Additionally, I'm pretty sure Word only checks the Regional Settings
property during installation. If you cahnge regional settings afterwards, it
won't have any effect on spelling, so you need to use the Tools - Set
language approach.
Joe

> -----Original Message-----
> Joe is corect in his assessment.  The language setting is set
> (for Windows)
> in the "Regional settings" in the Control panel on the first
> tag "Regional
> Settings".  Word should pick it up from there.  If that
> fails, got to Word.
> Click on Tools, Language and choose "Set Language".  In the
> next window,
> choose the language of your choice.  If the dictionary and
> speller for the
> language of your choice are available, it will be used.
>
> At Neethling
> Cape Town, South Africa
>
> >Joe -
> >
> >Please show me, if you can, that the default spelling
> language for Word is
> >not based on the language of the keyboard!
> >
> >It was the only fix I found from Microsoft technical
> articles as I prefer
> >English (Australian) for my spelling.
> >
> >Martin Brown
> >Griffith  NSW  Australia

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