Have you changed the language in Windows Regional Options? You may also need
to explicitly change it for Normal.dot. See
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...alTemplate.htm

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"truffels" wrote in message
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Hi Suzanne,

Thanks for that, although it works it only works in that particular
document. Every time I open a new doc Im right at the beginning again and
it
doesn't seem to save the settings. The check box's are still clear but it
has
selected Welsh as the language and I then have to select English as the
default and have highlighted the text in the document for it to commence
the
spell check.

Any ideas would be much appreciated!

Thanks
Victoria


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

"Detect language automatically" is notoriously unreliable; we advise
clearing that check box by default. If you clear the check box, select
the
correct language, and then click Default..., that should do the trick,
but
see http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister/LangFmt.htm

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Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"truffels" wrote in message
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my spell checker on my new pc will not work automatically.

I have to highlight my text, go to tools, language, set language,
select
English UK from the list and untick 'detect language automatically'
otherwise
it won't work. Everytime I go back to it it seems to have selected
Welsh
from
the list.

Is there a way of setting this without going through all of these
options?