After setting my default language to English(UK), virtually every document I
edit has gone back to English(US).

It's driving me mad. How can default settings keep changing back to what I
assume is the initial default.

See http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister/LangFmt.htm. But note that
language is a character format that is applied to text. If you open a
document that has been created by a US user, it will have that language
applied; that is, your system language doesn't override the document
language. If you want to do that, you must select the entire document and
apply the desired language manually. Also note that, because language is a
text property, it can ride in on text you paste into a document and affects
the language at the insertion point; if you start typing immediately after
the pasted text, the applied language will persist.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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"mad dogs and englishmen" mad dogs and
wrote in message
...
After setting my default language to English(UK), virtually every document
I
edit has gone back to English(US).

It's driving me mad. How can default settings keep changing back to what I
assume is the initial default.

Thanks Suzanne, I must have set the default lang over 100 times for this
particular doc. Just followed your instructions and now it defaults to
English(UK).

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

See http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister/LangFmt.htm. But note that
language is a character format that is applied to text. If you open a
document that has been created by a US user, it will have that language
applied; that is, your system language doesn't override the document
language. If you want to do that, you must select the entire document and
apply the desired language manually. Also note that, because language is a
text property, it can ride in on text you paste into a document and affects
the language at the insertion point; if you start typing immediately after
the pasted text, the applied language will persist.

--
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.

"mad dogs and englishmen" mad dogs and
wrote in message
...
After setting my default language to English(UK), virtually every document
I
edit has gone back to English(US).

It's driving me mad. How can default settings keep changing back to what I
assume is the initial default.

[David Stephensen]

I followed all of the instructions on the suggested page, including removing
US English as a possible language in the Office 2003 Language Settings.

I edited my normal.dot and set all styles to English Australia. I set the
default language in normal.dot to English Australia.

Even after all this, when I start a new document is says US English.

My workaround (which does not make me admire Word very much): Do the above,
start a new doc, type one character, select all, ctrl+space, ctrl+q, release
selection. Now the doc is in the right language, as long as you never delete
everything. As soon as you delete everything it reverts to US English.

David


"mad dogs and englishmen" wrote:

Thanks Suzanne, I must have set the default lang over 100 times for this
particular doc. Just followed your instructions and now it defaults to
English(UK).

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

See http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister/LangFmt.htm. But note that
language is a character format that is applied to text. If you open a
document that has been created by a US user, it will have that language
applied; that is, your system language doesn't override the document
language. If you want to do that, you must select the entire document and
apply the desired language manually. Also note that, because language is a
text property, it can ride in on text you paste into a document and affects
the language at the insertion point; if you start typing immediately after
the pasted text, the applied language will persist.

--
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.

"mad dogs and englishmen" mad dogs and
wrote in message
...
After setting my default language to English(UK), virtually every document
I
edit has gone back to English(US).

It's driving me mad. How can default settings keep changing back to what I
assume is the initial default.

[Stefan Blom]

Try renaming the normal.dot file, which forces Word to create a new one for
you. If necessary, then repeat the procedures in
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister/LangFmt.htm.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"David Stephensen" wrote in message
...
I followed all of the instructions on the suggested page, including
removing
US English as a possible language in the Office 2003 Language Settings.

I edited my normal.dot and set all styles to English Australia. I set the
default language in normal.dot to English Australia.

Even after all this, when I start a new document is says US English.

My workaround (which does not make me admire Word very much): Do the
above,
start a new doc, type one character, select all, ctrl+space, ctrl+q,
release
selection. Now the doc is in the right language, as long as you never
delete
everything. As soon as you delete everything it reverts to US English.

David


"mad dogs and englishmen" wrote:

Thanks Suzanne, I must have set the default lang over 100 times for this
particular doc. Just followed your instructions and now it defaults to
English(UK).

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

See http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister/LangFmt.htm. But note
that
language is a character format that is applied to text. If you open a
document that has been created by a US user, it will have that language
applied; that is, your system language doesn't override the document
language. If you want to do that, you must select the entire document
and
apply the desired language manually. Also note that, because language
is a
text property, it can ride in on text you paste into a document and
affects
the language at the insertion point; if you start typing immediately
after
the pasted text, the applied language will persist.

--
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.

"mad dogs and englishmen" mad dogs and
wrote in message
...
After setting my default language to English(UK), virtually every
document
I
edit has gone back to English(US).

It's driving me mad. How can default settings keep changing back to
what I
assume is the initial default.