Aussie words

TonyBurd · #1 10-16-2016, 10:21 PM

I am an editor and the author is Australian. He uses Aussie terms such as realise, colour, etc. Spell check does not recognize these terms. In an older version of MS Word I was able to click on a country and Spell Check accepted the word. On Word 10 I dont know where to go to do the same thing...click on a country. Any help would be appreciated.

gmayor · #2 10-16-2016, 11:37 PM

Select the text (CTRL+A). Format the text as English (Australia). Language is on the Review Tab of the ribbon or you could add it to the Word status bar for instant access.

john.blake · #3 10-17-2016, 03:43 AM

You can also change language:
1.File
2.Settings
3.Language
4. Add new language
5. Choose English australian

clubfox · #4 11-20-2016, 02:06 PM

Beware, however, that Office seems to want everyone to use U.S. English. I too live in Australia, and have set Australian English as the default language for all of office. In my Normal.dotx template, Australian English is set as the language of my 'Normal' style. Yet when I create a new document (or even open normal.dotx), there on the bottom bar is 'English (U.S.)'. It drives me crazy.

Guessed · #5 11-20-2016, 03:00 PM

Clubfox

Perhaps the template you edited and the template that your using are two different templates. Certainly I would expect your Normal to be a Normal.dotm not a dotx. And then different styles can have different languages applied to them so you have to check every paragraph style. And then you need to ensure there isn't any local language overrides applied to the text. And then you need to pay attention if you paste in content from other documents which contain other language-tagged content.

But if you get your template right and use it properly, you shouldn't encounter problems very often, nor will you need macros to constantly reset anything.

Here is a macro you can use to ensure the entire document is being checked in Australian. This involves setting EVERY style as well as making sure there is no local language overrides on content already in the document.

Code:

Sub SetLanguage()
  'Changes all the styles in the document to Australian spelling
  Dim aStyle As Style
  For Each aStyle In ActiveDocument.Styles
    If aStyle.Type = wdStyleTypeParagraph Then
      aStyle.LanguageID = wdEnglishAUS
    End If
  Next aStyle
  ActiveDocument.Range.LanguageID = wdEnglishAUS
End Sub

macropod · #6 11-20-2016, 03:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by clubfox

when I create a new document (or even open normal.dotx), there on the bottom bar is 'English (U.S.)'. It drives me crazy.

That suggests you don't have Office properly configured. I get no such report on the status bar.

Guessed · #7 11-20-2016, 03:42 PM

Really Paul? Are we not talking about simply showing the language in the status bar?

macropod · #8 11-20-2016, 03:50 PM

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)'.

Charles Kenyon · #9 11-21-2016, 05:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by john.blake

You can also change language:
1.File
2.Settings
3.Language
4. Add new language
5. Choose English australian

This will not change the proofing language in an existing document.

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