Using the UzOffice add-in in Word

Convert a whole document

The buttons in the Yozuvni oʻgirish (Convert script) group switch the entire document to another script in one click: body text, headings, tables, headers and footers, notes and text boxes. Fonts, bold, sizes, alignment and other formatting stay the same.

1. Open the document

   Open the document in Word. If you need to keep the original, save a copy under another name first.

2. Choose the direction

   On the Matn tahriri tab click:

   • Lotin → Kirill — Latin to Cyrillic. The add-in detects whether the text is in the current or the new Latin alphabet.
   • Kirill → Lotin — to the current Latin script (O‘, G‘, Sh, Ch). Text in the new Latin alphabet is also converted to current Latin.

3. Close the message

   Click OK in the “✅ Hujjat toʻliq oʻgirildi.” (Document fully converted) message.

Conversion rules

• To Cyrillic, letter combinations such as sh, ch, o‘, g‘, ya, yo become single letters (ш, ч, ў, ғ, я, ё) and the tutuq (glottal stop) becomes ъ: Ma’lumotnoma → Маълумотнома.
• To Latin, o‘, g‘ and the tutuq are written with the exact characters the spelling dictionary expects, so converted text doesn't show up as misspelled.
• In Latin text, «…» quotation marks become “…”: «Янги йўл» → “Yangi yo‘l”.

Convert part of the text

The ribbon buttons convert the whole document. To convert just a word, a sentence or a paragraph, use the right-click menu.

1. Select the text

   Select the part you want to convert.

   

2. Right-click

   Right-click on the selected text.

3. Choose the direction

   Pick one of the items at the top of the menu:

   

   • Lotindan → Kirillga oʻgirish — selected Latin text to Cyrillic;
   • Kirilldan → Lotinga oʻgirish — selected Cyrillic text to current Latin;
   • Yangi lotinga (Ö Ğ Ş Ç) oʻgirish — selected text to the new Latin alphabet.

The new Latin alphabet (Ö, Ğ, Ş, Ç)

Yangi lotin (New Latin) switches the document to the new Uzbek Latin alphabet: O‘ → Ö, G‘ → Ğ, Sh → Ş, Ch → Ç. The source can be Cyrillic or current Latin — the add-in detects it. The tutuq and spelling rules don't change; formatting is kept.

Spell-checking adapts automatically: if the spelling alphabet is set to Joriy lotin (current), it switches to Yangi lotin after the conversion — otherwise almost every word would be underlined. Word's status bar tells you about it:

It works the other way too: converting a new-Latin document back with Kirill → Lotin returns the spelling alphabet to Joriy lotin. If Ikkala alifbo (both) is selected, the add-in leaves it alone.

Spell-checking

The add-in checks Uzbek words in both Latin and Cyrillic. A misspelled word gets a red wavy underline, and the right-click menu offers corrections. Checking also works inside tables and text boxes.

Check a document

1. Click Xatolarni tekshirish

   Click Xatolarni tekshirish (Check for errors). The status bar shows “Imlo tekshirilmoqda…” (checking spelling).

2. Wait for the result

   A few seconds later the status bar shows “Imlo tekshiruvi yakunlandi: … ta xato soʻz belgilandi.” (… misspelled words marked) or “✅ Imlo xatosi topilmadi.” (no spelling errors found).

   

3. Fix the error

   Right-click the underlined word and pick the correct suggestion — the word is replaced and the underline disappears.

   

The word is correct but marked as wrong

Surnames, organisation names or special terms may be missing from the dictionary. Choose "…" soʻzini lugʻatga qoʻshish in the menu — the status bar confirms “✅ "…" lugʻatga qoʻshildi.” (added to the dictionary). The personal dictionary is stored in %APPDATA%\UzOfficeAddIn\dictionaries and survives updates and reinstalls.

Other common causes: a wrong apostrophe (fix apostrophes) or a spelling alphabet that doesn't match the document. A word that exists in the dictionary can still be underlined if it is used incorrectly — for example “qat’iy nazar” (correct: “qat’i nazar”); the menu then suggests the right form.

Clear the red underlines

Belgilarni tozalash (Clear marks) removes all red underlines from the document. To check again, click Xatolarni tekshirish. For a single word, right-click it and choose Eʼtiborsiz qoldirish (shu hujjatda).

Automatic checking

Two checkboxes in the Imlo tekshiruvi group control when checking runs by itself. Your choice is remembered.

Yozish paytida (While typing)

Every word is checked as you type. On by default. Turning it off also removes the underlines added while typing — use Xatolarni tekshirish to check manually.

Hujjat ochilganda (On open)

The whole text is checked as soon as a document opens. Off by default, because it can slow down opening large documents.

Spelling alphabet

Uzbek Latin currently has two alphabets: current (O‘, G‘, Sh, Ch) and new (Ö, Ğ, Ş, Ç). The button in the Imlo: lotin alifbosi group chooses which one Latin words are checked against. It has no effect on Cyrillic text.

Option	When to use it
Joriy lotin (current, default)	The alphabet in use today. Words with the new letters (Ö, Ğ, Ş, Ç) are marked as errors.
Yangi lotin (new)	The alphabet approved in 2026. Words in the old spelling are marked and the new form is suggested.
Ikkala alifbo (both)	For mixed documents: words in either alphabet are accepted. Mixing both alphabets inside one word is an error.

For example, Toshkent is correct with Joriy lotin or Ikkala alifbo, while Toşkent is correct with Yangi lotin or Ikkala alifbo. Your choice is remembered and the button label shows the current mode. Changing the mode re-checks the open document.

Fixing apostrophes

Uzbek Latin uses two special characters that aren't on the keyboard, so texts end up with a mix of ', `, ‘ and ’. Apostroflarni toʻgʻrilash (Fix apostrophes) replaces all of them with the correct character.

1. Click the button

   Click Apostroflarni toʻgʻrilash. The whole document, tables included, is processed and formatting is kept.

2. Review the result

   A message shows how many characters were replaced — click OK.

Spell-checking also accepts the ‘ and ’ that Word inserts automatically when they are in the right place. A keyboard ' or a character in the wrong place is underlined — in that case click this button.

Undo (Ctrl+Z)

Every add-in action — converting the document, converting a selection, fixing apostrophes — is recorded in Word's history as one step. If you don't like the result, press Ctrl+Z once or use Word's Undo button.

Red spelling underlines are not part of the document history, so Ctrl+Z neither restores nor removes them.

Tips

• Keyboard access. Press Alt, then U, Z — the Matn tahriri tab opens and letters appear over the buttons. For example: L, K — Lotin → Kirill; K, L — Kirill → Lotin; Y, L — Yangi lotin; I, T — Xatolarni tekshirish; A, P — Apostroflarni toʻgʻrilash.
• Apostrophes first, then spelling. For Latin text from other sources, click Apostroflarni toʻgʻrilash first — spell-checking then won't report needless errors.
• Keep the original. Save a copy of an important document before converting it — you may need both versions.
• Large documents. For documents with hundreds of pages, keep Hujjat ochilganda off and run the check manually when needed.
• Built-in guide. Qoʻllanma (Guide) opens a short manual without leaving Word.