autocorrect/text language problem

[Guest]

I have my language set to Australian - spellcheck says so, regional settings
says so, Microsoft Language Settings says so.

Autocorrect/text used to say so.... now it says UK - I have browsed the
Discussion Groups and all I can find is suggestions to change the regional
settings and the Microsoft Language settings.

How did this change from Australian to UK, and how do I get it to go back !?

 

[Tony Jollans]

There are two different language settings involved here.

The language set under Regional Settings is a Windows setting - a single
language which affects some defaults, and the processing of many
applications. Regardless of the setting, a Word Document can contain text in
multiple languages and every character in a Word Document has a language
attribute (either explicitly set or inherited from the paragraph or style).

When you invoke AutoCorrect it picks up the language of the text at the
insertion point, so somehow the text in your Document has gained a language
attribute of UK English. If this happening all the time then it is likely
that the default language in your Normal Template has got set to UK English.

Although others may disagree, I find the easiest way to do this is:

(in Word) Press Alt+F11 to open the VB Editor
Press Ctrl+G to open and/or focus on the "Immediate Window"
Type NormalTemplate.OpenAsDocument and press Enter
Press Alt+F4 to close the VB Editor

The change to then make via the UI is:

Tools > Language > Set Language
Select the language you want as default
Click OK

Save and Close

 

[Guest]

Thanks for that Tony

I've put it somewhere safe for the next time it happens because, somehow,
when I opened Word today (any of my templates) they have all reverted back to
Australian.

Perhaps it was having a late Monday ?