Spelling US v UK

[jo]

Hi

Whatever the custom dictionary in preferences says (ie that the
spelling tool is UK English), when it comes to spell check it's a US
dictionary.

Can anyone suggest why this is, and how to rectify it?

Thanks
J

 

[Daiya Mitchell]

Hi J--

That dictionary setting is totally irrelevant to language spellchecking.
Confusing, isn't it?

That just isn't how Word operates. In Word, language is a text property,
like bold, or italic. It is not a program-level setting, so you cannot set a
preference to tell Word to use UK English, or set an active dictionary to UK
English. Instead, you have to make sure that the text is tagged as UK
English (or whatever language you are interested in), using select and Tools
| Language.

Explanation and fixes continued in detail here:
http://word.mvps.org/mac/SpellCheck.html

(Section #1, Set the Default Language)

 

[jo]

Brilliant! It's resolved.

It is confusing, but you've unpicked it for me, so thanks a lot.

Best
J

 

[Daiya Mitchell]

You're welcome, glad to help.
Daiya

Brilliant! It's resolved.

It is confusing, but you've unpicked it for me, so thanks a lot.

Best
J

 

[chuckc]

How timely that you're addressing this issue on the same day I need
help! Your instructions are very helpful but I'm curious about one
other item for proofing text in UK English. There is a file in
Applications/Microsoft Office 2004/Shared Applications/Proofing Tools
entitled "English (US) Word Forms". Do I need another one entited
"English (UK) Word Forms"? If so, where can I get it?

 

[Donald Stidwell]

Hi J--

That dictionary setting is totally irrelevant to language spellchecking.
Confusing, isn't it?

That just isn't how Word operates. In Word, language is a text property,
like bold, or italic. It is not a program-level setting, so you cannot set a
preference to tell Word to use UK English, or set an active dictionary to UK
English. Instead, you have to make sure that the text is tagged as UK
English (or whatever language you are interested in), using select and Tools
| Language.

Explanation and fixes continued in detail here:
http://word.mvps.org/mac/SpellCheck.html

(Section #1, Set the Default Language)

Which is a real boon to folks like me who often edit documents with more
than one language! For example, I frequently edit documents in US
English that contain a lot of citations and quotes in Spanish. So I can
just highlight the Spanish sections and set the language to Spanish. One
of the features of Word I love.

 

[Daiya Mitchell]

Hi‹

You don't need one. I'm not sure what that file contains, exactly, but as
far as I know, there is no equivalent UK file. It's not installed by
default, and MS doesn't have stuff like that for download for *Mac* Office,
though they may for windows.

As I understand it, the big English proofing files contain all forms of
English, and something works internally to sort out the different spellings.
Possibly it's that file, with an incomplete name.

Daiya

 

[chuckc]

Thanks, Daiya! I've got it working and it's really nice to have it
work the way it does. Much more logical than handling language choice

 

[Fergal Condron [MSFT]]

Hi Donald,

Sure you can!
If you currently using US English, highlight and set the text that you want
to change to Spanish and Word will set the text language to Spanish and this
will also set the proofing of that text as well.

Thanks,
Fergal.

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Fergal Condron
Macintosh Business Unit
Word Test


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