Language setup for Windows 10 & Office 365: English interface, Dutch spell check enabled.
Language setup for Windows 10 & Office 365: English interface, Dutch spell check enabled.
Hello fellow tech enthusiasts, I'm currently pursuing a degree in IT and have stumbled upon a vexing problem that I'm hoping someone can help with. Here's a rundown of my situation: Operating System : I'm using the latest version of Windows 10 Enterprise. The default display language is set to English (World) because it aids me when troubleshooting issues or finding specific settings. Software : I have Office 365 installed. The Challenge : My native language is Dutch, and while I prefer my system's interface to be in English, I need the spell check within Office applications, especially Word and Outlook, to default to Dutch. I've tried removing other languages in Office, retaining only Dutch, but to no avail. Whenever I compose an email, by default, the spell check indicates errors as if I'm writing in English. Even when I manually change the language setting within the email to Dutch and select the entire content, any subsequent text I type still reverts back to English spell check. Surely, it's feasible to run Windows in English and yet have the spell check default to Dutch, right? If anyone has encountered this issue and found a solution, or if someone knows the correct configuration to achieve this, I'd be immensely grateful for your assistance. Thank you in advance!
I’ve faced a comparable issue because I needed my Office UI in English, while everything else was in Spanish. Unfortunately, the PC I required is company-owned and I couldn’t make changes independently (administrator access is necessary even for minor adjustments). The IT team followed steps that were less extreme than yours. They retained the original language (ES) in both Windows and Office, but set English as the default UI language. I’d like to share a few screenshots, though there appears to be an upload issue. In any case, you might want to verify the "normal" style settings in Microsoft Word—look for them in the ribbon under the "home" menu. Consider changing the default language to Dutch there just in case (right-click + "modify"). Let us know when you’ve found a solution!