Speakin’ Ozzie
If you’ve had enough ‘organization’ and feel like screaming over ‘color’ - it’s time to do something about your word settings.
I’m not usually one for conspiracy theories but getting rid of US English from Microsoft Word is so difficult I was starting to wonder. I can now say however that it is in fact possible and the joy that comes from writing colour and not getting an annoying squiggly line makes it all worthwhile.
The first thing is to change the language settings for your machine. Go to control panel and then regional and language details. Make sure you’ve got English (Australian) in every field. It’s wise to remove any languages or keyboard layouts you don’t intend to use.
Step two - change the default language for all Microsoft office programs. To do this go to all programs in your start menu. Look for Microsoft office and then Office tools. In the languages section make sure English (Australian) is selected and any languages you don’t intend to use are removed.
The final step is changing the default language in Word itself. At the bottom of a word document you should see English (U.S) indicating the default language. Click on this and change the default language to English (Australian). Turn off any automatic options - particularly the one that gets Word to choose the language.
To make Word use Australian English it’s really important that the Windows and Word language settings match exactly.
After you’ve done all this restart your computer, open a word document and type away free of those annoying wiggly lines. Good luck