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Microsoft Word 2002 default language
How can I permanently set my default language to English (UK). It keeps
switching over to English (US)!!! Please help. |
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See this article:
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister/LangFmt.htm -- Margaret Aldis - Microsoft Word MVP Syntagma partnership site: http://www.syntagma.co.uk Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.word.mvps.org "SAJ" wrote in message ... How can I permanently set my default language to English (UK). It keeps switching over to English (US)!!! Please help. |
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I also have the same problem - Word 2003 just randomly changes from English
(UK) to English (US) - and still does so after going through all the recommendations listed at http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister/LangFmt.htm I only notice it when I try and do an AutoCorrect entry and it does not work, or when spell checking it 'can't spell', the reason being that Word has switched to English (US). Is there a way I can utterly and completely erase English (US) from both XP and Word, perhaps using the registry? This is really winding me up (has been going on for some time). Thanks, Robert (tried to start a new thread on this topic, but just get a 'bleep' and nothing else, but 'reply' works). "Margaret Aldis" wrote: See this article: http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister/LangFmt.htm -- Margaret Aldis - Microsoft Word MVP Syntagma partnership site: http://www.syntagma.co.uk Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.word.mvps.org "SAJ" wrote in message ... How can I permanently set my default language to English (UK). It keeps switching over to English (US)!!! Please help. |
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Have you cleared the check box for "Detect language automatically"? Note
also that when you paste text into a document, it comes in with its own language formatting. -- 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. "Sagara" wrote in message ... I also have the same problem - Word 2003 just randomly changes from English (UK) to English (US) - and still does so after going through all the recommendations listed at http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister/LangFmt.htm I only notice it when I try and do an AutoCorrect entry and it does not work, or when spell checking it 'can't spell', the reason being that Word has switched to English (US). Is there a way I can utterly and completely erase English (US) from both XP and Word, perhaps using the registry? This is really winding me up (has been going on for some time). Thanks, Robert (tried to start a new thread on this topic, but just get a 'bleep' and nothing else, but 'reply' works). "Margaret Aldis" wrote: See this article: http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister/LangFmt.htm -- Margaret Aldis - Microsoft Word MVP Syntagma partnership site: http://www.syntagma.co.uk Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.word.mvps.org "SAJ" wrote in message ... How can I permanently set my default language to English (UK). It keeps switching over to English (US)!!! Please help. |
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Yes, I've unchecked the "Detect language automatically". Every time this has
happened I've also created a new document and pasted the 'problem' doc minus the last paragraph mark - usually the last word just to make sure - yet it still keeps happening even though I have not pasted anything into this document. But how would I check if something I pasted in was going to affect a change in the default language. I'm afraid I have also posted this problem as a new query in the past hour! I found that the reason I couldn'y do a new posting was that I had popups disabled. I thought no one would probably answer a thread that was a couple of months old! Thanks, Robert "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Have you cleared the check box for "Detect language automatically"? Note also that when you paste text into a document, it comes in with its own language formatting. -- 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. "Sagara" wrote in message ... I also have the same problem - Word 2003 just randomly changes from English (UK) to English (US) - and still does so after going through all the recommendations listed at http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister/LangFmt.htm I only notice it when I try and do an AutoCorrect entry and it does not work, or when spell checking it 'can't spell', the reason being that Word has switched to English (US). Is there a way I can utterly and completely erase English (US) from both XP and Word, perhaps using the registry? This is really winding me up (has been going on for some time). Thanks, Robert (tried to start a new thread on this topic, but just get a 'bleep' and nothing else, but 'reply' works). "Margaret Aldis" wrote: See this article: http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister/LangFmt.htm -- Margaret Aldis - Microsoft Word MVP Syntagma partnership site: http://www.syntagma.co.uk Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.word.mvps.org "SAJ" wrote in message ... How can I permanently set my default language to English (UK). It keeps switching over to English (US)!!! Please help. |
