How do I remove US english from the spell check?

Yes I am using Word 2003 - I actually have multiple languages enabled but
still have UK English as my default and it works just fine.

If you want to remove all other languages you need to do it in Regional
Settings (for Windows) and in Office Language Tools (for Office). You may
still have an issue if you have text explicitly marked as US English and you
may find you have US English set as the language in Normal style (depending
on what you have already tried).

I suspect you can uninstall Office support for other languages via Control
Panel Add/Remove programs so that Word never has anything except UK
English available.

--
Enjoy,
Tony


"Ant" wrote in message
...
Tony, I am excited to hear that it is possible! Are you using Word 2003?
Inspired by this thread I have just installed OpenOffice and it works
straight away (marks color as badly spelled.) I've opened a single (Word)
document that I know contains drawings and art and tables and it opened
perfectly. I think I may have found the *easy* solution.

"Tony Jollans" wrote:

I am in the UK. My regional settings are UK. I don't have the problems
you
seem to have. I do, however, agree with you that most software (MS and
other) is US-centric.

--
Enjoy,
Tony


"Ant" wrote in message
...
There are two salient points here. Firstly you are implying that I
have
accidentally somehow applied English (U.S.) to the new document so
that I
get
both US and UK English. I have opened a new document and that is the
situation. Is there a way that I can get a new document to open in
that
state?

Secondly, and probably more importantly, your regional settings are
US. I
am 100% convinced that all you are describing would work if my home
settings
were US and not UK. I don't believe Word has been tested with UK
regional
settings.


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

If I apply a language in a document, the language appears above the
line
(in
the MRU list) for that Word session. If I restart Word, only English
(U.S.)
remains there.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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"Tony Jollans" No Mail wrote in message
...
The languages which show above the line are the ones you have
enabled.

Close all Office applications.

Go to Start All Programs Microsoft Office Microsoft Office
Tools

Microsoft Office 2003 Language Settings

Disable US English (and enable/disable any other languages you
want)
on
the
Enabled Language tab.

You should see the results next time you use Word.
--
Enjoy,
Tony


"Ant" wrote in message
...
Yes, English (U.K.) is selected and so is English (U.S.).
Below that is a double line and below that many other languages
that
are
not
selected.
In fact, what do you mean by selected? Both UK and US have an
icon
on
the
left with ABC and tick. Only UK has a dark grey background.

I tried 'specialize' and 'defense' too and it told me that both
were
spelled
correctly.
custom.dic contains 92 words, none of them color.
I appreciate your help but get very frustrated that a simple
spelling
check
does not work.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

When you select the word "color" and go to Tools | Language |
Set
Language,
is English (U.K.) selected? If so, then that spelling is
accepted
by
the
UK
English proofing tools. If you want to disallow this spelling,
you
can
exclude it. See
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/Ex...ordFromDic.htm

FWIW, if I type "color" here and then select the word and
apply
"English
(U.K.)" as the language, it is marked as misspelled. Perhaps
"color"
has
been added to your Custom.dic?

--
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.

"Ant" wrote in message
...
Yes. Which is fine if the language is Chinese but wrong if
the
language
is a
variant of the rest of the document.
But my real problem is that if I open Word and type the word
Color
it
does
not mark it as a bad spelling. Even after having followed
every
instruction
to remove US from regional and Office settings. If someone
could
show
me
how
to work around that 'bad' behaviour I could accept that
pasted
text
is
not
checked in the language of the rest of the document. It's
not
what
I
want
though of course.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Any time you open a document in which a different language
is
used,
or
when
you paste in text from such a document, you will be using
the
proofing
tools
for that language. When you paste in text, the language at
the
insertion
point is the language of the pasted selection; if you
continue
typing at
that point without changing the language, you will be
using
those
proofing
tools.

--
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.

"Ant" wrote in message
...
I do not have, and for a long time have not had, US in
my
regional
settings.
As explained in
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister/LangFmt.htm
"You'll also still have problems with the document
reverting
back
to
the
"bad" language while editing. There is no way to get rid
of
this
problem
in
an existing file, short of recreating the file."
So it is not just one unlucky user with this problem.


"Graham Mayor" wrote:

I have already told you earlier in the thread how to
stop
Word
from
checking
with US spellings.
To Remove the US regional settings
Control panel regional and language options
languages

details -
select UK and delete US. It will be removed next time
you
reboot.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



Ant wrote:
Please tell me how to remove the US English settings
then.
Is
it
a
registry key change?

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

Of course you can. My PC is set up for UK English
and I
have
no
US
English set up in the regional settings.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


Ant wrote:
Graham,
For other languages you are right, but for English
English
for
England this is not correct. You can not remove
the
US
English
for
America setting. Antony
PS I would dearly love this bug to be fixed.

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

The default language for Word is that set in
Windows
regional
settings. Word will only spell check using the
language
defined
for
the text - see tools language set language
(set
to UK
English
or whatever) and uncheck the box 'Detect language
automatically'.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


jeamsu wrote:
I wish to remove the us english settings from my
MS
word,
so
that
if I type say 'color' by mistake that it will
not
accept
it as
a
correct word. It should give me 'colour' as the
correct
spelling.

