Microsoft KB Archive/118507

= English Spelling Dictionary Contains US and UK Spellings =

Article ID: 118507

Article Last Modified on 8/16/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 6.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 6.0a
 * Microsoft Word 6.0c
 * Microsoft Word 6.0 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Word 6.01 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Word 6.01 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Word 95 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 95a

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The English Language Dictionary supplied with Word contains both the U.S. English and British English dictionaries. In other words, you can check both English (U.S.) and English (U.K.) spelling using the same dictionary.

To check the U.S. or British English spelling of a word, you must format that word for the appropriate language. (To apply language formatting, choose Language from the Tools menu.) When you run the spelling checker, it checks the (U.K.) English or (U.S.) English spelling, based on the language formatting.

For example, if your document contains the word "colour," Word flags it as misspelled if it is formatted as (U.S.) English, but Word considers it to be spelled correctly if it is formatted as (U.K.) English.

Additional query words: spell spelling english british language macword speller England Britain Great United winword word6 States American U.S. U.K.

Keywords: kbinfo kbproof KB118507

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