How do I remove US english from the spell check?

[Tony Jollans]

Yes I am using Word 2003 - I actually have multiple languages enabled but
still have UK English as my default and it works just fine.

If you want to remove all other languages you need to do it in Regional
Settings (for Windows) and in Office Language Tools (for Office). You may
still have an issue if you have text explicitly marked as US English and you
may find you have US English set as the language in Normal style (depending
on what you have already tried).

I suspect you can uninstall Office support for other languages via Control
Panel > Add/Remove programs so that Word never has anything except UK
English available.

 

[Guest]

Ok, so specialize is correct, just not common in the field in which I work.
I can understand that Word can't tell the difference. I chose that as an
example of a word that Word does not tell me is wrongly spelt, it was a bad
example. I'll stick to color. In fact, no. I have just discovered that
OpenOffice has a database that will also open dBase files so I am happy as
Larry with my new Office suite. Thank you all for your help.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

With "color," however, you are on shakier ground, because in my copy of Word
2003, it *is* marked as misspelled in UK English. I assume you have checked
your Custom.dic to make sure it hasn't been added inadvertently. As for
"specialize," I repeat that it can be added to an exclusion dictionary; I
admit that this is a lot of trouble if you have many words to add, but it
can be done.

I am curious as to why your UK English lexicon (in the same version of Word)
differs from mine. But are you aware that there is a separate NG devoted
entirely to spelling and grammar issues? If you post your concerns in
microsoft.public.word.spelling.grammar, perhaps you will find more
knowledgeable users who can help you to a solution.

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

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