I have read a previous post on this question from a "sagura" and I believe
the answers are red herrings ... My installation is relatively new and when I
save my normal.dot to an XML file as stated in these posts it is blank. I
don't have any strange key settings... the system information tells me that
the system language is UK but the language is US. As soon as I open a new
document it says English(US) at the bottom. Position 1 in the document is
always English(US) no matter how many times I change the rest of the
document. Does OFFICE 2003 SP1 repair this ... or is this information found
in a registry key that can be changed? I see that my Outlook is also
English(US) .. how do I change that .. . although the word problem is my
priority.

See http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister/LangFmt.htm. Note that
English (UK) must be set as the default language for Word, but it won't
"take" if the system language is different.

--
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.

"How do I change the language US to UK" How do I change the language US to
wrote in message
...
I have read a previous post on this question from a "sagura" and I believe
the answers are red herrings ... My installation is relatively new and
when I
save my normal.dot to an XML file as stated in these posts it is blank. I
don't have any strange key settings... the system information tells me
that
the system language is UK but the language is US. As soon as I open a new
document it says English(US) at the bottom. Position 1 in the document is
always English(US) no matter how many times I change the rest of the
document. Does OFFICE 2003 SP1 repair this ... or is this information
found
in a registry key that can be changed? I see that my Outlook is also
English(US) .. how do I change that .. . although the word problem is my
priority.

Hi Suzanne - as I said ... my System Language is UK .. it is my "document"
language that opens in US.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

See http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister/LangFmt.htm. Note that
English (UK) must be set as the default language for Word, but it won't
"take" if the system language is different.

--
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.

"How do I change the language US to UK" How do I change the language US to
wrote in message
...
I have read a previous post on this question from a "sagura" and I believe
the answers are red herrings ... My installation is relatively new and
when I
save my normal.dot to an XML file as stated in these posts it is blank. I
don't have any strange key settings... the system information tells me
that
the system language is UK but the language is US. As soon as I open a new
document it says English(US) at the bottom. Position 1 in the document is
always English(US) no matter how many times I change the rest of the
document. Does OFFICE 2003 SP1 repair this ... or is this information
found
in a registry key that can be changed? I see that my Outlook is also
English(US) .. how do I change that .. . although the word problem is my
priority.

Have you set Word's default language to English (UK) as well?

--
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.

"gooner" wrote in message
...
Hi Suzanne - as I said ... my System Language is UK .. it is my "document"
language that opens in US.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

See http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister/LangFmt.htm. Note that
English (UK) must be set as the default language for Word, but it won't
"take" if the system language is different.

--
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.

"How do I change the language US to UK" How do I change the language US
to
wrote in message
...
I have read a previous post on this question from a "sagura" and I
believe
the answers are red herrings ... My installation is relatively new and
when I
save my normal.dot to an XML file as stated in these posts it is
blank. I
don't have any strange key settings... the system information tells me
that
the system language is UK but the language is US. As soon as I open a
new
document it says English(US) at the bottom. Position 1 in the document
is
always English(US) no matter how many times I change the rest of the
document. Does OFFICE 2003 SP1 repair this ... or is this information
found
in a registry key that can be changed? I see that my Outlook is also
English(US) .. how do I change that .. . although the word problem is
my
priority.

Suzanne,
Thank You .. .It is working now ... after replying to you .. I went to
Cindymeister's page and carried out everything she suggested .. and there was
a mix in the two languages that did not become apparant until entering the CP
"Details". When I change this everything in Word changed also .. so I am now
a happy bunny ... Thanks again ...

Dave

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Have you set Word's default language to English (UK) as well?

--
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.

"gooner" wrote in message
...
Hi Suzanne - as I said ... my System Language is UK .. it is my "document"
language that opens in US.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

See http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister/LangFmt.htm. Note that
English (UK) must be set as the default language for Word, but it won't
"take" if the system language is different.

--
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.

"How do I change the language US to UK" How do I change the language US
to
wrote in message
...
I have read a previous post on this question from a "sagura" and I
believe
the answers are red herrings ... My installation is relatively new and
when I
save my normal.dot to an XML file as stated in these posts it is
blank. I
don't have any strange key settings... the system information tells me
that
the system language is UK but the language is US. As soon as I open a
new
document it says English(US) at the bottom. Position 1 in the document
is
always English(US) no matter how many times I change the rest of the
document. Does OFFICE 2003 SP1 repair this ... or is this information
found
in a registry key that can be changed? I see that my Outlook is also
English(US) .. how do I change that .. . although the word problem is
my
priority.

"How do I change the language US to UK" wrote:

I have read a previous post on this question from a "sagura" and I believe
the answers are red herrings ... My installation is relatively new and when I
save my normal.dot to an XML file as stated in these posts it is blank. I
don't have any strange key settings... the system information tells me that
the system language is UK but the language is US. As soon as I open a new
document it says English(US) at the bottom. Position 1 in the document is
always English(US) no matter how many times I change the rest of the
document. Does OFFICE 2003 SP1 repair this ... or is this information found
in a registry key that can be changed? I see that my Outlook is also
English(US) .. how do I change that .. . although the word problem is my
priority.