Language settings in QuickStyles

I'm working in the UK. I therefore use English U.K. for my language settings.
In previous versions of Word, I've done this by setting the Language to
English U.K. in the normal style of the normal template.

That still works in 2007 - until you use QuickStyle sets to change the
appearance of a whole document. The built-in QuickStyle sets are all located
in %PROGRAMFILES%\Microsoft Office\Office12\1033, and all have English U.S.
for the language. As soon as you switch style-set, you get US English
throughout.

Whilst I could unzip each .dotx file in the QuickStyles folder, and manually
change the style, that is time-consuming and feels unnecessary. Given my PC
is running in a UK locale, why did the QuickStyles get installed in the /1033
folder, not the /2057 folder? How do I get Word to put some UK versions in
the /2057 folder? Why is Word even looking at the QuickStyles in the /1033
folder, when my PC is in a different locale? - shouldn't it only offer me the
/2057 settings?

Is there some crucial point where I've unwittingly told office to treat me
as if I were in the 1033 locale? If I knew, I could revert the setting...

Are you using the beta or RTM version of Office 2007?

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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Microsoft Office MVP

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"J R Oakley" wrote in message
...
I'm working in the UK. I therefore use English U.K. for my language
settings.
In previous versions of Word, I've done this by setting the Language to
English U.K. in the normal style of the normal template.

That still works in 2007 - until you use QuickStyle sets to change the
appearance of a whole document. The built-in QuickStyle sets are all
located
in %PROGRAMFILES%\Microsoft Office\Office12\1033, and all have English
U.S.
for the language. As soon as you switch style-set, you get US English
throughout.

Whilst I could unzip each .dotx file in the QuickStyles folder, and
manually
change the style, that is time-consuming and feels unnecessary. Given my
PC
is running in a UK locale, why did the QuickStyles get installed in the
/1033
folder, not the /2057 folder? How do I get Word to put some UK versions in
the /2057 folder? Why is Word even looking at the QuickStyles in the /1033
folder, when my PC is in a different locale? - shouldn't it only offer me
the
/2057 settings?

Is there some crucial point where I've unwittingly told office to treat me
as if I were in the 1033 locale? If I knew, I could revert the setting...

RTM (60-day downloaded trial)

"Beth Melton" wrote:

Are you using the beta or RTM version of Office 2007?

Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for
assistance by email can not be acknowledged.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP

Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word
TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/
MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/

"J R Oakley" wrote in message
...
I'm working in the UK. I therefore use English U.K. for my language
settings.
In previous versions of Word, I've done this by setting the Language to
English U.K. in the normal style of the normal template.

That still works in 2007 - until you use QuickStyle sets to change the
appearance of a whole document. The built-in QuickStyle sets are all
located
in %PROGRAMFILES%\Microsoft Office\Office12\1033, and all have English
U.S.
for the language. As soon as you switch style-set, you get US English
throughout.

Whilst I could unzip each .dotx file in the QuickStyles folder, and
manually
change the style, that is time-consuming and feels unnecessary. Given my
PC
is running in a UK locale, why did the QuickStyles get installed in the
/1033
folder, not the /2057 folder? How do I get Word to put some UK versions in
the /2057 folder? Why is Word even looking at the QuickStyles in the /1033
folder, when my PC is in a different locale? - shouldn't it only offer me
the
/2057 settings?

Is there some crucial point where I've unwittingly told office to treat me
as if I were in the 1033 locale? If I knew, I could revert the setting...

I did a little checking on this and found the 1033 folder isn't specific to
US English - it just denotes English in this case. I don't think you need to
manually edit the files, either. What I've found using RTM (not the trial
version and a clean install, btw) is the Quick Style sets do not set or
change the language. If I change text to English UK and change a Quick
Styles set then the text is still English UK. I've tried this with several
languages and the results are the same.

