Microsoft Word

[ex_reven]

Simple Question about Microsoft Word

I use it.
I finish using it.
I hit F7 to check my spelling.
I print.

Every time I use it, MS Word changes the dictionary to U.S Spelling.
Now, i have nothing against US Spelling. However, i get marked down and criticised for this at school by markers, so I have to ensure that its Australian spelling (UK spelling).

Even if I change the dictionary from US to Australian, it goes back next time I use the dictionary, even If i close the dictionary and reopen it, it changes back to US.

How do I fix this "problem"?

[DanTheBanjoman]

Learn some English yourself. You should NEVER rely on a spellchecker. Use it to remove odd typos but always read stuff yourself and correct it yourself. If it's something important let your parents proof read it, others often find errors that you don't.

[Pinchy]

There isnt much point changing it to AU anyway...its still american :p

i just hate wen u spell something rite, but in au, and it changes it to the american :p

[ex_reven]

Learn some English yourself. You should NEVER rely on a spellchecker. Use it to remove odd typos but always read stuff yourself and correct it yourself. If it's something important let your parents proof read it, others often find errors that you don't.

its not the fact that I make mistakes.
Its the fact that the US Dictionary Autocorrects Australian spelling

eg
American - Realize
Australian/UK - Realise

[Darknova]

Do what I did, remove the US dictionary. It's all retarded anyway so who cares?

[Pinchy]

Thats a good idea :p

[ex_reven]

Do what I did, remove the US dictionary. It's all retarded anyway so who cares?

from where :p!?

[Darknova]

from where :p!?

I don't know from within Windows itself. My XP install disc only contains European and UK English languages (cuts about 100Mb off the size of the disc).

It should be possible from within XP though, do a little research I'm sure you'll find something.

[lemonadesoda]

Are you setting the language of the text properly

1./ Select all CTRL + A
2./ Tools / Language / Set Language ...
3./ OK

[ex_reven]

Are you setting the language of the text properly

1./ Select all CTRL + A
2./ Tools / Language / Set Language ...
3./ OK

yeah im doing it like that... it doesnt work
both Australian and US dictionaries are default according to the set language option

[justlocal]

Hi,

I haven't seen the situation where words are automatically corrected to U.S. spelling.

I have seen the situation often where the U.S. dictionary is the default and people have problems setting Australian English as the default.

There are three places in the regional settings I set the language to Australian and this has always worked for my users.

I also created and make freely available an Exclude file for MS Word which contains over 1,800 words. The result is words with "ize" are marked as incorrect.

Some people consider words like "realize" to be wrong (which they aren't in Australia). The Exclude file helps in situations where you prefer, or need to use "ise" such as "realise".

Let me know if you need more info.

Regards,

Kelvin Eldridge

[Darknova]

Ok Reven, when you select the language (UK English) press the Default.. button, this will set UK English to be the default language. Even if you have two apparently selected as Default, select one and press Default and Word will go to that dictionary instead of the US one.

[ex_reven]

Ok Reven, when you select the language (UK English) press the Default.. button, this will set UK English to be the default language. Even if you have two apparently selected as Default, select one and press Default and Word will go to that dictionary instead of the US one.

yeah thats what ive been dooooing...it doesnt change anything.
This Microsoft program is retarded lol

[justlocal]

Hi Reven. Did you check your Region settings?

[ex_reven]

no i didnt...i havnt heard of that
from a quick look in MS Word that wasnt anywhere to be seen

im guessing then its located somewhere in control panel?

[lemonadesoda]

Why dont u attach the file thats causing the problem and we can look at it

[justlocal]

no i didnt...i havnt heard of that
from a quick look in MS Word that wasnt anywhere to be seen

im guessing then its located somewhere in control panel?

Yes.

Select Start -> Control Panel -> ..... Regional options -> Regional and Language options

Under Regional options select Australia
Under Language select Details. Add English (Australia) as a service. Select English (Australia) as the Default input language
Under Advance tab select English (Australia)

If this is done correctly, when you create a new document in MS Word it will use Australian English. Test using the words color and colour.

For old documents you then need to use Control+A and change the language.

If you want to have the "ize" (organize) spelling of words marked wrong, you will need an Exclude file. Use Google to search for the words, "microsoft word exclude" without the quotes.

I hope that helps.

[ex_reven]

Yes.

