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MS Office Forum / Word / Document Management / March 2008Word 2003 Dictionary Language
I have a doccument that I wrote in English and how for some reason when I try to spell check it my system is using a French dictionary. I checked MS Office 2003 Language Settings and the only enabled language is English (US). I had this problem once before and accidentially figured out how to change the dictionary back to English but cannot recall how I did it? Any suggestions  SignatureMungMan Chicago, IL Hi =?Utf-8?B?TXVuZ01hbg==?=, > I have a doccument that I wrote in English and how for some reason when I try > to spell check it my system is using a French dictionary. I checked MS Office > 2003 Language Settings and the only enabled language is English (US). I had > this problem once before and accidentially figured out how to change the > dictionary back to English but cannot recall how I did it? Have you tried Ctrl+A, then Tools/Language/Set language, choosing English? And while you'rein this dialog box, check if the "Detect language automatically" checkbox is activated? If it is, that would/could explain how you ended up with French. Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) Cindy, Thanks. "Detect..." was checked and all forms of French are checked on this document. How do I "uncheck" them? SignatureMungMan Chicago, IL > Hi =?Utf-8?B?TXVuZ01hbg==?=, > [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply > in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) Read again the first sentence of Cindy's reply. The language attribute is an individual per character setting. Signature<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> > Cindy, > Thanks. "Detect..." was checked and all forms of French are checked [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] >> This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow >> question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) Unfortunately, I don't know what you mean by "The language attribute is an individual per character setting." SignatureMungMan Chicago, IL > Read again the first sentence of Cindy's reply. > The language attribute is an individual per character setting. [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > >> This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow > >> question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) It means that every single character can be associated with a language. Signature<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> > Unfortunately, I don't know what you mean by "The language attribute > is an individual per character setting." [quoted text clipped - 37 lines] >>>> This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow >>>> question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) So my question still stands, how do I check only English or un-check all the French selections? SignatureMungMan Chicago, IL > It means that every single character can be associated with a language. > [quoted text clipped - 39 lines] > >>>> This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow > >>>> question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) Select all the text in your document and apply the English language parameter to it. Signature<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> > So my question still stands, how do I check only English or un-check > all the French selections? [quoted text clipped - 51 lines] >>>>>> This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow >>>>>> question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) I thought I had done that before but apparently not. This time it worked! Thanks very much. SignatureMungMan Chicago, IL > Select all the text in your document and apply the English language > parameter to it. [quoted text clipped - 54 lines] > >>>>>> This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow > >>>>>> question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) You must have missed a character or two. Signature<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> > I thought I had done that before but apparently not. This time it > worked! Thanks very much. [quoted text clipped - 66 lines] >>>>>>>> This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow >>>>>>>> question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) You saved my sanity. I had removed Office 2003 and reloaded it and still had the same problem. How do I make sure I always have my documents in english US? The original document was down loaded from the internet!! could that have been the proble?? Thanks again Charley 1938 > Hi =?Utf-8?B?TXVuZ01hbg==?=, > [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply > in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) Language is a text formatting parameter. If you copy material from the internet then you have no control over what language parameter is already applied to that text. One way to ensure it matches the text you paste into is to use edit > paste special > unformatted text. Otherwise its a matter of changing the language of the document to your own requirements (CTRL+A > Tools > Language > Set language - and while in that dialog ensure automatically detect language is unchecked). Signature<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> > You saved my sanity. I had removed Office 2003 and reloaded it and > still had the same problem. [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] >> This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow >> question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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