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Formatting footnote?
Word has a bad habit trying to guess in which language you are typing and then change the language for the text according to those guesses.
You can select all the text in a Word document and manually (re-)apply the correct language to the selection using the Language dialog box (Review tab > Language group > Language > Set Proofing Language). Also clear the option to "Detect language automatically" (which applies globally to the application as a whole, regardless of the selection). Confirm and close the dialog box with OK.
For footnotes, modify the language of the Footnote Text style. In the Apply Styles pane (Ctrl+Shift+S), type in Footnote Text and click Modify. In the dialog box, click Format and then click Language. Choose the appropriate language.
Thanks for this, I have passed the advice back to the user to action your suggestions, thanks for making them, fingers crossed they do the trick! 🙂
Thanks for the follow-up. Good luck!
I forgot to mention that it is often a good idea to redefine the Normal style as well, in an affected document.