how do I keep UK English as the default for Word spellcheck?

[Guest]

THe spell check keeps returning to US English and I am working in the UK and
need it to stick to UK English. I have changed the language default through
Office settings, but time after time, when I am writing a document, I find
that it changes organisation to organization and when I go into spell check
to change this, it keeps changing back to US English in front of my very
eyes. It's drivig me mad. please help!

 

[Guest]

Tools, Language, Set Language
Start, Program, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Office Tools, Microsoft Office
2003 Language Settings

It is important to note:

Language is assigned to text and therefore, text which comes from other
sources whereby the dictionary has not been set as UK may change to US or
another language when opened.

Hope this helps?

 

[Stefan Blom]

Did you also turn off the automatic detection of languages in Word?
See the instructions in the article at
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister/LangFmt.htm.

 

[Graham Mayor]

Tools > Language > Set Language - uncheck automatically detect. Text retains
its own proofing attributes so if you import formatted text from (say) the
internet, you will also import those proofing attributes.

Make sure the Windows regional settings are fixed at UK English.

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[Guest]

no, thanks for this and it may help with other documents, but these are all
ones I created myself and, I thought, using English UK, but no matter what I
do, and I have followed all instructions I have found so far, the default
keeps going back to English US, so in a sense, maybe you are right and my
document got created in US English, but I can't stop this from happening and
it drives me crazy! Thanks for your advice, much appreciated.

 

[Guest]

I have followed all the instructions in this link and still the language
keeps changing back to US English. Any further advice would be much
appreciated!
Thanks for your help.

 

[Stefan Blom]

Well, as noted in the article, the fix is primarily for new documents.
For existing ones, you may have to resort to manually specifying the
correct language from Tools>Language>Set Language. Alternatively,
paste the contents (except for the final paragraph mark) into a new
document, which has correct language settings.

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


in message

 

[Guest]

This has been driving me mad too, and no help in Help - a US conspiracy
perhaps. However, if you go to the box at the bottom of the word window
which says "English" which is next to the "OVR" (overstrike) box, you can
click and open a language setting box which has a default button. I've just
set it to English (UK). Let's see what happens the next time I switch the
computer on. Hope it works for you.

PS. Have pity on me. I also have a Macintosh, where everything is hidden in
different places, must be done in reverse or upside down AND in Martian.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

See http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister/LangFmt.htm

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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