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Hi ?B?U2FnYXJh?=,
I also have the same problem - Word 2003 just randomly changes from English (UK) to English (US) - and still does so after going through all the recommendations listed at http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister/LangFmt.htm I only notice it when I try and do an AutoCorrect entry and it does not work, or when spell checking it 'can't spell', the reason being that Word has switched to English (US). Is there a way I can utterly and completely erase English (US) from both XP and Word, perhaps using the registry? This is really winding me up (has been going on for some time). You can get different languages if you copy content from a source in that language (from the Internet, for example, or an email). If you're absolutely certain you have only the one language installed in Windows, and enabled in the Office Language tools, then this would be the most likely source of "contamination". As far as I know, there's no way to block language formatting out of copying, except to first paste into Notepad (thus removing all formatting), then copying that and pasting it into Word. Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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"Cindy M -WordMVP-" wrote
"contamination". As far as I know, there's no way to block language formatting out of copying, except to first paste into Notepad (thus removing all formatting), then copying that and pasting it into Word. Wouldn't control-V (paste) then choose "Keep text only" in the little popup dialog do the same thing? I know from experience that "Match destination formatting" doesn't strip out the language formatting but "Keep text only" does. Here's a little macro that does a "Keep text only" paste. I've associated it with control-shift-V on my system. (Note: I am not the author of this but it works.) quote Sub PasteUnformatted() ' PasteUnformatted Macro ' Control shift V pastes the clipboard without formatting Selection.PasteSpecial Link:=False, DataType:=wdPasteText, Placement:= _ wdInLine, DisplayAsIcon:=False End Sub /quote -- Bob Kanyak's Doghouse http://www.kanyak.com |
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Thanks. I might try the macro at some future time - I've never created one
before - but for the time being I will just be wary and check after any paste from the web or from another doc or source. Stripping stuff off using Wrrdpad would be a hassle for me as most of my work has uses many Sanskrit terms (in roman) for which I use a special font - stripped I would end up with words like sa}s%ra, which would be samsara! Thanks, Robert "Cindy M -WordMVP-" wrote: Hi ?B?U2FnYXJh?=, I also have the same problem - Word 2003 just randomly changes from English (UK) to English (US) - and still does so after going through all the recommendations listed at http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister/LangFmt.htm I only notice it when I try and do an AutoCorrect entry and it does not work, or when spell checking it 'can't spell', the reason being that Word has switched to English (US). Is there a way I can utterly and completely erase English (US) from both XP and Word, perhaps using the registry? This is really winding me up (has been going on for some time). You can get different languages if you copy content from a source in that language (from the Internet, for example, or an email). If you're absolutely certain you have only the one language installed in Windows, and enabled in the Office Language tools, then this would be the most likely source of "contamination". As far as I know, there's no way to block language formatting out of copying, except to first paste into Notepad (thus removing all formatting), then copying that and pasting it into Word. Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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For versions that don't have Paste Options, using Paste Special as
Unformatted Text should work 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. "Opinicus" wrote in message ... "Cindy M -WordMVP-" wrote "contamination". As far as I know, there's no way to block language formatting out of copying, except to first paste into Notepad (thus removing all formatting), then copying that and pasting it into Word. Wouldn't control-V (paste) then choose "Keep text only" in the little popup dialog do the same thing? I know from experience that "Match destination formatting" doesn't strip out the language formatting but "Keep text only" does. Here's a little macro that does a "Keep text only" paste. I've associated it with control-shift-V on my system. (Note: I am not the author of this but it works.) quote Sub PasteUnformatted() ' PasteUnformatted Macro ' Control shift V pastes the clipboard without formatting Selection.PasteSpecial Link:=False, DataType:=wdPasteText, Placement:= _ wdInLine, DisplayAsIcon:=False End Sub /quote -- Bob Kanyak's Doghouse http://www.kanyak.com |
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