Default Language on Outlook 2003 Replies? 1

[highw]

Using MS Office 2003 with Word as my email editor...

I'm in the UK, so my language Locale is English (UK).

My problem is that when I reply to a message it switches back to English (US), and this prevents my autocorrect entries from working and the spell checker also works in US english.

Some setup details:
* My email.dot and normal.dot templates are set with a default language of English UK.
* When I compose a new email, reply to an email sent in plain text or compose a new document in Word the language is correctly recognised as English (UK).
* My keyboard language Locale is English (UK)

It's only when I reply to a rtf or Word formatted email that the language in my reply switches back to English US. This happens even if the email was sent from someone who uses English UK to compose word formatted emails.

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Does anyone know how to force Outlook 2003 to use a specified language whenever it is replying to any email?
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[I am currently using a work around, selecting the message and setting the language manually every time I reply, but this is less than ideal and not really a practical answer to explain to novice users]

 

[sawedoff]

I will point out the obvious, but maybe you hadn't found it yet. Look at Tools > Options > Spelling, and make sure it is set to English (UK).



Sawedoff

 

[highw]

Hey thanks - yes, of course,

But the point is that whatever I do, when I *reply* to an email, the language reverts back to English US. Yes I can do Tools>Language>Set Language (and that's my work around at present) but it's not satisfactory for explaining to novice users.

 

[Sdsec]

This link should give you the answer you are looking for. You may need your Office installation disk to access the tool.

 

[Sdsec]

Ooops and the link I meant to post is:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HP030884621033.aspx

 

[highw]

Thanks - this worked perfectly.