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Michael Perry
Iron Contributor
Jul 26, 2016

Language settings in Word online

Is there a way to make the default dictionary/spelling language in Word Online not US and honour the actual regional settings of the tenant/user?   It's quite annoying in an English (UK) environmen...
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Mike Platvoet
Steel Contributor
Jul 26, 2016

Hi Michael,

Word Online should follow the user's language settings (to be found in the general settings for the user).
If I set the preferred language to Dutch in the Office 365 settings then Word Online defaults to the Dutch spelling, unless specified differently in Word Online itself (by marking text and selecting a diffirent language for spelling).

Administrators can bulk change the language for a user to Dutch. If that is needed then PM me and I will send you the Powershell script to do so.

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    Michael Perry
    Iron Contributor
    Jul 26, 2016

    Do you mean this page (attached)? If so it's always been set to UK but Word still defaults to US.

     

     

     

    • Mike Platvoet's avatar
      Mike Platvoet
      Steel Contributor
      Jul 29, 2016

      Hi Michael,

      No, the settings that I refer to are to be found from the General Settings from Office 365:
      1. Go to the Office 365 start page
      2. Click the Settings wheel

       

       

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        Michael Perry
        Iron Contributor
        Jul 29, 2016

        Not on our Tenant..

         

        We also set all accounts to UK when we apply the initial licence.

         

  • אדם סיסמה's avatar
    אדם סיסמה
    Copper Contributor
    Sep 27, 2017
    hi,
    I like to know if there's a powershell to change the default language for all users.
    thanks for advance!
    Adam.

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