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Dictionary keeps changing from English(UK) back to English(US)
I have read the link from previous questions and made all the required
changes but the fact remains that if I past stuff from a US website into my UK document it STILL uses the US dictionary to check it. I have researched the web and many many people have this problem. I want to set my spell checker to UK English and not have it change to US at all, EVER. Is this possible? Please help - don't forget I read the link and carried out all the directions. I am a developer so I know how to follow instructions. I have WORD 2007 on Windows XP Pro Thank you |
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Dictionary keeps changing from English(UK) back to English(US)
Please pay attention this time. When you paste in text from a US Web site,
it is formatted as English (US). That is a font property applied to the text. You can either paste as unformatted text (in which case it will take on the formatting at the insertion point, including the language), or you can select the pasted text and apply English (UK) language formatting. What you can't do is expect Word to use the English (UK) proofing tools on text that it sees as English (US). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "zzdave" wrote in message ... I have read the link from previous questions and made all the required changes but the fact remains that if I past stuff from a US website into my UK document it STILL uses the US dictionary to check it. I have researched the web and many many people have this problem. I want to set my spell checker to UK English and not have it change to US at all, EVER. Is this possible? Please help - don't forget I read the link and carried out all the directions. I am a developer so I know how to follow instructions. I have WORD 2007 on Windows XP Pro Thank you |
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Dictionary keeps changing from English(UK) back to English(US)
Thank you very much - problem solved. I didn't realise the language was
embedded in the font. I had thought that it would automatically take on the language of the page. Thanks again David "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Please pay attention this time. When you paste in text from a US Web site, it is formatted as English (US). That is a font property applied to the text. You can either paste as unformatted text (in which case it will take on the formatting at the insertion point, including the language), or you can select the pasted text and apply English (UK) language formatting. What you can't do is expect Word to use the English (UK) proofing tools on text that it sees as English (US). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "zzdave" wrote in message ... I have read the link from previous questions and made all the required changes but the fact remains that if I past stuff from a US website into my UK document it STILL uses the US dictionary to check it. I have researched the web and many many people have this problem. I want to set my spell checker to UK English and not have it change to US at all, EVER. Is this possible? Please help - don't forget I read the link and carried out all the directions. I am a developer so I know how to follow instructions. I have WORD 2007 on Windows XP Pro Thank you |
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