

Click the add language option, and add the language pack you need. If you’re on Windows 7, it will open Control Panel.īoth apps will open the language section.

This will open the Settings app on Windows 10. To do that, click the ‘Not Enabled’ link next to the language. If you want to use it as an input language, you need to enable it and that includes downloading an additional language pack. The language is added only for spellcheck, and not as an input language. If you prefer to spell it with a U, you need to select United Kingdom English. If you prefer to spell Color without a U, you need to select United States English. This is where you can select the language that Microsoft Word uses to reference spellings. The first section is called ‘Choose Editing Languages’. In the Word Options window, select the Language tab. The grammar check options are under Proofing but that tab doesn’t deal with language which is what determines the basics i.e., spellings that are to be corrected. Open Microsoft Word and go to File>Options.

#Microsoft word for mac says everything is mispelled how to
Here’s how to switch between British and American spellcheck in Microsoft Word. It’s because your spellcheck is set to the wrong kind of English. It has spellcheck which tends to underline misspelled words except the words that need a u or don’t need a u tend to be underlined when they shouldn’t be. The correct spelling is drilled into you in grade school but Microsoft Word generally doesn’t know where you went to grade school. That’s the case with a few other words neighbor, favor, etc. There’s two ways to spell color, with and without a ‘U’.
