Can one eliminate English (US) from Word?

External Since: Mar 10, 2005 Posts: 17

"Cindy M -WordMVP-" wrote:

  > > (Robert said): But not all
  > > my entries were missing: what is odd is that those AutoCorrect entries I put
  > > in the English (UK) that were in PLAIN TEXT were not deleted, only those that
  > > were inserted in FORMATTED TEXT.
  > >
> These types of entries are stored in two different places: the plain text ones
> in *.acl files, where they can be shared among Office applications; the
> formatted ones in Normal.dot
>
> The formatted ones will contain language formatting as part of their content;
> the plain text ones will not.

Yes, Suzanne mentioned this, which does point to the formatted entries I
made in both English US (without knowing it) and UK as a probable source of
this problem.

> As to your problem with languages switching, has anyone pointed you to the
> article in the Tips section of my website that describes in detail how Word
> handles language formatting? You need to read that through carefully, checking
> each setting in the various places in Windows, and then in Word.

Yes, I printed this out last month and went through it (twice) set by step.
The result was no change.

> If you've done this, and are still seeing the problem
> 1. Is it in existing documents, only?
> 2. Is it also in new documents?

Initially in existing docs, but also in newly created docs into which
nothing was pasted, but some AutoCorrect entries were made. IN the last doc
it switched languages during the second para! I was certain it was some
'bad' keystokes on my part, but no one seems to think that keyboard entries
can switch languages. The small window on the bottom bar that told me what
language I was in disappeared after I made all the recommended changes in
Tips article.

> It's important to realize that, in most versions of Word, once you get "messed
> up languages" in the document structure it's difficult to impossible to get them
> out. You have to start with a solid basis in order to have any stability.

The last time this language switch happened was in a new doc and I checked
the language before I started. But by the second para it had changed - I
noticed as a Formatted AutoCorrect entry did not work, so I immediately
looked and found that the language had changed from UK to US.

One thing I did not mention is that when I installed XP and Office on my
Thinkpad four months ago, I did use a macro from the MVP site that saved
one's AutoCorrect entries so as to transfer them from my old laptop to this
new one.

Thanks,

Robert (I must admit that I noticed IBM's Lotus Smartsuite version 9.8 going
on ebay very cheaply, and I am tempted!)

External Since: Jun 21, 2004 Posts: 463

Hi =?Utf-8?B?U2FnYXJh?=,

> IN the last doc
> it switched languages during the second para! I was certain it was some
> 'bad' keystokes on my part, but no one seems to think that keyboard entries
> can switch languages.
>
What about the Shift+Alt Windows default to switch any languages you have
activated?

Which languages do you have listed in the Windows Control Panel's regional
options?

Which languages do you have enabled in the Office Language Tools?

Finally, if you start Word in Safe Mode (hold down the Ctrl key when starting
it), does the problem still show up? (Note: you will NOT have your formatted
AutoCorrect entries available)

Finally, if you have (or can create) a small document (mimimal text) then
File/Save As to the XML file format, you should be able to open that in
Notepad. Copy the entire Notepad contents and paste it into your reply (at the
very end would be best). I might be able to see something in there...

My suspicion as to the most likely cause is that your Normal.dot is "mixed
up". If working in Safe Mode does not exhibit the behavior, that would confirm
this.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
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