For a specific user I have to set U.K. English as the default spelling
check language.
I have done this through the several options (office tools language
settings, the tools->language->language settings) and the U.K. dictionary is
definately installed and set as default.
Still on opening word the default spelling check language is set to english U.S.
does anyone have an idear on the cause of this problem? advice would be
higly appreciated...
I don't want English(US) spell-checking. How do I get rid of it?
You can't get rid of the English(US) spell-checker as it shares the same
lexicon file as English(UK) and English (Canada). English(Australia) is in a
separate lexicon file, but all English dialects share the same spell-checker
DLL.
If Office has been installed on a machine that hasn't been properly
configured as another language, then it assumes English(US). Once Office has
been installed and documents created it becomes harder to correct as the
initial Windows setting is picked up by Office and your documents.
For those who prefer English (UK) or another dialect make sure the following
settings are correct:
1. Keyboard input language (Control Panel > Regional & Language Options
Languages > Details). The keyboard language overrides some document
settings.
2. Office Language Settings (Start > All Programs > Microsoft Office
Tools > Microsoft Office Language Settings)
3. Word document default (Tools > Language > Set Language : Default)
4. Word document styles (each may have their own language setting). The
language tag is found under the Format properties for each style.
Further notes:
a.. The user locale setting used for specifying date, currency and
measurement unit preferences has no impact on the spell-checker language.
b.. Text pasted or imported from other documents may have a language tag
that differs from your document default. To re-tag such text, select it and
apply the preferred language via Tools > Language > Set Language.
Mike Williams - Office MVP
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