Select Start -> Control Panel -> ..... Regional options -> Regional and Language options

Under Regional options select Australia
Under Language select Details. Add English (Australia) as a service. Select English (Australia) as the Default input language
Under Advance tab select English (Australia)

If this is done correctly, when you create a new document in MS Word it will use Australian English. Test using the words color and colour.

For old documents you then need to use Control+A and change the language.

If you want to have the "ize" (organize) spelling of words marked wrong, you will need an Exclude file. Use Google to search for the words, "microsoft word exclude" without the quotes.

I hope that helps.

OMG your my hero lol,
it worked. Now all i need is to remove the "ize/ise" spelling difference
il google just like you suggested and repost if it solves the problem :)

[justlocal]

OMG your my hero lol,
it worked. Now all i need is to remove the "ize/ise" spelling difference
il google just like you suggested and repost if it solves the problem :)

Hero, now I like that one;-)

To save you some time the following is the link.

http://www.justlocal.com.au/clients/mswordexcl/mswordexcl.php

The file marks over 1,800 words as incorrect. Mostly "ize", but also words like "mom".

Thanks for your enthusiasm.

[ex_reven]

Hero, now I like that one;-)

To save you some time the following is the link.

http://www.justlocal.com.au/clients/mswordexcl/mswordexcl.php

The file marks over 1,800 words as incorrect. Mostly "ize", but also words like "mom".

Thanks for your enthusiasm.

i found it just before you posted ;)
works great, thanks a bunch

:toast:

[DanTheBanjoman]

i just hate wen u spell something rite

I notice that you hate spelling things right...

[ex_reven]

I notice that you hate spelling things right...

yeah nic's a dumbass :laugh:

[AshenSugar]

why not just download AbiWord and use it with the uk dic only ?

honestly i think that would be easyer.

or use OpenOffice.Org same deal just choose the uk dic.

everybody should just use the american spelling for everything and make it simple :P

[ex_reven]

why not just download AbiWord and use it with the uk dic only ?

honestly i think that would be easyer.

or use OpenOffice.Org same deal just choose the uk dic.

everybody should just use the american spelling for everything and make it simple :P

why?
why dont YOU use the english spellings :p
The British Empire conquered huge quantities of the known world.
The American Empire has yet to conquer any nation.

Therefore, majority rules :laugh:

[AshenSugar]

we have more people then you, so majority rules would make us rule over each of your countrys :P

or china would rule the world :P

[ex_reven]

we have more people then you, so majority rules would make us rule over each of your countrys :P

or china would rule the world :P

the british empire would have had alooot more than 300 million people lol, they conquered india and hong kong, if your gonna bring china into it :p...

And china does rule the world. Cheap electronics, and other mass produced items.

[Pinchy]

I notice that you hate spelling things right...

There is an obvious difference b/w typing on a forum and in an assignment :p

yeah nic's a dumbass :laugh:

Ironic, ur the one trying to fix your spell checker :p

[ex_reven]

Ironic, ur the one trying to fix your spell checker :p

how does fixing something make me a dumbass...

Building a house makes me a dumbass in that case.

Downloading porn makes me a dumbass.

Talking on TPU makes me "dumberer"


dumbass :p

[Pinchy]

Well, if you were such a great speller, you wouldnt need it to be fixed ;)

[ex_reven]

Well, if you were such a great speller, you wouldnt need it to be fixed ;)

Read the thread before you post:

Its not the fact that I make mistakes.
Its the fact that the US Dictionary Autocorrects Australian spelling

eg
American - Realize
Australian/UK - Realise

EDIT - *to the tune of Happy Gilmore* JACKASS!

[Pinchy]

Yeah, but if u were such a "great" speller, you could simply disable autocorrect

how does fixing something make me a dumbass...

Building a house makes me a dumbass in that case.

Downloading porn makes me a dumbass.

Talking on TPU makes me "dumberer"


dumbass :p

Its when you waste time fixing something that does not need to be fixed that makes you the dumbass :p

[ex_reven]

Yeah, but if u were such a "great" speller, you could simply disable autocorrect

Time = Valuable
Self Checking ten thousand words = Time Expensive

Autocorrect = Fast

Would you turn off a great feature in your games simply because it wasnt working correctly?
HELL NO, we would bitch about it until it got fixed by the game company :D.

Same shit. Different Smell.


And Taste.

