We have a problem with Word always reverting to English US - no matter how
many times we alter the default to English New Zealand in the Tools/Set
Language area or in the default languages area. How can we actually change
the default language the word opens new documents in - none of Microsofts
solutions actually work.

If it doesn't work once, doing it repeatedly won't help.

Set the language for normal style in normal.dot, and any other template you
use) Make sure your normal.dot actually gets saved. (If you have Acrobat 7
installed, see the Adobe website for the fix and note the conspicuous lack
of apology).



"Kiwi Marty" Kiwi wrote in message
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We have a problem with Word always reverting to English US - no matter how
many times we alter the default to English New Zealand in the Tools/Set
Language area or in the default languages area. How can we actually change
the default language the word opens new documents in - none of Microsofts
solutions actually work.

See http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister/LangFmt.htm, but note that
pasted-in text will bring its language formatting with it.

--
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.

"Kiwi Marty" Kiwi wrote in message
...
We have a problem with Word always reverting to English US - no matter how
many times we alter the default to English New Zealand in the Tools/Set
Language area or in the default languages area. How can we actually change
the default language the word opens new documents in - none of Microsofts
solutions actually work.

"Jezebel" wrote:

If it doesn't work once, doing it repeatedly won't help.

Set the language for normal style in normal.dot, and any other template you
use) Make sure your normal.dot actually gets saved. (If you have Acrobat 7
installed, see the Adobe website for the fix and note the conspicuous lack
of apology).



"Kiwi Marty" Kiwi wrote in message
...
We have a problem with Word always reverting to English US - no matter how
many times we alter the default to English New Zealand in the Tools/Set
Language area or in the default languages area. How can we actually change
the default language the word opens new documents in - none of Microsofts
solutions actually work.


Have tried this but get a message that says I can't save the document with the same name as an open document.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

See http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister/LangFmt.htm, but note that
pasted-in text will bring its language formatting with it.

--
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.

"Kiwi Marty" Kiwi wrote in message
...
We have a problem with Word always reverting to English US - no matter how
many times we alter the default to English New Zealand in the Tools/Set
Language area or in the default languages area. How can we actually change
the default language the word opens new documents in - none of Microsofts
solutions actually work.

Thanks some good ideas here which I tried but to no avail

That message has nothing to do with redefining the normal style in
normal.dot. What on earth are you actually doing?




"Kiwi Marty" wrote in message
...


"Jezebel" wrote:

If it doesn't work once, doing it repeatedly won't help.

Set the language for normal style in normal.dot, and any other template
you
use) Make sure your normal.dot actually gets saved. (If you have Acrobat
7
installed, see the Adobe website for the fix and note the conspicuous
lack
of apology).



"Kiwi Marty" Kiwi wrote in message
...
We have a problem with Word always reverting to English US - no matter
how
many times we alter the default to English New Zealand in the Tools/Set
Language area or in the default languages area. How can we actually
change
the default language the word opens new documents in - none of
Microsofts
solutions actually work.


Have tried this but get a message that says I can't save the document
with the same name as an open document.

"Kiwi Marty" wrote:

We have a problem with Word always reverting to English US - no matter how
many times we alter the default to English New Zealand in the Tools/Set
Language area or in the default languages area. How can we actually change
the default language the word opens new documents in - none of Microsofts
solutions actually work.

Marty...microsoft is just trying to protect the world from New Zealand! On a
sober note, I have the exact same problem and all their so called fixes do
not work and seem way too complicated for the average person. If you have any
luck I would be very interested to hear from you.

There's nothing complicated about the instructions. You just have to follow
them.



"Mark Lewis" wrote in message
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"Kiwi Marty" wrote:

We have a problem with Word always reverting to English US - no matter
how
many times we alter the default to English New Zealand in the Tools/Set
Language area or in the default languages area. How can we actually
change
the default language the word opens new documents in - none of Microsofts
solutions actually work.

Marty...microsoft is just trying to protect the world from New Zealand! On
a
sober note, I have the exact same problem and all their so called fixes do
not work and seem way too complicated for the average person. If you have
any
luck I would be very interested to hear from you.

Once you redifine the style you need to save the changes - and that's what I
was doing when the error message appeared

"Jezebel" wrote:

That message has nothing to do with redefining the normal style in
normal.dot. What on earth are you actually doing?




"Kiwi Marty" wrote in message
...


"Jezebel" wrote:

If it doesn't work once, doing it repeatedly won't help.

Set the language for normal style in normal.dot, and any other template
you
use) Make sure your normal.dot actually gets saved. (If you have Acrobat
7
installed, see the Adobe website for the fix and note the conspicuous
lack
of apology).



"Kiwi Marty" Kiwi wrote in message
...
We have a problem with Word always reverting to English US - no matter
how
many times we alter the default to English New Zealand in the Tools/Set
Language area or in the default languages area. How can we actually
change
the default language the word opens new documents in - none of
Microsofts
solutions actually work.


Have tried this but get a message that says I can't save the document
with the same name as an open document.

As I said - I followed the instructions and fixes but they don't work - the
problem remains

"Jezebel" wrote:

There's nothing complicated about the instructions. You just have to follow
them.



"Mark Lewis" wrote in message
...


"Kiwi Marty" wrote:

We have a problem with Word always reverting to English US - no matter
how
many times we alter the default to English New Zealand in the Tools/Set
Language area or in the default languages area. How can we actually
change
the default language the word opens new documents in - none of Microsofts
solutions actually work.

Marty...microsoft is just trying to protect the world from New Zealand! On
a
sober note, I have the exact same problem and all their so called fixes do
not work and seem way too complicated for the average person. If you have
any
luck I would be very interested to hear from you.