Having 'English (U.S.)' on the status bar instead of 'English (Australia)' shows Office is not properly configured. IIRC, I removed 'English (U.S.)' as a proofing language (possibly via File|Options|Language) when I did the setup. I also have Word's Normal template configured for 'English (Australia)'.

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Paul Edstein
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