On 12 Dec 2007 Russell Hafter - Lists <rh.lists@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: [snip] > I believe that Word out of the box, even when sold here, > defaults to USA spellings and msot users do not realise that > it needs to be changed to cope with real, modern English. But there is an option in Choices > Word import/export options "Convert USA text to UK", which I have ticked. Since then, I've never had the dictionary problems that I sued to have. With best wishes, Peter. -- Peter \ / \ Prestbury, Cheltenham, Glos. GL52 Anne \ / __ __ \ England. and / / \ | | |\ | / _ \ http://pnyoung.orpheusweb.co.uk family / \__/ \_/ | \| \__/ \______________ pnyoung@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ------------------------------------------------------------ To change, suspend or cancel your subscription go to //www.freelists.org/list/icon-users ------------------------------------------------------------