[Pinchy]

You could still use spell check, just disable autocorrect

...You would still pick up all your mistakes with ease

[ex_reven]

If I didnt use autocorrect that would cost me speed too.
Autocorrect fixes mistypings when your typing away at a great idea and have no intentions of stopping. Thus I spend a few minutes of my time getting a fix here, rather than wasting many culmative minutes later when I have to do something.

[DanTheBanjoman]

Time = Valuable
Self Checking ten thousand words = Time Expensive

Autocorrect = Fast

Would you turn off a great feature in your games simply because it wasnt working correctly?
HELL NO, we would bitch about it until it got fixed by the game company :D.

Same shit. Different Smell.


And Taste.

Actually I would turn it off if it didn't work correctly. If AA for example would scramble my screen I would turn it off. And if you have time to write 10.000 words you surely do have the time to check it for errors. In fact, if you don't proof read your own stuff it will become a mess. Spell correctors don't fix grammar that well. For example when I write stuff I sometimes notice a sentence being rather odd, spell checkers don't say a thing about those.

Proof reading your own stuff is a must, no matter how great you are at the language. Spell corrector is a tool, not a solution.

[Pinchy]

If it takes you minutes to fix up at the end, then u make a lot more mistakes than you have implied in previous posts


its not the fact that I make mistakes.

Hmm....bit hypocritical?

[ex_reven]

Actually I would turn it off if it didn't work correctly. If AA for example would scramble my screen I would turn it off. And if you have time to write 10.000 words you surely do have the time to check it for errors. In fact, if you don't proof read your own stuff it will become a mess. Spell correctors don't fix grammar that well. For example when I write stuff I sometimes notice a sentence being rather odd, spell checkers don't say a thing about those.

Proof reading your own stuff is a must, no matter how great you are at the language. Spell corrector is a tool, not a solution.

I never make a grammar/syntax error in my work...It just never happens to me.
Usually its just a typo due to typing too fast or in other small cases its the autocorrector.

Proof reading is for my teachers to do before I hand it up :D

[ex_reven]

If it takes you minutes to fix up at the end, then u make a lot more mistakes than you have implied in previous posts

Hmm....bit hypocritical?

i dont get it

[Pinchy]

Lmao, ok lets just stop having a mini flame war and rejoice the fact that you fixed the POS :p

[ex_reven]

flamewar?
i thought we were post whoring :p

[Pinchy]

little bit of a, little bit of b :D

[AshenSugar]

damned noobs, you cant even post whore/mini flamewar correctly *shakes head and walks away*

[Pinchy]

u wanna start something ashen!

lmao j/k :p

[AshenSugar]

u dont want to get into it with me, common now, look at that pathetic post per day number ;)

then consider the fact that i have been a certifyed post whore since the days when ezboards was the best forums on the net :)

[ex_reven]

u dont want to get into it with me, common now, look at that pathetic post per day number ;)

then consider the fact that i have been a certifyed post whore since the days when ezboards was the best forums on the net :)

i thought you would have said "since use.net" lol

[AshenSugar]

lol, never got into use.net or IRC really, i was on BBS some back in the day but cost of connecting to the good ones wasnt worth the bother.

[ex_reven]

lol, never got into use.net or IRC really, i was on BBS some back in the day but cost of connecting to the good ones wasnt worth the bother.

i wouldnt know lol...the internet was already developed by the time i got a chance to use it back in my dial up days where if there were too many people online you would have to wait for a few people to get off the line to dial in :p

[AshenSugar]

hehe, never had that problem with our local ISP(same one im using now infact) they had like 6 numbers back then, 14 or more for this area now, and they still have HUGE dialup user numbers(crazy considering for less$ u can get dsl in vancouver)

i know a few ppl who keep their 56k accounts to use when they are out of town(iinet has nationwide numbers and uses windows dialer, or any other os u want for that matter)

only time i have to wait for my closest dialin number is in the early morning 4am or so, when the local router/server is restarted automaticly(takes about 2 minutes to fully cycle)

[DanTheBanjoman]

Proof reading is for my teachers to do before I hand it up :D

In that case I'll join the dumbasstheory.

[AshenSugar]

dan, i agree for the most part, i never rely on the spell checker 100% when im doing something im going to be graded on or when its going to a new client( my old ones know my spelling can be a bit weird, but the fact that i charge good rates and get the job done fast makes up for the rushed emails/status reports)