Ok, so specialize is correct, just not common in the field in which I work.
I can understand that Word can't tell the difference. I chose that as an
example of a word that Word does not tell me is wrongly spelt, it was a bad
example. I'll stick to color. In fact, no. I have just discovered that
OpenOffice has a database that will also open dBase files so I am happy as
Larry with my new Office suite. Thank you all for your help.

"Tony Jollans" wrote:

Specialize is correct UK English spelling - this is fact, not opinion. You
can't fault language settings on your PC for the fact that they don't
highlight correct spellings as being in error.

--
Enjoy,
Tony


"Ant" wrote in message
...
The grey highlight meaning selected is what I suspected. As there is
something which I don't understand here, I just thought I would provide
the
information about the double line and the icons (which don't appear in any
other dropdown list) in case that would indicate to you what I am doing
wrong.
Current UK usage I would suspect is defined by dictionary definition
rather
than the streets of London. If I receive a CV with the word specialize in
it, I instantly know that the candidate is either 500 years old, or learnt
English outside England. The majority of the people I converse with would
consider specialize as the wrong spelling which is all I am interested in
using a spelling check for. Your reply is starting to hint that I, the
customer and user, am wrong, which is where I say thank you, Word doesn't
work, and duck out. If you have any other ideas how I can get Word to
mark
color as wrongly spelt I am very interested.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

As in any other dropdown list, the listing with a dark background is the
one
that is "selected."

FWIW, if I type "specialize" and "defense" and format them as UK
English,
"defense" is marked incorrect, but "specialize" is not, which I believe
reflects current UK usage (either -ise or -ize permitted). I suppose it
would not improve my case to point out that -ize and -or are
etymologically
more sound?

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Words into Type
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"Ant" wrote in message
...
Yes, English (U.K.) is selected and so is English (U.S.).
Below that is a double line and below that many other languages that
are
not
selected.
In fact, what do you mean by selected? Both UK and US have an icon on
the
left with ABC and tick. Only UK has a dark grey background.

I tried 'specialize' and 'defense' too and it told me that both were
spelled
correctly.
custom.dic contains 92 words, none of them color.
I appreciate your help but get very frustrated that a simple spelling
check
does not work.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

When you select the word "color" and go to Tools | Language | Set
Language,
is English (U.K.) selected? If so, then that spelling is accepted by
the
UK
English proofing tools. If you want to disallow this spelling, you
can
exclude it. See
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/Ex...ordFromDic.htm

FWIW, if I type "color" here and then select the word and apply
"English
(U.K.)" as the language, it is marked as misspelled. Perhaps "color"
has
been added to your Custom.dic?

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Words into Type
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"Ant" wrote in message
...
Yes. Which is fine if the language is Chinese but wrong if the
language
is a
variant of the rest of the document.
But my real problem is that if I open Word and type the word Color
it
does
not mark it as a bad spelling. Even after having followed every
instruction
to remove US from regional and Office settings. If someone could
show
me
how
to work around that 'bad' behaviour I could accept that pasted
text is
not
checked in the language of the rest of the document. It's not
what I
want
though of course.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Any time you open a document in which a different language is
used,
or
when
you paste in text from such a document, you will be using the
proofing
tools
for that language. When you paste in text, the language at the
insertion
point is the language of the pasted selection; if you continue
typing at
that point without changing the language, you will be using
those
proofing
tools.

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Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Ant" wrote in message
...
I do not have, and for a long time have not had, US in my
regional
settings.
As explained in
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister/LangFmt.htm
"You'll also still have problems with the document reverting
back
to
the
"bad" language while editing. There is no way to get rid of
this
problem
in
an existing file, short of recreating the file."
So it is not just one unlucky user with this problem.


"Graham Mayor" wrote:

I have already told you earlier in the thread how to stop
Word
from
checking
with US spellings.
To Remove the US regional settings
Control panel regional and language options languages
details -
select UK and delete US. It will be removed next time you
reboot.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



Ant wrote:
Please tell me how to remove the US English settings then.
Is
it
a
registry key change?

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

Of course you can. My PC is set up for UK English and I
have
no
US
English set up in the regional settings.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


Ant wrote:
Graham,
For other languages you are right, but for English
English
for
England this is not correct. You can not remove the US
English
for
America setting. Antony
PS I would dearly love this bug to be fixed.

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

The default language for Word is that set in Windows
regional
settings. Word will only spell check using the language
defined
for
the text - see tools language set language (set to
UK
English
or whatever) and uncheck the box 'Detect language
automatically'.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


jeamsu wrote:
I wish to remove the us english settings from my MS
word,
so
that
if I type say 'color' by mistake that it will not
accept
it as
a
correct word. It should give me 'colour' as the
correct
spelling.