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Language settings in Word online
I would just like to clarify that Word Online is not Word 365, and Office Online is not Office 365, even though Office 365 can be used online. Office Online is the free, scaled down version of Office.
To change the interface language of Office Online, go www.office.com, click on one of the applications, such as Word or Excel, then click at the bottom of the screen. Or you can go to OneDrive, click the menu icon at the top, then select the current language.
Changing the language at the bottom of my Microsoft account page did not change the Office Online interface language.
I'm not sure if this is what Michael was looking for when he asked his question, but I'm sure there will be plenty of people trying to switch Office Online's language that could benefit from this reply.
- thanks man, this is what is was looking for for 2 months without a luck until now!
- I have the same problem as the original post describes. Microsoft Word Online does not respect my language choices.
In the account settings I have chosen: "Languages
Display language
English (Canada)
Preferred languages
English (Canada)"
Whether in the app or in the M365 account settings, all my choices for region and language are set to CANADA. And yet Word shows errors for such spellings as "Colour" and "Centre" etc.
I suspect this is an error in the system related to the wide varieties of English one can select. The software is otherwise very good so it makes this very troubling. Please fix this.My online 365 Mac Excel is also in Dutch while it should be in English.
Please fix this, as it's getting very irritating. Excel for Mac is irritating enough with it's limitations, considering the price you pay for it, I already feel a second class customer
