Word 2003 will not keep my default language after Vista upgrade

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After upgrading to Vista Business, I cannot get Word to keep my choice of
Canadian English. I have used the steps in Word and in Office Tools -
Language Settings, and if I remember correctly, when I upgraded to Vista - I
chose Canada as country, etc. Any ideas?

Gordon

 

[Cindy M.]

Hi =?Utf-8?B?R29yZG9u?=,

After upgrading to Vista Business, I cannot get Word to keep my choice of
Canadian English. I have used the steps in Word and in Office Tools -
Language Settings, and if I remember correctly, when I upgraded to Vista - I
chose Canada as country, etc. Any ideas?

I've never worked with Vista, but if this were an early version of Windows, I'd
say check the Details settings in the Regional and Language applet in the
Control Panel. If no one jumps in here with the Vista equivalent, ask in a
Vista group where that would be. The Windows language default always overrides
the Word language default (a PITA in my opinion). Your system will work most
predictably when the Windows and Word language defaults coincide.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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Hi =?Utf-8?B?R29yZG9u?=,

I've never worked with Vista, but if this were an early version of Windows, I'd
say check the Details settings in the Regional and Language applet in the
Control Panel. If no one jumps in here with the Vista equivalent, ask in a
Vista group where that would be. The Windows language default always overrides
the Word language default (a PITA in my opinion). Your system will work most
predictably when the Windows and Word language defaults coincide.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005)


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Thank Cindy for your help. I did try this to no avail, then tried again, this time rooting around and changing and clicking everything I could - I don't know which one did the trick, but finally, I have Canadian English as my default. Thanks again.