Re: How do I switch the dictionary language in Word 2003?

[Graham Mayor]

The language is a formatting parameter of the text. The usual reason for
switching is pasting text from a web page.
You can minimise the problem by setting tools > language > set language >
uncheck 'automatically detect' (There's a similar option in Word 2007).
Any text reporting the wrong language can be selected (CTRL+A) and the
correct language re-applied.

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Marycciu wrote:
> I want to save my default dictionary language (for spell checks) to
> English UK and it keeps popping back to English US. Can't seem to
> figure out how to make it stick. Any help would be greatly
> appreciated. Thank you!

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

See http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister/LangFmt.htm for a guide to
setting the system language (which is used by Word) and
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/MasterSpellCheck.htm for issues that
arise from pasting text into a document.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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[Dr Bombay]

I have the same issue and have set my dictionary to English (US) and
unchecked the Auto detect language but during the spell check, about 2/3
into the doc, the dictionary switches to French. I can't seem to "force" the
spell check to be in English only - any other suggestions? Thanks.

[Dr Bombay]

Apperently my problem was that a document sent to me was partially formatted
in French which seems to override the local language settings - once in the
document I clicked on Format > Reveal Formatting and the scrolled through the
document and towards the bottom I noticed the language change - once I
changed it back to English the spell checker check in the entire doc in
English only.