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Anonymous
2023-05-07T08:40:45+00:00

I am unable to set language for proofing and spellcheck in Word.

Every time I select English UK in the window below. A few seconds later it reverts back to English US

Is there any way to completely remove a language from Office so that it doesn't even show up in the Langauge window I below.

It can be seen that in the proofing and authoring section there is no English US option below. But it does keep coming up in the above window in MS Word.

I am hoping for a command line method to forcefully remove all traces of English US from my system.

Here is view of my system languages.

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  1. Charles Kenyon 166.4K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2023-05-07T14:00:04+00:00

    If Stefan's advice did what you needed, great!

    If not, see also: Spelling Checker Does Not Work! - Proofing Language Keeps Changing - Solutions

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  2. Stefan Blom 338.5K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2023-05-07T11:29:18+00:00

    First check if the default proofing language is set correctly. Create a new, blank document and verify that you see the language you want.

    Once the default language is correct, fix individual documents. Modify the language for the Normal style; this is a good start because Normal is the parent of most other styles in Word. Click in a Normal paragraph and press Ctrl+Shift+S to display the Apply Styles pane. Click Modify. In the Modify Style dialog box, click the Format drop down and choose Language. Specify UK English. Confirm with OK.

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    You may also have to select all the text and manually (re-)apply UK English using the Language dialog box.

    To display the dialog box, click Review tab > Language group > Language > Set Proofing Language.

    Choose "English (United Kingdom)" and click OK.

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-05-07T09:20:38+00:00

    Hi,

    I'm Tim, an Independent Consultant here and a Microsoft user like you. I don't work for Microsoft and do not have access to any of your data on their system.

    Can you confirm if you’re using the latest version of Office/Microsoft 365?

    Kind regards

    Tim

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