Many thanks for the suggestions everyone.
Installing Latin dictionary is so easy in OpenOffice, I sure hope Microsoft can get its act together someday.

jw

On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 11:43 AM, Maxim Romanov <romanov.maxim@gmail.com> wrote:

Best regards,
Maxim G. Romanov

PhD Candidate in Arabic & Islamic Studies
Department of Near Eastern Studies
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.



On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 11:42 AM, Maxim Romanov <romanov.maxim@gmail.com> wrote:
Dear Jeffery,

Another alternative is to use virtualization software like Parallels or VMware Fusion, which will allow you to run Windows programs from within Mac OS (Using BootCamp, you will have to reboot, so that is not very convenient and kind of defeats the purpose of switching to Mac). I was particularly impressed with VMware Fusion, since it fuses MacOS and Windows visually and you get the smoothest experience. With all that said, you will have to use the same Windows text editor as well.

Best regards,
Maxim G. Romanov

PhD Candidate in Arabic & Islamic Studies
Department of Near Eastern Studies
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.



On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 11:25 AM, Tony Harris <tony.harris@regents.ox.ac.uk> wrote:

Hi Jeffrey

 

This is an MS Windows program and therefore it will not run under MacOS which is a different operating system and different architecture. Depending on your Mac (intel based plus enough memory) you may be able to install a version of Windows on it. For more details refer to Apple’s help notes on this at: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3986

 

Once you have a running version of Windows you will be able to install the MSI. The important thing to realise is that you will either be running MacOS OR you will be running Windows.

 

Hope this helps.

 

Regards

 

Tony Harris

Kellogg College, Oxford

 

 

From: dm-l-bounces@uleth.ca [mailto:dm-l-bounces@uleth.ca] On Behalf Of Jeffrey C. Witt
Sent: 18 July 2012 15:26
To: dm-l@uleth.ca
Subject: [dm-l] Getting Latin Spell Check for Word 2011 ON A MAC

 

Dear Fellow Medievalist,

 

Can anyone help me get a Latin Spell Checker installed for Microsoft Word 2011 on a Mac. 

 

I'm switching from a PC to a Mac. On my PC I had COL - Correcteur Orthographique de Latin installed and working fairly well 

 

I've tried to recreate this on my Mac. 

 

I've downloaded the newest release of COL - Correcteur Orthographique de Latin - Correttore Ortografico di Latino - Corrector Ortográfico de Latín from http://www.drouizig.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=75%3Acol&catid=38%3Adifazier&Itemid=68&lang=en

 

However, the download is an .msi file, which is a windows file ext. So is it possible for me to get this working on mac? Has one else done this? Is there a better solution?

 

Thanks for your help. 

 

--

Dr. Jeffrey C. Witt

Philosophy Department

Loyola University Maryland

4501 N. Charles St.

Baltimore, MD 21210

 







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Dr. Jeffrey C. Witt
Philosophy Department
Loyola University Maryland
4501 N. Charles St.
Baltimore, MD 21210
www.jeffreycwitt.com