizeis | você faz, vocês dizem | | Gerund usage | a fazer (infinitive focused) | fazendo (gerund common) | | Pronoun placement | Enviaram-me uma carta (enclisis) | Me enviaram uma carta (proclisis) | | Date format | 12/03/2024 (day/month) | 03/12/2024 (month/day) | | Currency symbol | 100 € (space before symbol) | R$ 100,00 or US$ 100.00 | If the option isn't available within the menu,

If you write a contract in PT-PT but use Brazilian spell check, you risk looking unprofessional. Proofing Tools Office 2016 PT-PT solves this by providing a dedicated dictionary, grammar rules, and interface strings in European Portuguese. The PT-PT proofing tools are a language pack


The PT-PT proofing tools are a language pack add-on for Microsoft Office 2016, providing spelling, grammar, thesaurus, hyphenation, and auto-correct features specifically for European Portuguese (not to be confused with PT-BR).

Cause: The custom dictionary may be corrupted or the main PT-PT dictionary isn’t active. Solution:

Pilot in aircraft
Sign-up for newsletters & special offers!

Get the latest stories & special offers delivered directly to your inbox.

SUBSCRIBE