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Change language without changing keyboard layout

Hello,

MS Word 2010, Windows 7 ultimate/64

I would like to keep English as my standard language and keyboard layout.  But there are times when I create a document or open a document in French. (Word used to "recognize" the language, as I recall, but I don't mind changing it manually.)

It would be nice to work on the document in French without every word being underlined as misspelled.  But I want to keep the American English keyboard (I have my own program for putting in accents, etc).

Is it possible to change the language for a particular document from English to French yet not change the standard keyboard?

Many thanks.

Jack

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Select the text and use Review | Language | Language | Set Proofing Language to select French as the language of the selected text. The French proofing tools will be used.
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Last updated September 15, 2023 Views 1,755 Applies to: