WD: English Spelling Dictionary Contains U.S. and U.K. Spellings

• Microsoft Word 97 for Windows
• Microsoft Word 98 Macintosh Edition

SUMMARY

The English Language Dictionary supplied with Word contains both the United States (U.S.) English and British (U.K.) English dictionaries. In other words, you can check both English (U.S.) and English (U.K.) spelling using the same dictionary.

MORE INFORMATION

To check the United States or British English spelling of a word, you must format that word for the appropriate language. To apply language formatting, follow these steps:

1. Select the text that you want to have applied a specific language format.

2. On the Tools menu, point to Language, and then click Set Language.

3. Select one of the following depending on your operating system (Windows or Macintosh):

     Word for Windows                 Word for the Macintosh
     ----------------                 ----------------------
   
     English (United States)          English (U.S.)
     English (British)                English (U.K.)
   
   

For additional information about this issue in earlier versions of Microsoft Word, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q118507
   TITLE     : WD: English Spelling Dictionary Contains U.S. and U.K.
               Spellings