Thanks Gerald. That is a huge help. I just selected the whole document, changed language, and there I was! Tracy > Tracy, > > You have to select the text which you want the British spell checker to > check then go into the Set Language box and specify it as British. If you > don't select any text, then all you've done is specify that the text > you're > about to insert at the cursor is British, so if you don't type anything > then > you don't wind up with any text marked as British. > > HTH > > Gerald > > -----Original Message----- > From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tracy Carcione > Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2006 8:28 AM > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] changing dictionaries in Word > > It would be really nice to be able to switch dictionaries in Word, for > instance, from American English to British English, so spell-checker > wouldn't find errors that aren't errors. I have tried switching the > language under the language menu, but it doesn't stick; it switches right > back to American English. Does anyone know how to switch to British > spelling dictionaries for spell-checking a book? > Tracy > > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to > bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list > of > available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to > bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list > of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.