Word - Dictionary

Every time I open Word, the dictionary always defaults to the "English
US" Dictionary no matter how many times I set it to "English UK". :-(

Has anyone any ideas please how I can set the Word dictionary to
"English UK" and for it to stay there?

JoeH...

Have a look here Gareth (Just don't get it stuck on Australian lol)

Gareth...

G'day Bruce... miny thinks for thet! :-)

Gareth...

Yup, that appears to have worked (I hope!!!) :-))

Tyke...

Oi!

That sound more like the NZ accent!

Gareth...

Vowel shift is very similar in Australian and New Zealand English. ;-)

Bigbazza...

And why not 'Austraulien'.....The best form of the Queen's english.. :-)

http://experts.about.com/q/Microsoft-Word-1058/word-dictionary.htm

Pam the goose...

Do you have an English UK dictionary loaded? It comes with US as default.

Wrinklie One =?iso-8859-1?Q?=A9?=...

where do you get the English dictionary from?

Gareth...

I thought it was in there... (it appears to be in mine).

Tools > Options > Spelling & Grammar(tab) >

Gareth...

drop down at the bottom > OK your way out.

I 'think' that's what I did. :-)

Wrinklie One =?iso-8859-1?Q?=A9?=...

All I have in there is Custom Dict ?

Gareth...

That is all I had in there until I highlighted Custom Dictionary,
clicked on Modify and selected "English UK" from the drop-down at the

Jackie...

I have just checked mine Gareth, following your destructions - I have
English (United Kingdom) all o.k.

bottom.

Perhaps there's different options for the different versions of Office
- I have the "Developer Edition". ;-)

Wrinklie One =?iso-8859-1?Q?=A9?=...

That is set to English UK but I don't remember doing it :-)

Pam the goose...

Many thanks, Anita. Bookmarked that:)

I've just repaired Office and told it I want it to spell-check and now I
have what it calls an English UK dictionary.
I'll test it before long and see if it really *is* UK, and if it stays
there.

Gareth...

Yes, of course. :-)

Pam the goose...

Just thought I'd ask cos I never use the dictionary with it being US.

Jeff Gaines...

It should come with a choice of dictionaries and paper sizes, in mine
(Word 97) the very last question at the end of the install asks about
paper sizes and dictionary.

I worked at a company where the person doing the installation didn't know
the difference and set the whole company up with a US English spell
checker, I had to kick IT for six months to get it changed!