> There's a link in my article to
>
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister/LangFmt.htm, which explains how
> to set the language for Windows, which overrides the language set in Word
> (which can be a little flaky).
>
> --
> Suzanne S. Barnhill
> Microsoft MVP (Word)
> Words into Type
> Fairhope, Alabama USA
>
http://word.mvps.org>
> "Spidress" <Spidress[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:9B93099B-102B-4F6A-925B-F907710575C1[ at ]microsoft.com...
> > YES!! We are at least partway there!!!
> >
> > Thank you to Suzanne and grammatim for helping to solve this at least part
> > way! The document she sent me was set to German in Word:
> > REVIEW:PROOFING:SET
> > LANGUAGE.
> > When changing that to English, any new typing is in the English format.
> >
> > However. it is still the case that when she opens a new document it is
> > still
> > in German. Is there a setting for the computer language, the Word program
> > language as well as the document language? We have the first and last of
> > these three set to English. and now I am wondering how to change it for
> > the
> > entire Word program.
> > I am also wondering if when she saved this document on her computer, it
> > could have change her settings in Word so that all her documents are now
> > using the German language criteria.
> >
> > Thank you for all of your help.
> >
> >
> > "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
> >
> >> See
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/MasterSpellCheck.htm, which
> >> explains
> >> the implications of language settings. Note that the language of a given
> >> document may be different from the default setting in Word or Windows,
> >> and
> >> the language of selected text may be different from the language of the
> >> rest
> >> of the document.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Suzanne S. Barnhill
> >> Microsoft MVP (Word)
> >> Words into Type
> >> Fairhope, Alabama USA
> >>
http://word.mvps.org> >>
> >> "Spidress" <Spidress[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:9BE10737-1BD6-4EEE-A777-4B66FD38B4D0[ at ]microsoft.com...
> >> > Thank you grammatin.
> >> >
> >> > On my computer it is just in the document she sent me. However on her
> >> > computer, it is now true on all her word documents.
> >> >
> >> > Could setting in a particular document alter the setting in the Word
> >> > program? and yet not in the control panel of the computer?
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > "grammatim" wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> That's how open-quotes should look in German. Maybe it _says_ it's US
> >> >> English but isn't really.
> >> >>
> >> >> Are you saying this happens in every document, or just in the one she
> >> >> sent you?
> >> >>
> >> >> On Dec 7, 3:56 pm, Spidress <Spidr...[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com>
> >> >> wrote:
> >> >> > Thank you Suzanne. I did have my sister check the setting on her
> >> >> > computer,
> >> >> > and they are set to English USA.
> >> >> > Is it possible that there is a corruption that was downloaded into
> >> >> > her
> >> >> > computer? She said that this document was sent to her, but that now
> >> >> > the
> >> >> > setting are different in new documents that she begins.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > I also went through each of the language settings for English and
> >> >> > applied
> >> >> > them, and none of them used the quotations that way. Although as I
> >> >> > imagine
> >> >> > it could be quite a number of other languages that use this
> >> >> > notation.
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> > "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
> >> >> > > The language is bound to be the issue. Just changing the language
> >> >> > > at
> >> >> > > this
> >> >> > > point will not change the quotation marks, I suspect, but it is
> >> >> > > almost
> >> >> > > certain that there is another language somewhere in the document.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > > --
> >> >> > > Suzanne S. Barnhill
> >> >> > > Microsoft MVP (Word)
> >> >> > > Words into Type
> >> >> > > Fairhope, Alabama USA
> >> >> > >
http://word.mvps.org> >> >> >
> >> >> > > "Spidress" <Spidr...[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> >> > >news:BA75F32A-F2DB-440A-9449-0355A62AE0EC[ at ]microsoft.com...
> >> >> > > > My sister set me a Word 2007 file asking me to see if I had the
> >> >> > > > same
> >> >> > > > problem
> >> >> > > > that she does. Whenever she uses the opening quotation marks
> >> >> > > > they
> >> >> > > > show at
> >> >> > > > the baseline, where the bottom of the letters sit, rather than
> >> >> > > > at
> >> >> > > > the top
> >> >> > > > of
> >> >> > > > the first letter of the quote. The closing quotation marks are
> >> >> > > > at
> >> >> > > > the
> >> >> > > > top,
> >> >> > > > but are facing the wrong way, the way the opening ones should
> >> >> > > > face.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > > > the other issue is that the apostrophe faces the wrong way,
> >> >> > > > although this
> >> >> > > > auto-corrects as soon as the space bar is used at the end of the
> >> >> > > > word..
> >> >> >
> >> >> > > > When I type in the document my sister sent, the same thing
> >> >> > > > happens
> >> >> > > > for
> >> >> > > > me,
> >> >> > > > though it does not happen in my own documents.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > > > She has checked the language setting in her computer and they
> >> >> > > > are
> >> >> > > > set for
> >> >> > > > English- United States.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > > > Any suggestion about what else she might try in order to clear
> >> >> > > > this
> >> >> > > > problem?
> >> >> >
> >> >> > > > Thank you!-
> >> >>
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
>
>
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