Checking spelling in Word 97

[paieye]

I created a Word document, then ran the spelling-check, which gave me the wrong result. I then noticed that it was set to English (U.S.). I made sure that the Custom Dictionary and Language were set to English (British), and clicked Default, so that Tools, Options now shows English (British) as the default dictionary.

That changed the template, but not my document. I therefore copied-and-pasted my document into a New File, but again was stuck with English (U.S.).

I started another New File, and typed a few characters in before copying-and-pasting again. I now found that, if I started the spelling-check when the insertion-point was on any of the extra characters, it showed English (British), but if I started it with the insertion-point anywhere on the pasted material, it showed English (U.S.).

I have tried back-spacing from the beginning of the pasted material to bring it to the top left-hand corner of the first page, but that does not work.

If I were using WordPerfect, I seem to remember that I could View Codes, which would enable me to remove the English (U.S.) code that must be lingering somewhere at the beginning of the document, but I am unable to produce this result with Word, though I have tried Alt-F9.

Can anyone help me to sort this one out ?

[bearcur]

Did you use the following steps :

How to use UK spelling check in Word 2000 and Word 2002(XP)?

Follow the steps below to use UK spelling check in Word 2002 (Office XP).

For Windows XP:

Click "Start" -> "Settings" -> "Control Panel" -> "Regional and Language Options"

Change to the "Language" tab and click "Details..."

Select "English (United Kingdom)" for "Input Language" and Select, "US" for "Keyboard Layout/IME" then press "OK"




Then set the "Default input language" to "English (United Kingdom) - US" then press "OK"





Now, open MS Word and the UK spell check will enable automatically.




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Follow the steps below to use UK spelling check in Word 2000.

For English Windows 98:

Click "Start" -> "Programs" -> "Microsoft Office Tools" -> "Microsoft Office Language Settings".


Select "English (U.K.)" from the "Installed version of Microsoft Office:" then click "OK".

[paieye]

Did you use the following steps :

How to use UK spelling check in Word 2000 and Word 2002(XP)?...

No, because as I explained in the title to my original message I am using Word 97.

However, I have now got the answer.

1. In Word, click Tools, Options. Choose Spelling & Grammar.

2. Click Dictionaries, and select English (British).

3. Click the box next to Custom Dictionary to remove the tick.

4. Click O.K.

5. When the message-box asks you to confirm that you want this result, click O.K.

I had not grasped that one needed to do steps 3 to 5.

Many thanks anyway, bearcur, for trying to help me.