I don't know why you are getting different results. Did you previously have
a beta installed? If that's the case then I'd exit Word and rename the Quick
Styles folder and then start Word. The Windows Installer should
automatically start and repair your Office installation and recreate the
Quick Style templates in the Quick Styles folder. Let us know if that
rectifies the problem.

Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for
assistance by email can not be acknowledged.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP

Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word
TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/
MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/

"J R Oakley" wrote in message
...
RTM (60-day downloaded trial)

"Beth Melton" wrote:

Are you using the beta or RTM version of Office 2007?

"J R Oakley" wrote in message
...
I'm working in the UK. I therefore use English U.K. for my language
settings.
In previous versions of Word, I've done this by setting the Language to
English U.K. in the normal style of the normal template.

That still works in 2007 - until you use QuickStyle sets to change the
appearance of a whole document. The built-in QuickStyle sets are all
located
in %PROGRAMFILES%\Microsoft Office\Office12\1033, and all have English
U.S.
for the language. As soon as you switch style-set, you get US English
throughout.

Whilst I could unzip each .dotx file in the QuickStyles folder, and
manually
change the style, that is time-consuming and feels unnecessary. Given
my
PC
is running in a UK locale, why did the QuickStyles get installed in the
/1033
folder, not the /2057 folder? How do I get Word to put some UK versions
in
the /2057 folder? Why is Word even looking at the QuickStyles in the
/1033
folder, when my PC is in a different locale? - shouldn't it only offer
me
the
/2057 settings?

Is there some crucial point where I've unwittingly told office to treat
me
as if I were in the 1033 locale? If I knew, I could revert the
setting...

Actually, please disregard my previous instructions. A few others tested
this as well and encountered the same results as you. In light of that I do
believe there is a bug in the Quick Styles and have passed the relevant info
on to the correct individuals.

Thanks!

Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for
assistance by email can not be acknowledged.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP

Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word
TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/
MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/

"Beth Melton" wrote in message
...
I did a little checking on this and found the 1033 folder isn't specific to
US English - it just denotes English in this case. I don't think you need
to manually edit the files, either. What I've found using RTM (not the
trial version and a clean install, btw) is the Quick Style sets do not set
or change the language. If I change text to English UK and change a Quick
Styles set then the text is still English UK. I've tried this with several
languages and the results are the same.

I don't know why you are getting different results. Did you previously
have a beta installed? If that's the case then I'd exit Word and rename
the Quick Styles folder and then start Word. The Windows Installer should
automatically start and repair your Office installation and recreate the
Quick Style templates in the Quick Styles folder. Let us know if that
rectifies the problem.

Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for
assistance by email can not be acknowledged.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP

Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word
TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/
MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/

"J R Oakley" wrote in message
...
RTM (60-day downloaded trial)

"Beth Melton" wrote:

Are you using the beta or RTM version of Office 2007?

"J R Oakley" wrote in message
...
I'm working in the UK. I therefore use English U.K. for my language
settings.
In previous versions of Word, I've done this by setting the Language
to
English U.K. in the normal style of the normal template.

That still works in 2007 - until you use QuickStyle sets to change the
appearance of a whole document. The built-in QuickStyle sets are all
located
in %PROGRAMFILES%\Microsoft Office\Office12\1033, and all have English
U.S.
for the language. As soon as you switch style-set, you get US English
throughout.

Whilst I could unzip each .dotx file in the QuickStyles folder, and
manually
change the style, that is time-consuming and feels unnecessary. Given
my
PC
is running in a UK locale, why did the QuickStyles get installed in
the
/1033
folder, not the /2057 folder? How do I get Word to put some UK
versions in
the /2057 folder? Why is Word even looking at the QuickStyles in the
/1033
folder, when my PC is in a different locale? - shouldn't it only offer
me
the
/2057 settings?

Is there some crucial point where I've unwittingly told office to
treat me
as if I were in the 1033 locale? If I knew, I could revert the
setting...