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.