With Office 2011 for Mac, you can check spelling and grammar in languages other than English.

You can change the default settings for new documents by making changes to the Normal template that new documents are based on. You can modify the Normal template to change its default formatting or content so that any new document that you create will use the new settings. “I have a copy of Microsoft Office 2016 on my laptop that is defaulted to the Thai Language. How do I change it to English? Thanks!” No matter what the default language is, Office can easily be switched to the language of your choice.

Word 2011 for Mac comes with foreign-language dictionaries such as Czech, French, Russian, and you can also change the ‘brand’ of English (UK, US, Australian).

Change Microsoft Office Language To English

The default dictionary determines which language’s proofing tools Word uses for spelling and grammar.

You can change Word’s default language dictionary:

1. Choose Tools→Language.
   
2. The Language dialog opens, and you see a list of languages. Select the new language to use and click the Default button.
   
3. A pop-up will appear to change the default language.
   
4. Click Yes to change Word’s default spelling and grammar checking language to the language you selected. Click OK to close the Language dialog.

Change Microsoft Office Language Mac Keyboard

Update: This didn’t stick for some documents that I created and amended with this. Until the latest update, and now they seem to be sticking to the language I selected.

Change Microsoft Office Language Machine

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