Revisiting spell check in Lync 2013

Last year when CU3 was released I posted a quick article on how to get spell check to work with Lync 2013 and Office 2010/2007 installed on the computer.  Since than, got a lot of great feedback and I wanted to pass along this find.  Credit goes completely to a reader (Brendan the true Captain Jack) for finding yet another way to get this to work.

If you are installing the Lync 2013 client via the “stand-alone package” and not using the full Office Pro Plus installer there are some options you want to be careful not to disable.  Below is a screenshot of the Microsoft Office Customization Tool which can be used to created your MSP for the Lync 2013 Stand-Alone installer – you will see Proofing Tools as an option.

Within the MSP, you have the ability to customize and include the Office Shared Features | Proofing Tools directly within the installer.  If you are working on your Lync client deployment for the first time, you should make sure to include these features.

What if I have Lync already installed without them?

You have two options:

1. Go to Programs and Features and select Lync 2013 and choose “Change” and select Add or Remove Features and add it back in.

2. Command line version.

• Close the Lync Client
• Open up the command prompt
• Run this
• msiexec.exe /I{90150000-012C-0000-0000-0000000FF1CE} /QB+ ADDSOURCE=ProofingParent
• And than this
• msiexec.exe /I{90150000-001F-0409-0000-0000000FF1CE} /QB+ ADDLOCAL=ALL
• Launch Lync and you should be good to go

For French language you have msiexec.exe /I{90150000-001F-040C-0000-0000000FF1CE} /QB+ ADDLOCAL=ALL and Spanish is msiexec.exe /I{90150000-001F-0C0A -0000-0000000FF1CE} /QB+ ADDLOCAL=ALL

Enjoy and happy spell checking!