Companion proofing languages for Office 2016

Summary: Identify the companion proofing languages that are included with Office 2016.

Each language version of Office 2016 includes proofing tools for a set of companion languages. For example, when you deploy the English version of an Office 2016 product, users receive proofing tools for both Spanish and French in addition to English.

Proofing tools include spelling and grammar checkers, thesauruses, and hyphenators. They might also include language-specific editing features such as Language AutoDetect, AutoSummarize, and Intelligent AutoCorrect.

Depending on the number of user interface languages that you want to deploy and the included companion proofing languages, Office 2016 Language Packs might provide all the proofing tools that you want. For more information about Office 2016 Language Packs, see Plan for multilanguage deployment of Office 2016.

Important

This article describes methods of deploying and managing language packs for versions of Office 2016 that use the Windows Installer (MSI) installation technology, which are available for enterprises through volume licensing. If you have an Office subscription and you're deploying Microsoft 365 Apps, which uses the Click-to-Run installation technology, see Overview of deploying languages for Microsoft 365 Apps.

Identify companion proofing languages for Office

The following table lists companion proofing languages for each primary language in Office 2016.

Companion proofing languages for Office 2016

Primary language Companion proofing languages
Arabic
Arabic, English, French
Brazilian
Brazilian, English, Spanish
Bulgarian
Bulgarian, English, German, Russian
Chinese (Simplified)
Chinese (Simplified), English
Chinese (Traditional)
Chinese (Traditional), English
Croatian
Croatian, English, German, Serbian, Italian
Czech
Czech, English, German, Slovak
Danish
Danish, English, German, Swedish
Dutch
Dutch, English, French, German
English
English, French, Spanish
Estonian
Estonian, English, German, Russian, Finnish,
Finnish
Finnish, English, Swedish, German, Russian
French
French, English, German, Dutch, Arabic, Spanish
German
German, English, French, Italian
Greek
Greek, English, French, German
Hebrew
Hebrew, English, French, Arabic, Russian
Hindi
Hindi, English, Tamil, Telegu, Marathi, Kannada, Gujarati, Punjabi, Urdu
Hungarian
Hungarian, English, German
Indonesian
Indonesian, English
Italian
Italian, English, French, German
Japanese
Japanese, English
Kazakh
Kazakh, English, Russian
Korean
Korean, English
Latvian
Latvian, English, German, Russian
Lithuanian
Lithuanian, English, German, Russian, Polish
Malay
Malay, English, Chinese (Simplified)
Norwegian (Bk)
Norwegian (Bk), English, German, Norwegian (Ny)
Polish
Polish, English, German
Portuguese
Portuguese, English, French, Spanish
Romanian
Romanian, English, French
Russian
Russian, English, Ukrainian, German
Serbian (Latin)
Serbian (Latin), English, German, French, Croatian
Slovak
Slovak, English, Czech, Hungarian, German
Slovenian
Slovenian, English, German, Italian, Croatian
Spanish
Spanish, English, French, Basque (Basque), Catalan, Galician, Brazilian
Swedish
Swedish, English, Finnish, German
Thai
Thai, English, French
Turkish
Turkish, English, French, German
Ukrainian
Ukrainian, English, Russian, German
Vietnamese
Vietnamese, English, French

Plan for multilanguage deployment of Office 2016

Customize language setup and settings for Office 2016