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setting default language in footnotes/endnotes
Hi, new to this so hope I'm in the right place.
I'm trying to stop Word defaulting to US English for footnotes/endnotes. I've tried setting the language for footnote/endnote style in normal.dot and in the document (selecting add to template), but as soon as I add a new note it goes back to US speak. I know I can select and change to UK English when I'm done but this will mean going through and changing back everything that has been auto-corrected to its US version ... or turning off auto-correct which is not a good idea given my typing ability. I'm using Word 2003 and windows XP thanks for any help |
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setting default language in footnotes/endnotes
Are you pasting anything into the footnotes/endnotes? Language is a
character format that can apply to as little as a single character and will ride in on pasted text; if the language at the insertion point (as a result of a paste) is US English, then you will be typing in US English. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "aliby" wrote in message ... Hi, new to this so hope I'm in the right place. I'm trying to stop Word defaulting to US English for footnotes/endnotes. I've tried setting the language for footnote/endnote style in normal.dot and in the document (selecting add to template), but as soon as I add a new note it goes back to US speak. I know I can select and change to UK English when I'm done but this will mean going through and changing back everything that has been auto-corrected to its US version ... or turning off auto-correct which is not a good idea given my typing ability. I'm using Word 2003 and windows XP thanks for any help |
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setting default language in footnotes/endnotes
Hi Suzanne, thanks for the suggestion. It is not because I am pasting - as
soon as I insert a new footnote the langauage defaults to 'english US'. I've just tried re-setting footnote text style to english UK in my template and it still does it. I think I'll have to just try remembering to set to UK speak each time I want a footnote. the only think I was wondering was if the insert reference dialogue box is looking somewhere else, or isn't connected to the styles? thanks for your help, ali "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Are you pasting anything into the footnotes/endnotes? Language is a character format that can apply to as little as a single character and will ride in on pasted text; if the language at the insertion point (as a result of a paste) is US English, then you will be typing in US English. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "aliby" wrote in message ... Hi, new to this so hope I'm in the right place. I'm trying to stop Word defaulting to US English for footnotes/endnotes. I've tried setting the language for footnote/endnote style in normal.dot and in the document (selecting add to template), but as soon as I add a new note it goes back to US speak. I know I can select and change to UK English when I'm done but this will mean going through and changing back everything that has been auto-corrected to its US version ... or turning off auto-correct which is not a good idea given my typing ability. I'm using Word 2003 and windows XP thanks for any help |
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setting default language in footnotes/endnotes
Turn off the automatic detection of language and keyboard layout.
See http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister/LangFmt.htm. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "aliby" wrote in message ... Hi Suzanne, thanks for the suggestion. It is not because I am pasting - as soon as I insert a new footnote the langauage defaults to 'english US'. I've just tried re-setting footnote text style to english UK in my template and it still does it. I think I'll have to just try remembering to set to UK speak each time I want a footnote. the only think I was wondering was if the insert reference dialogue box is looking somewhere else, or isn't connected to the styles? thanks for your help, ali "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Are you pasting anything into the footnotes/endnotes? Language is a character format that can apply to as little as a single character and will ride in on pasted text; if the language at the insertion point (as a result of a paste) is US English, then you will be typing in US English. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "aliby" wrote in message ... Hi, new to this so hope I'm in the right place. I'm trying to stop Word defaulting to US English for footnotes/endnotes. I've tried setting the language for footnote/endnote style in normal.dot and in the document (selecting add to template), but as soon as I add a new note it goes back to US speak. I know I can select and change to UK English when I'm done but this will mean going through and changing back everything that has been auto-corrected to its US version ... or turning off auto-correct which is not a good idea given my typing ability. I'm using Word 2003 and windows XP thanks for any help |
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setting default language in footnotes/endnotes
OK, have sorted it I think.
In case anyone else has probs, I hadnt got the default language set up right on the computer (whoops!). In input langauges/settings I had the keyboard as English UK, but the top one (where it says EN) as US. Having changed that I seem to be ok with my footnotes. thanks for the suggestions! |
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setting default language in footnotes/endnotes
On 10/19/06 2:49 AM, "aliby" wrote:
I think I'll have to just try remembering to set to UK speak each time I want a footnote. If it continues to mess up, rather than resetting it every time--you can use find and replace to switch text from US to UK English after the fact. Edit | Replace, click on More. Cursor in the Find box, use Format | Language to format the empty box as English US. Cursor in the Replace box, use Format | Language to format the empty box as English UK. -- Daiya Mitchell, MVP Mac/Word Word FAQ: http://www.word.mvps.org/ MacWord Tips: http://word.mvps.org/Mac/WordMacHome.html What's an MVP? A volunteer! Read the FAQ: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ |
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setting default language in footnotes/endnotes
You are welcome.
-- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "aliby" wrote in message ... OK, have sorted it I think. In case anyone else has probs, I hadnt got the default language set up right on the computer (whoops!). In input langauges/settings I had the keyboard as English UK, but the top one (where it says EN) as US. Having changed that I seem to be ok with my footnotes. thanks for the suggestions! |
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