I speak English (UK!!!!!!!!!!)

Why does everything in Office (particularly Outlook) have to keep defaulting
to 'US' English.

I am from the UK, where we spell words properly. No matter how hard you try
to change the defaults, not longer after, the automatic spell checker kicks
in and everything ends in 'ize' instead of 'ise'.

There are people how use your products who are not from America.

Either learn to spell or make it easier for us not to have our work
constantly updated into 'US' English ...

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"rauk72" wrote in message
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Why does everything in Office (particularly Outlook) have to keep
defaulting
to 'US' English.

I am from the UK, where we spell words properly. No matter how hard you
try
to change the defaults, not longer after, the automatic spell checker
kicks
in and everything ends in 'ize' instead of 'ise'.

There are people how use your products who are not from America.

Either learn to spell or make it easier for us not to have our work
constantly updated into 'US' English ...

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Jim

I too use UK English but am a little more polite that you! Many US spellings
reflect older UK usage.

This Google search will give you lots of info
http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&sa...Se arch&meta=

By the way, many UK publishing house now use -ize !

My gripe with MS is that the Canadian English setting lets you use 'colour'
and 'color' in the same document!

--
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www.stfx.ca/people/bliengme
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"rauk72" wrote in message
...
Why does everything in Office (particularly Outlook) have to keep
defaulting
to 'US' English.

I am from the UK, where we spell words properly. No matter how hard you
try
to change the defaults, not longer after, the automatic spell checker
kicks
in and everything ends in 'ize' instead of 'ise'.

There are people how use your products who are not from America.

Either learn to spell or make it easier for us not to have our work
constantly updated into 'US' English ...

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"rauk72" wrote in message
...
Why does everything in Office (particularly Outlook) have to keep
defaulting
to 'US' English.

I am from the UK, where we spell words properly. No matter how hard you
try
to change the defaults, not longer after, the automatic spell checker
kicks
in and everything ends in 'ize' instead of 'ise'.

There are people how use your products who are not from America.

Either learn to spell or make it easier for us not to have our work
constantly updated into 'US' English ...

snip

Firstly what makes you think that in the UK words are spelt properly?
English is a living language and its usuage is changing all the time. There
is no 'proper' spelling only alternatives.
Secondly when you run the spell checker can't you distinguish between the US
and UK spelling of a particular word? If you can't why do you have a
problem?.

[Snip] There are people how use your products who are not from America.

I see the problem, in Ameica, we spell 'who', 'who' not 'how'.

So it would look like this...

There are people who use your products who are not from America.

:-)



"Edward W. Thompson" wrote in message
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"rauk72" wrote in message
...
Why does everything in Office (particularly Outlook) have to keep
defaulting
to 'US' English.

I am from the UK, where we spell words properly. No matter how hard you
try
to change the defaults, not longer after, the automatic spell checker
kicks
in and everything ends in 'ize' instead of 'ise'.

There are people how use your products who are not from America.

Either learn to spell or make it easier for us not to have our work
constantly updated into 'US' English ...

snip

Firstly what makes you think that in the UK words are spelt properly?
English is a living language and its usuage is changing all the time.
There is no 'proper' spelling only alternatives.
Secondly when you run the spell checker can't you distinguish between the
US and UK spelling of a particular word? If you can't why do you have a
problem?.

Bernard Liengme wrote:



By the way, many UK publishing house now use -ize !


Could it be because UK Prime Minister is an American poodle?

Personally, I like American spellings and I only buy american books.
They are easy to follow and straight to the point while British books
are just a waffle to fill pages!

hth

Have you set your language and timezone correctly? The OS language
setting and Office language settings should be identical to avoid any
problems.

I too am from the UK but I don't have the problem you describe nor can I
replicate it on my system!

hth


rauk72 wrote:

Why does everything in Office (particularly Outlook) have to keep defaulting
to 'US' English.

I am from the UK, where we spell words properly. No matter how hard you try
to change the defaults, not longer after, the automatic spell checker kicks
in and everything ends in 'ize' instead of 'ise'.

There are people how use your products who are not from America.

Either learn to spell or make it easier for us not to have our work
constantly updated into 'US' English ...

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I’ve had a similar problem which I first noticed in Outlook and was also the
same in Word. No matter what the spell checker is set to when you exit then
restart the application its back on US English again.
I ensured that all regional setting instances were set to UK, however still
US.
Then I stumbled upon C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start
Menu\Programs\Microsoft Office\Microsoft Office Tools\Microsoft Office 2003
Language Settings. The setting ‘Choose the language that defines default
behaviour in Microsoft Office applications’ needs to be set to English (UK).
It sorted my issue!

PS behaviour is spelt with a U


"ANONYMOUS" wrote:


Have you set your language and timezone correctly? The OS language
setting and Office language settings should be identical to avoid any
problems.

I too am from the UK but I don't have the problem you describe nor can I
replicate it on my system!

hth


rauk72 wrote:

Why does everything in Office (particularly Outlook) have to keep defaulting
to 'US' English.

I am from the UK, where we spell words properly. No matter how hard you try
to change the defaults, not longer after, the automatic spell checker kicks
in and everything ends in 'ize' instead of 'ise'.

There are people how use your products who are not from America.

Either learn to spell or make it easier for us not to have our work
constantly updated into 'US' English ...

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On Wed, 29 Mar 2006, Stephen typed this :
I’ve had a similar problem which I first noticed in Outlook and was also the
same in Word. No matter what the spell checker is set to when you exit then
restart the application its back on US English again.
I ensured that all regional setting instances were set to UK, however still
US.
Then I stumbled upon C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start
Menu\Programs\Microsoft Office\Microsoft Office Tools\Microsoft Office 2003
Language Settings. The setting ‘Choose the language that defines default
behaviour in Microsoft Office applications’ needs to be set to English (UK).
It sorted my issue!

PS behaviour is spelt with a U

Buhaviour?
--
Roger Hunt

perhaps you spoke english with an american accent or mid atlantic english

"Stephen" wrote in message
...
I've had a similar problem which I first noticed in Outlook and was also
the
same in Word. No matter what the spell checker is set to when you exit
then
restart the application its back on US English again.
I ensured that all regional setting instances were set to UK, however
still
US.
Then I stumbled upon C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start
Menu\Programs\Microsoft Office\Microsoft Office Tools\Microsoft Office
2003
Language Settings. The setting 'Choose the language that defines default
behaviour in Microsoft Office applications' needs to be set to English
(UK).
It sorted my issue!

PS behaviour is spelt with a U


"ANONYMOUS" wrote:


Have you set your language and timezone correctly? The OS language
setting and Office language settings should be identical to avoid any
problems.

I too am from the UK but I don't have the problem you describe nor can I
replicate it on my system!

hth


rauk72 wrote:

Why does everything in Office (particularly Outlook) have to keep
defaulting
to 'US' English.

I am from the UK, where we spell words properly. No matter how hard
you try
to change the defaults, not longer after, the automatic spell checker
kicks
in and everything ends in 'ize' instead of 'ise'.

There are people how use your products who are not from America.

Either learn to spell or make it easier for us not to have our work
constantly updated into 'US' English ...

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