I agree with Bede. There is also different usage for THAT and WHICH. I don't remember the details right now. It is not the opposite of our usage, and it can stop them in their tracks. _____________ Bob Trussler It's tempting to do so, but don't forget there's more to US English than spelling -- there's also idiom. For example, in Aus English we would say "the office is open Monday to Friday". The US English idiom is "... Monday through Friday". In answer to your particular question though, I would write in US English using the 'Check spelling as I type' function to catch my lapses into Aus English spelling. -----Original Message----- From: austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Naomi Kramer Sent: Monday, 24 October 2005 10:58 AM To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: atw: US/Aus English Curiousity question... If you're writing a manual which must be in US English, do you specifically use US spellings, or do you just write the manual, then use spellcheck to convert? - Naomi *************** ************************************************** To post a message to austechwriter, send the message to austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe to austechwriter, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject field. To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject field. To search the austechwriter archives, go to www.freelists.org/archives/austechwriter To contact the list administrator, send a message to austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx **************************************************