UK to US English spellcheck keeps reverting!! HELP!!

[Sarahmacuserdisney]

I have changed the language to UK English and set it as default, but whenever
I do a spell check it keeps reverting to US English!!
PLEASE help, I can't figure out why it only seems to spell check in US
English.
Thanks.

I am using Office for Mac V.X with OS X 10.4.10

 

[Corentin Cras-Méneur]

I have changed the language to UK English and set it as default, but whenever
I do a spell check it keeps reverting to US English!!
PLEASE help, I can't figure out why it only seems to spell check in US
English.
Thanks.

How did you change it as the default?? Wa sit through the Normal
tempplate??
You might also want to check the styles you are using witht he text. UK
English might be associated to some of them. That would explain why your
setting "reverts" by itself,


Corentin

 

[Daiya Mitchell]

I'm guessing you didn't do what you think you did--for instance, there
is no easy single preference to set UK English as a default language.
Read the explanation here (under Set the Default Language, and the Fixes
section) and see if it helps, or provokes new specific questions.
Confusion on this issue is *very* common.
http://word.mvps.org/mac/SpellCheck.html

Note: To change existing text, you must select it first.

 

[bammo]

I have changed the language to UK English and set it as default, but whenever
I do a spell check it keeps reverting to US English!!
PLEASE help, I can't figure out why it only seems to spell check in US
English.
Thanks.

I am using Office for Mac V.X with OS X 10.4.10

I had exactly the same problem and went through the same process with
no success until I discovered that each style has a Language option
and this is where it needs to be changed otherwise it reverts to
English US all the time.

My non-expert solution is to click
Format>Style>Modify>Format>Language.

I chose all the base styles like Normal, Body text, Heading 1 etc
from which most others are formatted and make sure that they all are
formatted with English UK and voilà it solved my problem.

Whenever I find one style acting like English US, it is because I did
not modify it yet. I check to see which style it is based on and start
by modifying the base style and it works. if it is not based on any
style then I just modify the language on this particular style.

Cheers

 

[John McGhie]

Unless you have altered the inheritance chaining of your styles, you need
only change the language in "Normal" style. Every other style in the
document inherits from that one.

Of course, if you have changed the inheritance chaining, you are probably a
documentation professional who has done so for a very good reason and you
don't need to be told this

I had exactly the same problem and went through the same process with
no success until I discovered that each style has a Language option
and this is where it needs to be changed otherwise it reverts to
English US all the time.

My non-expert solution is to click
Format>Style>Modify>Format>Language.

I chose all the base styles like Normal, Body text, Heading 1 etc
from which most others are formatted and make sure that they all are
formatted with English UK and voil‡ it solved my problem.

Whenever I find one style acting like English US, it is because I did
not modify it yet. I check to see which style it is based on and start
by modifying the base style and it works. if it is not based on any
style then I just modify the language on this particular style.

Cheers

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[Elliott Roper]

I had exactly the same problem and went through the same process with
no success until I discovered that each style has a Language option
and this is where it needs to be changed otherwise it reverts to
English US all the time.

My non-expert solution is to click
Format>Style>Modify>Format>Language.

I chose all the base styles like Normal, Body text, Heading 1 etc
from which most others are formatted and make sure that they all are
formatted with English UK and voilà it solved my problem.

Whenever I find one style acting like English US, it is because I did
not modify it yet. I check to see which style it is based on and start
by modifying the base style and it works. if it is not based on any
style then I just modify the language on this particular style.

Whammo! bammo. That ain't non-expert. It is just about the perfect
recipe for beating US English to death.

 

[Phillip Jones]

Whammo! bammo. That ain't non-expert. It is just about the perfect
recipe for beating US English to death.

Calm down Elliot! Get away from that Coffee! Your too excited.

I didn't realise you were not a non US English speaking person.
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[Elliott Roper]

Calm down Elliot! Get away from that Coffee! Your too excited.

I didn't realise you were not a non US English speaking person.

Oh but I am not a not non US English speaking person!
I just tricked you because I can quote menu items verbatim without
barfing up. e.g "Customize" when every neuron in my spinal column wants
to write "Customise".

 

[Phillip Jones]

Oh but I am not a not non US English speaking person!
I just tricked you because I can quote menu items verbatim without
barfing up. e.g "Customize" when every neuron in my spinal column wants
to write "Customise".

You notice just to throw you off I use the British, Aussie style of
spelling realize (realise)? I never understood that when you
pronounce it with either the American accent or Brit accent its still
pronounced with the "z" sound. ;-)
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<http://www.kimbanet.com/~pjones/90th_Birthday/index.htm>
<http://www.kimbanet.com/~pjones/Fulcher/default.html>
<http://www.kimbanet.com/~pjones/Harris/default.htm>
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[KYM SUTTLE]

I just wish I could get through to Microsoft and tell them that as a non-US English writer it is intensely frustrating having US English as the automatic default when I purchased my Office:Mac here in the UK and when I set up my Mac I was asked if I wanted to be UK English, I said yes and still have the problem of not being able to set the language to UK English permanently. I did manage to contact them and they weren't in the least bit interested in my complaint. Grrrrr.

 

[Daiya Mitchell]

Use Help | Send Feedback to let MS know your feelings.

You didn't state a question, but I believe other people have solved the
same problem. Check the suggestions here:
http://word.mvps.org/mac/SpellCheck.html

If you want help, please POST A NEW QUESTION, describing what you have
done and what happens, being sure to state version numbers.

 

[John McGhie]

Hi Kym:

This is a straightforward set of settings you have to make. There has to
"be" a default, and US English is understandably the one they picked.

But you can change it easily, by carefully following the instructions Daiya
sent you to.

After all, as you can imagine, I am rather keen on English AUS down here in
Australia

Do it all, do it carefully, and do it right; and it will stay set forever.

Cheers

I just wish I could get through to Microsoft and tell them that as a non-US
English writer it is intensely frustrating having US English as the automatic
default when I purchased my Office:Mac here in the UK and when I set up my Mac
I was asked if I wanted to be UK English, I said yes and still have the
problem of not being able to set the language to UK English permanently. I did
manage to contact them and they weren't in the least bit interested in my
complaint. Grrrrr.

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