RickG16 Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 I have the preferred language set to UK English in options, but in the document it is still underlining UK English words in red (still set to US English). Any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneMoreFarang Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 Highlight all your text Review, Language, Set Proofing Language That solves it for one document. If you want to make sure it always uses UK English then make sure other languages don't exist, delete the others. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billd766 Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 Perhaps you could look here to change the dictionary. https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/all/changing-default-spellcheck-from-us-english-to-uk/67383c36-d900-4f2c-9716-2125379d9530?auth=1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billd766 Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 Normally when I use UK English words and they end up underlined in red I right click and click on add to dictionary. There are some words that I simply can't spell correctly and for those, again I right click and choose the correct spelling. I also spell check as I write and correct as I go along. The alternative is complete the post and go back to each underlined word and correct them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickG16 Posted December 8, 2021 Author Share Posted December 8, 2021 1 minute ago, billd766 said: Normally when I use UK English words and they end up underlined in red I right click and click on add to dictionary. There are some words that I simply can't spell correctly and for those, again I right click and choose the correct spelling. I also spell check as I write and correct as I go along. The alternative is complete the post and go back to each underlined word and correct them. All of what you say is right, but still annoying. The point being that I don't want to go back and correct them! I've removed US English from the list of options completely so let's see if that works. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billd766 Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 1 hour ago, RickG16 said: All of what you say is right, but still annoying. The point being that I don't want to go back and correct them! I've removed US English from the list of options completely so let's see if that works. I have got so used to it, that its annoyance factor doesn't bother me any more. I just do it without thinking about it. I have a wireless mouse and a wireless keyboard and the keyboard sometimes misses letters out and often puts 2 or 3 letters in place of 1. It also misses characters often. I have cleared about 5 mistakes in this post alone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fangless Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 Change/Install your Windows language to "English (UK)" and remove (USA)! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lupusthai Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 I'm using Word Office 365 for writing letters in German or in English with the thesaurus installed for both languages. Starting a new document I select first the language pack ( and keyboard-layout) for the wished letter-language. English letter: If you now type a mixed English/German text, the result will be: German letter: Typing mixed English/German text result: Hope, I could help you! Stay save! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KannikaP Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 11 hours ago, billd766 said: I have a wireless mouse and a wireless keyboard and the keyboard sometimes misses letters out and often puts 2 or 3 letters in place of 1. It also misses characters often. I have cleared about 5 mistakes in this post alone. Time for a new keyboard I think! And if you are using the PC on an office desk....WHY wireless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billd766 Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 2 hours ago, KannikaP said: Time for a new keyboard I think! And if you are using the PC on an office desk....WHY wireless. It is an Acer all in one desktop and it came with a wireless keyboard and a wireless mouse. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickG16 Posted December 9, 2021 Author Share Posted December 9, 2021 9 hours ago, fangless said: Change/Install your Windows language to "English (UK)" and remove (USA)! You mean for the whole of Windows, rather than just Word? I have removed US English from the Languages options in Word. So now it's only UK English and that is on default. But when I look at Proofing in options, it is still set to US English, and there is no obvious way to change this (the box is greyed out and I can't click on it) Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nojohndoe Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 2 hours ago, RickG16 said: You mean for the whole of Windows, rather than just Word? I have removed US English from the Languages options in Word. So now it's only UK English and that is on default. But when I look at Proofing in options, it is still set to US English, and there is no obvious way to change this (the box is greyed out and I can't click on it) Cheers And that is because there is this insidious degradation of the varyants of Englesh that must eventually akommidate the dictate of Merica kunt roll of lang wage and munikayshuns . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fangless Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 (edited) 14 hours ago, RickG16 said: You mean for the whole of Windows, rather than just Word? Yes; see below Edited December 10, 2021 by fangless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballpoint Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 This post was a timely reminder. I just installed Office 21 on a new computer and hadn't updated the language settings. It's quite simple for this version, at least. Initially it was set to US English by default, so my "proper" spelling of colour and civilisation are underlined: Go to the Proofing section on the right hand pane (should pop-up when you click the "Spelling and Grammar" button under the "Review" tab). Select the blue text "English (United States) above, and the following will pop-up: Choose the desired language and click the "Set as Default" button. Click "Yes" on the pop-up window. Click OK. Proper spelling is now left alone, while misspelled words like "labor" are marked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickG16 Posted December 10, 2021 Author Share Posted December 10, 2021 1 hour ago, ballpoint said: This post was a timely reminder. I just installed Office 21 on a new computer and hadn't updated the language settings. It's quite simple for this version, at least. Initially it was set to US English by default, so my "proper" spelling of colour and civilisation are underlined: Go to the Proofing section on the right hand pane (should pop-up when you click the "Spelling and Grammar" button under the "Review" tab). Select the blue text "English (United States) above, and the following will pop-up: Choose the desired language and click the "Set as Default" button. Click "Yes" on the pop-up window. Click OK. Proper spelling is now left alone, while misspelled words like "labor" are marked. Thanks I appreciate it.... But when you open up a new document do you have the same problem? Ideally I'd like it to just to stay on UK English Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballpoint Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 20 minutes ago, RickG16 said: Thanks I appreciate it.... But when you open up a new document do you have the same problem? Ideally I'd like it to just to stay on UK English I just restarted Word and began a new document. The settings have remained as I want them: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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