Maybe the issue here is that UK English is more likely to accept spelling alternatives (I am not sure). Of course, allowing for spelling alternatives is not going to be helpful for anyone who wants to ensure consistency. As Charles said, language formatting is unnecessarily complex in Word—...
I bought MS Word yesterday (Office) I've a LAPTOP. I've set it to UK English, but it still wants to change my 'leant' into 'leaned', my 'focussed' into 'focused', my 'backwards and forwards' into 'ba...Show More Reply View Full Discussion (18 Replies)Show Parent Replies Charles...
Spelling can be difficult….. and nicking other people’s ideas / words is too easy…. Wednesday, January 8, 2014 by Charon QC HT to @beaubodor who made the original comment some two years ago… see: http://muckrack.com/archiebland/statuses/182578163589726208 Posted in Charon, Charon af...
On the same hill would be thousands and thousands of prayer flags, sometimes tipi-shaped, sometimes strung out in lines to make massive rectangles, or even spelling Tibetan words in giant multicoloured letters against the snowy mountains. The monastery complex also housed many of the monks who ...
But! All my messing around with this has improved word with the English spelling. Not sure what I've tweaked, thanks to you lot, but 'focussed', 'backwards and forwards' etc. is no longer being underlined.Thanks a bunch to you all! Reply Stefan_Blom MVP to Spider8816Jul 05, 2024 ...
But! All my messing around with this has improved word with the English spelling. Not sure what I've tweaked, thanks to you lot, but 'focussed', 'backwards and forwards' etc. is no longer being underlined.Thanks a bunch to you all! Reply Stefan_Blom MVP to Spider8816Jul 05, 2024 ...
Maybe the issue here is that UK English is more likely to accept spelling alternatives (I am not sure). Of course, allowing for spelling alternatives is not going to be helpful for anyone who wants to ensure consistency. As Charles said, language formatting is unnecessarily complex in Word—...
Thanks. I tried your link 'Spelling checker does not work'. I don't have a status bar at the bottom of my screen and on the top where it says 'File', 'Home', 'insert' etc., there's no 'tools' or 'language'. So I couldn't get far with that. If I type 'Language' in the...
Thanks. I tried your link 'Spelling checker does not work'. I don't have a status bar at the bottom of my screen and on the top where it says 'File', 'Home', 'insert' etc., there's no 'tools' or 'language'. So I couldn't get far with that. If I type 'Language' in the...
But! All my messing around with this has improved word with the English spelling. Not sure what I've tweaked, thanks to you lot, but 'focussed', 'backwards and forwards' etc. is no longer being underlined.Thanks a bunch to you all! Reply...