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UK english
I bought MS Word yesterday (Office) I've a LAPTOP. I've set it to UK English, but it still wants to change my 'leant' into 'leaned', my 'focussed' into 'focused', my 'backwards and forwards' into 'ba...
You need to set the region/language in Windows to English-UK.
For more, see Spelling Checker Does Not Work! - Proofing Language Keeps Changing - Solutions
Check your grammar settings under File > Options > Proofing.
Thanks for that. I checked and the oxford comma box isn't even ticked but the absent oxford is highlighted as missing on my documents. Also, my language settings are UK or British English. Charles_Kenyon
- Also, some UK English is okay, like road 'kerb' instead of road 'curb' (Us english).
- The Word UK dictionary does allow some Americanized versions of Words.
- The language setting of the operating system can override Word settings.
- The language setting is by character, not word, sentence, paragraph, document, or application!
- Changing settings will not change the setting for existing documents.
See the link I gave earlier for more. There is much more. This is ridiculously complex.
