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Language group policies not being applied in Word 2003
Hi folks,
Sorry for the following *VERBOSE* mail, but I would like to give all details. Background: Windows 2003 Server, SBS Windows XP in all workstations Officce 2003 in all workstations. I donwloaded the Office Resource Kit policies templates. I created a new GPO and added both the Office11.adm and the Word1.adm template. Then I modified under the User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Microsoft Office 2003\Language Settings\Enabled Languages\Show controls and enable editing for And disabled ALL the languages but English (Canada) and French (Canada). I applied the policy. I checked that the policy is enforced. I went to an user's workstation and issued a gpresult, which showed the policy as applied. However, when I am writing a text in word and suddendly I start writing in, ie, Spanish, Word does recongnize the language. I went to Tools-Language-Set language and ALL the languages are available. If I go to Start-Programs-Microsoft Office-Microsoft Office Tools-Microsoft Office 2003 Language settings, the settings appear as I choosed and as set up by policy (so it is recognizing the policy). The point is: I just want English (Canada) and French (Canada) available as languages. How could I do that? Should I uninstall the undesired languages? How? Is there any error on my policy? Thanks all very much, Pablo |
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Hi Pablo,
However, when I am writing a text in word and suddendly I start writing in, ie, Spanish, Word does recongnize the language. I went to Tools-Language-Set language and ALL the languages are available. I think there's a misunderstanding on your part, what the difference is between proofing tools and language formatting. Language formatting is like any other kind of formatting: all languages are available and can be applied to text. There is no way to remove any languages from the list in Tools/Language/Set language. The PROOFING TOOLS, however, will only kick in for languages that have been enabled, which is what you have done. That means that Spanish, for instance, will be skipped during language proofing. Which language format is applied is not (unfortunately IMO) primarily controlled by the Office applications, but by Windows. So you need to check which languages and keyboard layouts are installed in WINDOWS. Remove any that you don't want being used. In addition, in Word, you should make sure that the language Autodetection and keyboard detection are turned off. Language fine-tuning is available in Word, and can be very powerful. But with Windows having the upperhand, it's very difficult to implement it. You'll find more information on how language formatting is handled in Word in an article in the Tips section on my website. If I go to Start-Programs-Microsoft Office-Microsoft Office Tools-Microsoft Office 2003 Language settings, the settings appear as I choosed and as set up by policy (so it is recognizing the policy). The point is: I just want English (Canada) and French (Canada) available as languages. How could I do that? Should I uninstall the undesired languages? How? Is there any error on my policy? Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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Thank you very much, Cindy,
Pablo "Cindy M -WordMVP-" wrote in message news:VA.0000a763.001a96c3@speedy... Hi Pablo, However, when I am writing a text in word and suddendly I start writing in, ie, Spanish, Word does recongnize the language. I went to Tools-Language-Set language and ALL the languages are available. I think there's a misunderstanding on your part, what the difference is between proofing tools and language formatting. Language formatting is like any other kind of formatting: all languages are available and can be applied to text. There is no way to remove any languages from the list in Tools/Language/Set language. The PROOFING TOOLS, however, will only kick in for languages that have been enabled, which is what you have done. That means that Spanish, for instance, will be skipped during language proofing. Which language format is applied is not (unfortunately IMO) primarily controlled by the Office applications, but by Windows. So you need to check which languages and keyboard layouts are installed in WINDOWS. Remove any that you don't want being used. In addition, in Word, you should make sure that the language Autodetection and keyboard detection are turned off. Language fine-tuning is available in Word, and can be very powerful. But with Windows having the upperhand, it's very difficult to implement it. You'll find more information on how language formatting is handled in Word in an article in the Tips section on my website. If I go to Start-Programs-Microsoft Office-Microsoft Office Tools-Microsoft Office 2003 Language settings, the settings appear as I choosed and as set up by policy (so it is recognizing the policy). The point is: I just want English (Canada) and French (Canada) available as languages. How could I do that? Should I uninstall the undesired languages? How? Is there any error on my policy? Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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