The grammar check not only assumes that French is being checked but also reports its results and queries in French. Word works through the file checking every significant English word and rejecting it for insufficient francophonicity (with no suggestions for respelling), underlining them all in red, though most French words are accepted.

I have a perfectly ordinary file (a simple letter template showing my home address), created in Word on an American Macintosh Powerbook using an American-purchased copy of Word, and when I open it as a copy on my UK-purchased MacBook Pro (though not when I open it as the original) almost everything works except that the file is deranged, and thinks it is supposed to be in French.Įditing the file provokes enforcement of French spacing conventions (colons and semicolons are preceded by an extra inserted space that I do not type) the double quotation symbols (‘‘like this’’) appear as those funny French marks that look a bit like pairs of less-thans and greater-thans (sort of >) and, weirdest of all, the spelling and checking of 'grammaire et style' turn into French. I need some expert help, Language Log readers. Click the Spelling & Grammar (arrow) button and select the Set Proofing Language option.Microsoft Word has really done it to me this time.Open the Microsoft Word app on your web browser.( Important: When using the version of Office online, you can only manage the spelling language settings in Microsoft Word.).

To set the proofing languages for the online version of Office, use these steps: Setting proofing language in Office online While configuring some of the features in Office requires that you apply the settings to each app individually, you only need to set the proofing settings in one of the apps, and then the changes will apply automatically to all the other apps (such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote (legacy)). Once you complete these steps, restart the Office application for the changes to take effect. Select the newly added language and click the Set as Default button.

6 and 7 to enable proofing support for more languages.)

Click the Add button.( Quick Tip: If you work with multiple languages, repeat steps No.

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