Hi good people,

Sorry to bump an old thread.

I work in an editing office where we have six language pools.
I have been asked to harmonise templates with styles for all languages.

Could you confirm that the assumption below are correct or reply:

a) If no language is set in style, MS Word will use the default system language set in Windows-Control Panel-Regional Preferences or will it use the language set in MS Words-Options-Language Preference??

b) If no language is set in language preferences, then MS Word will use the default system language set in "Windows-Control Panel-Regional Preferences" as default ?

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I used to have force language in styles by setting a language for each style so I am sure a guy working on a Spanish document will always use/have Spanish language even if their computer or MS Words is badly configurated (like having English language).

Does this make sense ? I noticed that if you set a language to a parent-style, it doesn't apply to dependent-styles... so yeah, downside of this is that settings language for each and every single style is time consuming (so many clicks). In fact, I am considering having a macro that check language of one style and applies to all.

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Basically, I want to find a convenient way to have language harmonisation without having/forcing languages in style.

Meaning a template with stylesheet that will throw Spanish language to Spanish user working on Spanish-configurated computer as well as Spanish users using computer with different settings. Users will have same templates but different system and should be able to copy and paste without having these red spellcheck.


What would be the best practices, I am hesitating between:
a) Having a template for each language (Spanish, French, etc.) and all styles within templates having a language setting

b) Having a single template for all language but make sure that MS Options are correctly set (why not a macro that compare Regional Settings against MS Options)

Anyway, I hope I have managed to explain my main concern here. Any help, tip or assistance would be helpful

Cheers