Hi KB-1,
There's an interweaving of Windows settings, Word/Office settings, and the effect of Word styles and what has already been saved in
existing documents that can affect this. While the proofing tools for various English language locales are selectable, the English
language proofing tools share a single core file set.
You may want to follow the information here to see if it helps.
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister/LangFmt.htm
For additional information you may want to followup in the Word spelling/grammar newsgroup using the link below. The MS folks who
provide these features drop in there from time to time and with enough 'push' perhaps they'll move changing this up the priority
list for the next Office version after Office 2007.
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how in the heck to I change the default language from English US to English
Canada and actually have it remain on Canada and not revert back to US every
time I open Office, especially Word??????
I've done everything right from removing office and installing it again with
Canada English ARGHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!>>
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Bob Buckland ?

MS Office System Products MVP
*courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*
A. Specific newsgroup/discussion group mentioned in this message:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.word.spelling.grammar
or via browser:
http://microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/?dg=microsoft.public.word.spelling.grammar
B. MS Office Community discussion/newsgroups via Web Browser
http://microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx
or
Microsoft hosted newsgroups via Outlook Express/newsreader
news://msnews.microsoft.com