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A few days ago my keyboard layout which is in Portuguese ( I live and bought the laptop in Portugal) suddenly started changing to English in whatever document was being written in English, and although spell checker highlights words ( including when using email) no suggestions are now being given, although grammar seems to be working fine.
I have an older laptop running Windows 10 (which I still have), so tonight I set the "Time & language settings" on the windows 11 laptop to be identical and it didn´t change anything. I´m running office 365 . It´s like the "override for default input method " is being ignored . Mine is set to Portuguese .
Now whilst writing this comment in English, my keyboard language is Portuguese, but if I copy and paste into word, it changes the keyboard language to English. This is really getting on my nerves, so if anyone can help I would appreciate it.
I´m not a Tech Wizz and although I got the message that my 3 screenshots had been inserted , I´m not seeing them...
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Hi Roland Port
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Thank you for understanding.
Regards,
Lonex P.
Microsoft Moderator
Hi Roland Port
Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community.
I understand your frustration with the keyboard language layout issue on your Windows 11 laptop. To address this problem, you can try the following steps:
Disable Automatic Language Switching
Go to Settings > Time & Language > Typing > Advanced keyboard settings.
Under Override for default input method, make sure it is set to Portuguese.
Uncheck Let me use a different input method for each app window to prevent automatic switching.
Check Language Preferences in Word
Open Microsoft Word and go to File > Options > Language.
Ensure that Portuguese is set as the default editing language.
If English is listed, remove it or set Portuguese as the primary language.
Check Spell Check Settings
In Word, go to File > Options > Proofing.
Make sure Check spelling as you type is enabled.
Click Custom Dictionaries and ensure the correct dictionary is selected.
Remove Unwanted Keyboard Layouts
Go to Settings > Time & Language > Language & Region.
Under Preferred languages, remove English if you don’t need it.
Click on Portuguese, then Keyboard options, and remove any unwanted layouts.
Check Windows Update
Sometimes, updates can cause unexpected behavior. Go to Settings > Windows Update and check if there are any pending updates.
Perform Repair in-place upgrade: This will reinstall your Operating System and will keep your files and apps. This will take some time depending on the computer performance and internet speed. You can follow the steps from this link: How to perform repair upgrade in Windows 11 - Microsoft Community. Please take note that this article is in English.
Please let me know if this helps.
Best Regards,
Lonex P.
Microsoft Moderator
Can you guys please for the love of god make an option to separate spell checking from input language aka keyboard layout. They shouldn't be the same. Example my keyboard is in Belgian french. But i use English everywhere anywhere all the time and i dont even speak french. I cant change my spell checking to English on a french keyboard for some reason, even though it can highlight wrongly typed English words, clicking it to adjust it with spell checker gives me french results instead. Same with Xbox games library. If my console is in English, my language is set as English, and you have a game in your library that doesn't support multilingual options, then please i beg you to not give me the french version of the game when i download it? Just give the default English one. This has been issue for over 10 years now. And the multilingual text suggestions options is quirky at best
