Ctrl+A to Select All, then go to Tools | Language | Set Language and change
the language to English (U.S.).
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
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"David French" wrote in message
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I have numerous documents that were created in Britain and are spell
checked
using their common spelling conventions.
How do I change these documents so I may check them against United States
spelling rules?
Dave