Dictionary Defaults to US Dictonary ALL THE TIME!

See http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister/LangFmt.htm

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"tusker" wrote in message
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"Lance Bombardier" wrote:


Could we delete English-US ?

I agree that, despite doing everything described here, and never, EVER,
allowing 'Normal.dot' to be changed, sooner or later I will find US
spelling
has crept back in. I strongly support the idea that Microsoft should
produce
a patch that would permit US spellings to be eliminated from what is, in
reality not a US, but a core dictionary. If you can add words to a
dictionary, it must be possible to delete them! Its simply a matter of
Microsoft having the will and inclination to look after its non-US
customers.

=?Utf-8?B?Z2FyZmllbGQtbi1vZGll?= Wrote:
Hi, Phil. See http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister/LangFmt.htm.


"Phil" wrote:

I change the default dictionary to NZ English and set as Default.
Within minutes of working on the document the dictionary is back to US
english. Is it all about America??? How do I keep it at the setting I
want. NZ English.

Hi, i had this problem too, i resolved it by selecting all the text
Ctrl A, and then changing the default to English UK, and then saving
the document. It should work for you too when selecting NZ as default.

Hope this helps

Steve


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stephenhoskenPosted from http://www.pcreview.co.uk/ newsgroup access

You need to make sure all your regional settings match, and that you aren't
automatically detecting language or worse swapping between keyboards. See

http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister/LangFmt.htm

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"stephenhosken" stephenhosken.1raesp@ wrote in message
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=?Utf-8?B?Z2FyZmllbGQtbi1vZGll?= Wrote:
Hi, Phil. See http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister/LangFmt.htm.


"Phil" wrote:

I change the default dictionary to NZ English and set as Default.
Within minutes of working on the document the dictionary is back to US
english. Is it all about America??? How do I keep it at the setting I
want. NZ English.

Hi, i had this problem too, i resolved it by selecting all the text
Ctrl A, and then changing the default to English UK, and then saving
the document. It should work for you too when selecting NZ as default.

Hope this helps

Steve


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stephenhoskenPosted from http://www.pcreview.co.uk/ newsgroup access

I am trying to use UK English -- only -- and trying, as an editor, to impose
some consistency on my organisation's output.

I am not a techie, and greatly appreciate all the tips listed here in
attempting to override/circumvent/escape the all-knowing US English.

But, dear Microsoft, since your staff is reading all this, why don't you
just provide some techie solution for other versions of English to be the
only ones used by those that choose to do so, so we can all stop discussing
the issue? (I see I am going over old ground here, but anyway...)




"Phil" wrote:

I change the default dictionary to NZ English and set as Default. Within minutes of working on the document the dictionary is back to US english. Is it all about America??? How do I keep it at the setting I want. NZ English.

Microsoft staff are unlikely to be monitoring this forum.
The proofing language is saved with the document.
The default proofing language is that set in Windows regional settings.
You can turn off the automatic language detection in tools language set
language and you can also change the document language from there also.

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Helen wrote:
I am trying to use UK English -- only -- and trying, as an editor, to
impose some consistency on my organisation's output.

I am not a techie, and greatly appreciate all the tips listed here in
attempting to override/circumvent/escape the all-knowing US English.

But, dear Microsoft, since your staff is reading all this, why don't
you just provide some techie solution for other versions of English
to be the only ones used by those that choose to do so, so we can all
stop discussing the issue? (I see I am going over old ground here,
but anyway...)




"Phil" wrote:

I change the default dictionary to NZ English and set as Default.
Within minutes of working on the document the dictionary is back to
US english. Is it all about America??? How do I keep it at the
setting I want. NZ English.

I am experiencing the same problem. However, my computer will default to
some variant on French instead of the US English I'm looking for (and y'all
are looking to banish). Going to Toolsetc is a temporary, per-document
fix--if I restart a new document, I enjoy the process all over again.

I am losing my mind.

"Helen" wrote:

I am trying to use UK English -- only -- and trying, as an editor, to impose
some consistency on my organisation's output.

I am not a techie, and greatly appreciate all the tips listed here in
attempting to override/circumvent/escape the all-knowing US English.

But, dear Microsoft, since your staff is reading all this, why don't you
just provide some techie solution for other versions of English to be the
only ones used by those that choose to do so, so we can all stop discussing
the issue? (I see I am going over old ground here, but anyway...)




"Phil" wrote:

I change the default dictionary to NZ English and set as Default. Within minutes of working on the document the dictionary is back to US english. Is it all about America??? How do I keep it at the setting I want. NZ English.

See http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister/LangFmt.htm (and note that
no one from MS is reading this).

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Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Deke" wrote in message
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I am experiencing the same problem. However, my computer will default to
some variant on French instead of the US English I'm looking for (and
y'all
are looking to banish). Going to Toolsetc is a temporary, per-document
fix--if I restart a new document, I enjoy the process all over again.

I am losing my mind.

"Helen" wrote:

I am trying to use UK English -- only -- and trying, as an editor, to
impose
some consistency on my organisation's output.

I am not a techie, and greatly appreciate all the tips listed here in
attempting to override/circumvent/escape the all-knowing US English.

But, dear Microsoft, since your staff is reading all this, why don't you
just provide some techie solution for other versions of English to be
the
only ones used by those that choose to do so, so we can all stop
discussing
the issue? (I see I am going over old ground here, but anyway...)




"Phil" wrote:

I change the default dictionary to NZ English and set as Default.
Within minutes of working on the document the dictionary is back to US
english. Is it all about America??? How do I keep it at the setting I want.
NZ English.

Silly Microsoft for making language settings attached to the text itself and
not controlled by the document...

Think your selves lucky I have half a million documents that need the
language set to Australian in them otherwise all my users complain why are we
using american spell check... And I have trained them about this issue but
they don't seem to understand....

Even copy and paste will bring in new language settings wit the text....
what a silly idea. I'm sure it probably seemed good at the time, but as a
user and controller of masses of documents and dealing with overseas
companies it SUX....

The reason for this is that many documents may contain more than one
language, and users want to be able to use the correct proofing tools for
any given language. At any point, you can use Ctrl+A to select the entire
document and apply the correct language (Tools | Language | Set Language).
You should also clear the check box for "Detect language automatically" if
you don't want Word guessing. When you paste text in, it correctly brings
its own language with it. Text that was created by a user of a different
language (even U.S. English) should not be marked misspelled just because
your proofing tools say it is. If you want to make it conform to the
spelling rules of your language, then format it as being your language and
then apply your proofing tools.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"75coupe" wrote in message
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Silly Microsoft for making language settings attached to the text itself
and
not controlled by the document...

Think your selves lucky I have half a million documents that need the
language set to Australian in them otherwise all my users complain why are
we
using american spell check... And I have trained them about this issue but
they don't seem to understand....

Even copy and paste will bring in new language settings wit the text....
what a silly idea. I'm sure it probably seemed good at the time, but as a
user and controller of masses of documents and dealing with overseas
companies it SUX....

"garfield-n-odie" - Thanks from another Kiwi!

"garfield-n-odie" wrote:

Hi, Phil. See http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister/LangFmt.htm.


"Phil" wrote:

I change the default dictionary to NZ English and set as Default. Within minutes of working on the document the dictionary is back to US english. Is it all about America??? How do I keep it at the setting I want. NZ English.