Microsoft Word 2010 (Windows 7)

I am typing UK English on a US layout keyboard. Which means I need to type UK English on US English keyboard. Before some smart alec say "Change your physical keyboard" like the smartie pants from the tech store, I cannot change it because it is a laptop.

I set my default language to UK English in MS Words but each time I open up that damn thing it shows English (US). This is pretty annoying and I need to manually change the language settings otherwise it auto corrects my realise to realize and whatever other spelling the yanks spell differently.

I removed "English (U.S.)" from the File>Options>Language>Choose Editing Language but each time I reopen MS Words I still find the software speaking yankee doodle. It seems the only way is to change the keyboard settings in regional settings, but I cannot do that as explained earlier. Is there another way to get around this inflexibility?

It seems pretty retarded to me if Microsoft did not budget for this flexibility when building their software. So I am betting that there is some unknown setting hidden somewhere deep in the yankee forest that I cannot find.

And, can I completely remove English (U.S.) from the entire system except for the keyboard layout?

Answer
Answer

In the Windows Control Panel>Region and Language settings, set things up as shown below, including setting the default input language to English (United Kingdom) - US.

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Also see http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/MasterSpellCheck.htm

Hope this helps,
Doug Robbins - MVP Office Apps & Services (Word)
dougrobbinsmvp@gmail.com

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