Ok, so specialize is correct, just not common in the field in which I work.
I can understand that Word can't tell the difference. I chose that as an
example of a word that Word does not tell me is wrongly spelt, it was a bad
example. I'll stick to color. In fact, no. I have just discovered that
OpenOffice has a database that will also open dBase files so I am happy as
Larry with my new Office suite. Thank you all for your help.

"Tony Jollans" wrote:

Specialize is correct UK English spelling - this is fact, not opinion. You
can't fault language settings on your PC for the fact that they don't
highlight correct spellings as being in error.

--
Enjoy,
Tony


"Ant" wrote in message
...
The grey highlight meaning selected is what I suspected. As there is
something which I don't understand here, I just thought I would provide
the
information about the double line and the icons (which don't appear in any
other dropdown list) in case that would indicate to you what I am doing
wrong.
Current UK usage I would suspect is defined by dictionary definition
rather
than the streets of London. If I receive a CV with the word specialize in
it, I instantly know that the candidate is either 500 years old, or learnt
English outside England. The majority of the people I converse with would
consider specialize as the wrong spelling which is all I am interested in
using a spelling check for. Your reply is starting to hint that I, the
customer and user, am wrong, which is where I say thank you, Word doesn't
work, and duck out. If you have any other ideas how I can get Word to
mark
color as wrongly spelt I am very interested.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

As in any other dropdown list, the listing with a dark background is the
one
that is "selected."

FWIW, if I type "specialize" and "defense" and format them as UK
English,
"defense" is marked incorrect, but "specialize" is not, which I believe
reflects current UK usage (either -ise or -ize permitted). I suppose it
would not improve my case to point out that -ize and -or are
etymologically
more sound?

--
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.

"Ant" wrote in message
...
Yes, English (U.K.) is selected and so is English (U.S.).
Below that is a double line and below that many other languages that
are
not
selected.
In fact, what do you mean by selected? Both UK and US have an icon on
the
left with ABC and tick. Only UK has a dark grey background.

I tried 'specialize' and 'defense' too and it told me that both were
spelled
correctly.
custom.dic contains 92 words, none of them color.
I appreciate your help but get very frustrated that a simple spelling
check
does not work.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

When you select the word "color" and go to Tools | Language | Set
Language,
is English (U.K.) selected? If so, then that spelling is accepted by
the
UK
English proofing tools. If you want to disallow this spelling, you
can
exclude it. See
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/Ex...ordFromDic.htm

FWIW, if I type "color" here and then select the word and apply
"English
(U.K.)" as the language, it is marked as misspelled. Perhaps "color"
has
been added to your Custom.dic?

--
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.

"Ant" wrote in message
...
Yes. Which is fine if the language is Chinese but wrong if the
language
is a
variant of the rest of the document.
But my real problem is that if I open Word and type the word Color
it
does
not mark it as a bad spelling. Even after having followed every
instruction
to remove US from regional and Office settings. If someone could
show
me
how
to work around that 'bad' behaviour I could accept that pasted
text is
not
checked in the language of the rest of the document. It's not
what I
want
though of course.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Any time you open a document in which a different language is
used,
or
when
you paste in text from such a document, you will be using the
proofing
tools
for that language. When you paste in text, the language at the
insertion
point is the language of the pasted selection; if you continue
typing at
that point without changing the language, you will be using
those
proofing
tools.

--
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.

"Ant" wrote in message
...
I do not have, and for a long time have not had, US in my
regional
settings.
As explained in
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister/LangFmt.htm
"You'll also still have problems with the document reverting
back
to
the
"bad" language while editing. There is no way to get rid of
this
problem
in
an existing file, short of recreating the file."
So it is not just one unlucky user with this problem.


"Graham Mayor" wrote:

I have already told you earlier in the thread how to stop
Word
from
checking
with US spellings.
To Remove the US regional settings
Control panel regional and language options languages
details -
select UK and delete US. It will be removed next time you
reboot.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



Ant wrote:
Please tell me how to remove the US English settings then.
Is
it
a
registry key change?

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

Of course you can. My PC is set up for UK English and I
have
no
US
English set up in the regional settings.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


Ant wrote:
Graham,
For other languages you are right, but for English
English
for
England this is not correct. You can not remove the US
English
for
America setting. Antony
PS I would dearly love this bug to be fixed.

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

The default language for Word is that set in Windows
regional
settings. Word will only spell check using the language
defined
for
the text - see tools language set language (set to
UK
English
or whatever) and uncheck the box 'Detect language
automatically'.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


jeamsu wrote:
I wish to remove the us english settings from my MS
word,
so
that
if I type say 'color' by mistake that it will not
accept
it as
a
correct word. It should give me 'colour' as the
correct
spelling.

With "color," however, you are on shakier ground, because in my copy of Word
2003, it *is* marked as misspelled in UK English. I assume you have checked
your Custom.dic to make sure it hasn't been added inadvertently. As for
"specialize," I repeat that it can be added to an exclusion dictionary; I
admit that this is a lot of trouble if you have many words to add, but it
can be done.

I am curious as to why your UK English lexicon (in the same version of Word)
differs from mine. But are you aware that there is a separate NG devoted
entirely to spelling and grammar issues? If you post your concerns in
microsoft.public.word.spelling.grammar, perhaps you will find more
knowledgeable users who can help you to a solution.

--
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.

"Ant" wrote in message
...
Ok, so specialize is correct, just not common in the field in which I
work.
I can understand that Word can't tell the difference. I chose that as an
example of a word that Word does not tell me is wrongly spelt, it was a
bad
example. I'll stick to color. In fact, no. I have just discovered that
OpenOffice has a database that will also open dBase files so I am happy as
Larry with my new Office suite. Thank you all for your help.

"Tony Jollans" wrote:

Specialize is correct UK English spelling - this is fact, not opinion.
You
can't fault language settings on your PC for the fact that they don't
highlight correct spellings as being in error.

--
Enjoy,
Tony


"Ant" wrote in message
...
The grey highlight meaning selected is what I suspected. As there is
something which I don't understand here, I just thought I would
provide
the
information about the double line and the icons (which don't appear in
any
other dropdown list) in case that would indicate to you what I am
doing
wrong.
Current UK usage I would suspect is defined by dictionary definition
rather
than the streets of London. If I receive a CV with the word
specialize in
it, I instantly know that the candidate is either 500 years old, or
learnt
English outside England. The majority of the people I converse with
would
consider specialize as the wrong spelling which is all I am interested
in
using a spelling check for. Your reply is starting to hint that I,
the
customer and user, am wrong, which is where I say thank you, Word
doesn't
work, and duck out. If you have any other ideas how I can get Word to
mark
color as wrongly spelt I am very interested.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

As in any other dropdown list, the listing with a dark background is
the
one
that is "selected."

FWIW, if I type "specialize" and "defense" and format them as UK
English,
"defense" is marked incorrect, but "specialize" is not, which I
believe
reflects current UK usage (either -ise or -ize permitted). I suppose
it
would not improve my case to point out that -ize and -or are
etymologically
more sound?

--
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.

"Ant" wrote in message
...
Yes, English (U.K.) is selected and so is English (U.S.).
Below that is a double line and below that many other languages
that
are
not
selected.
In fact, what do you mean by selected? Both UK and US have an
icon on
the
left with ABC and tick. Only UK has a dark grey background.

I tried 'specialize' and 'defense' too and it told me that both
were
spelled
correctly.
custom.dic contains 92 words, none of them color.
I appreciate your help but get very frustrated that a simple
spelling
check
does not work.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

When you select the word "color" and go to Tools | Language |
Set
Language,
is English (U.K.) selected? If so, then that spelling is
accepted by
the
UK
English proofing tools. If you want to disallow this spelling,
you
can
exclude it. See
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/Ex...ordFromDic.htm

FWIW, if I type "color" here and then select the word and apply
"English
(U.K.)" as the language, it is marked as misspelled. Perhaps
"color"
has
been added to your Custom.dic?

--
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.

"Ant" wrote in message
...
Yes. Which is fine if the language is Chinese but wrong if
the
language
is a
variant of the rest of the document.
But my real problem is that if I open Word and type the word
Color
it
does
not mark it as a bad spelling. Even after having followed
every
instruction
to remove US from regional and Office settings. If someone
could
show
me
how
to work around that 'bad' behaviour I could accept that pasted
text is
not
checked in the language of the rest of the document. It's not
what I
want
though of course.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Any time you open a document in which a different language
is
used,
or
when
you paste in text from such a document, you will be using
the
proofing
tools
for that language. When you paste in text, the language at
the
insertion
point is the language of the pasted selection; if you
continue
typing at
that point without changing the language, you will be using
those
proofing
tools.

--
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.

"Ant" wrote in message
...
I do not have, and for a long time have not had, US in my
regional
settings.
As explained in
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister/LangFmt.htm
"You'll also still have problems with the document
reverting
back
to
the
"bad" language while editing. There is no way to get rid
of
this
problem
in
an existing file, short of recreating the file."
So it is not just one unlucky user with this problem.


"Graham Mayor" wrote:

I have already told you earlier in the thread how to
stop
Word
from
checking
with US spellings.
To Remove the US regional settings
Control panel regional and language options
languages
details -
select UK and delete US. It will be removed next time
you
reboot.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



Ant wrote:
Please tell me how to remove the US English settings
then.
Is
it
a
registry key change?

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

Of course you can. My PC is set up for UK English and
I
have
no
US
English set up in the regional settings.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


Ant wrote:
Graham,
For other languages you are right, but for English
English
for
England this is not correct. You can not remove the
US
English
for
America setting. Antony
PS I would dearly love this bug to be fixed.

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

The default language for Word is that set in
Windows
regional
settings. Word will only spell check using the
language
defined
for
the text - see tools language set language (set
to
UK
English
or whatever) and uncheck the box 'Detect language
automatically'.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


jeamsu wrote:
I wish to remove the us english settings from my
MS
word,
so
that
if I type say 'color' by mistake that it will not
accept
it as
a
correct word. It should give me 'colour' as the
correct
spelling.