It's not really the dictionary you need to change. You have to tag the text
as UK English, then Word will automatically use the UK dictionary.
Here's the draft of a page we are thinking to put on the MVP FAQ at
MacWord Tips: <
http://www.word.mvps.org/MacWordNew/>
so I'd be particularly interesting in knowing if there are missing steps or
confusing statements:
First check your system settings. Go to System
Preferences>International>Input Menu and ensure the languages and keyboard
you want to use are installed and enabled. (UK is under British, by the way)
Look on your Menu Bar for the flag for the language you want to use (e.g. if
you are using "English Australian", there should be an Australian flag
there.) If either of these are wrong, Word will be asking for dictionaries
that may not exist.
Once the system settings are correct, you need to ensure that the text in
your Word document is tagged with the right language formatting. Click in a
word that isn¹t being spell-checked. Go to Tools>Language and make sure
that the "Mark Selected Text As" blue selection bar is highlighting the
language you want to use, and make sure the "do not check spelling or
grammar" box is not checked. (Older versions of Word (Word 98, 2001, WHAT
ABOUT X?) do not have a ³do not check spelling and grammar² box. Instead the
language list contains a ³(No Proofing)² option, which behaves similarly.)
If Tools | Language shows settings you don¹t want, here¹s how to fix it.
If only one document has gone wrong:
Select all the text, go to Tools | Language, select the desired language,
uncheck the ³do not check spelling or grammar² box, and hit OK. (If the ³do
not check spelling or grammar² box has a line in it, then part of your text
is tagged ³do not check.² Click twice to uncheck.)
If all your documents have gone wrong:
You probably need to modify the style that the text is formatted in. If you
click Default... From the Tools | Language dialog, Word will automatically
add that language tag to your Normal style, which is the default style for
text. Word will ask you something, answer yes. If on quitting Word, you get
a "save changes to Normal" question, answer yes.
If you don't want to make this change to the Normal style, here's how you
manually add language formatting to a style. Click in a word that is not
being spellchecked, and go to Format | Style. The style of that word will
already be selected in the left column of the dialog. Click Modify. Check
the ³add to template² box to save your changes to all new documents, but do
NOT check the ³automatically update² box. Use the Format drop-down menu at
the bottom of the Modify dialog to select Language‹select the Language you
want, and make sure the "do not check spelling or grammar" box is not
checked. Click OK to exit the Language dialog, OK to exit the Modify dialog,
and either Close or Apply to exit the Format | Style dialog.
Why does this happen?
One common reason is pasting in text from the web or another document, which
has a different language formatting. That text will carry its formatting
unless you use one of the paste options.
DM
I see... I got confused when you mentioned Word X.