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Ian Pollard - 21 Nov 2004 23:04 GMT

I am using Word 2000 and the default language keeps changing to US
English, how can I keep it as UK English??

Ian

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Herb Tyson [MVP] - 22 Nov 2004 00:47 GMT

Try setting it using the Control panel. The exact location varies by
operating system. In Windows XP, look in Regional and Language options.

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>I am using Word 2000 and the default language keeps changing to US
> English, how can I keep it as UK English??
>
> Ian

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Thomas Larsen - 24 Nov 2004 11:05 GMT

It does not work! I have a similar problem. Want to change the spelling
settings from English to Danish but after each check (each word) the
settings aotumaticly changes back to English. Pretty annoying!

I have all regional settings on Danish, so I'm looking for some new advise
to how I can use my Danish dictionary.

BR Thomas

> Try setting it using the Control panel. The exact location varies by
> operating system. In Windows XP, look in Regional and Language options.
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>> Ian

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Cindy M -WordMVP- - 22 Nov 2004 20:39 GMT

Hi Ian,

> I am using Word 2000 and the default language keeps changing to US
> English, how can I keep it as UK English??

You'll find an article in the Tips section of my website that
explains how to get control of language formatting in Word.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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Thomas Larsen - 24 Nov 2004 11:08 GMT

Some of your links on your homepage does not work or my browser is not able
to show them! Anyway I cannot see the advise I'm looking for :-(

BR Thomas

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Cindy M -WordMVP- - 29 Nov 2004 13:54 GMT

Hi Thomas,

> Some of your links on your homepage does not work or my browser is not able
> to show them! Anyway I cannot see the advise I'm looking for :-(

They all work from here, which makes it difficult to troubleshoot when someone
tells me a link doesn't work. But you do have to have *.css (styles pages)
enabled in order to read most of my web pages; and not having them enabled
usually turns out to be the cause of people not being able to see things on my
website.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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Ian Pollard - 24 Nov 2004 14:53 GMT

>Hi Ian,
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Hi Cindy
I have followed your instructions insofar as possible but find
that the "set default language automatically" box is greyed out in
Tools>>Language>>Set language. I have followed all of the other
instructions. Many thanks.

Ian

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Cindy M -WordMVP- - 29 Nov 2004 13:54 GMT

Hi Ian,

> the "set default language automatically" box is greyed out in
> Tools>>Language>>Set language.

There is nothing in this dialog box labelled like that. There's
a Default button. And a "Detect language automatically"
checkbox. Do you mean one of those, or something else?

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8
2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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