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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...
I just did. There wasn't a 'language group'. When I clicked on 'review' I had a 'Translate' and 'Language' option. Clicked on 'language' and then I had two options. 'set proofing language' and 'language preferences' – both are already set to UK English.
Proofing language is NOT a document setting. It is potentially set for each character in a Word document. Select All in a document and apply the proofing language. A different proofing language can be introduced with pasted text as well.
You also need to set the region language setting in Windows.
You also need to set the region language setting in Windows.
- I 'selected all' then confirmed UK proofing language (it was already set for UK).
My region language settings in Windows 11 says:
Windows display language...English (UK)
Then English (USA)
Then English (UK)
When I click on The second 'English (UK)' nothing happens. I go back to the document and I've got '...any more..." blue underlined. (In the USA it's sometimes 'anymore' but always in the UK – any more.