vitamin wrote: > Graeme wrote: > >> Got exactly the same problem Stefan. Have tried running regedit and changing language settings but no luck. >> >> There must be a simple explanation because I'm assuming that Word is picking up default settings from the system somewhere. >> > > > Those registry entries are being reset on each start. Modifying them won't do you any good. What you need is: > > Code: > export LANG=en_US.UTF-8 > Vitamin: That IS for American English. Graeme wants to change to another language, but did not specify which one. Graeme: You need to change the en_US part to whatever language you need to support. If it is British English this would be en_GB, for French (France) it is fr_FR There are many more languages that are supported. However, do not remove the .UTF-8 portion unless you are working with a multi-byte language like Japanese. James McKenzie