Re: Setting The Language For Page Numbers

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In article <BED203FF.17B47%john@xxxxxxxxxxx>,
"John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macintosh]" <john@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

>The Page Number character style can have a language set. If it hasn't, it
>will inherit it from the properties of the underlying paragraph. If the
>underlying paragraph has no language set, it will inherit from the paragraph
>style (Footer, in this case). If the Footer style has no language set, it
>will inherit from the Normal style. If the Normal style has no language
>set, it will inherit from the Document.
>
>So: Follow the change back in that order, ensuring that everything is set
>to English US, all the way back to the Document.

Got it. I've now set the Page Number Style as English US in the Normal
template. And, I've written a macro that sets the page numbers by View
Header-Footer, click on Insert page number, then apply Tools-Styles- Page
Number-Format-Language-English US.

But, when I open a new document and run the macro, Find-Formatting-(no
proofing) still jumps right to that new page number. And,
Tools-Language-Set Language confirms that it is indeed (no proofing). Thus,
neither the revised Normal template that generates the new document nor the
macro that produces the page number appears to make the page number
Language anything other than good old Language (no proofing).

>You can't actually turn off the No Proofing warning. But if you set the
>entire chain of styles to English US, you won't see it. Or, if you set a
>style to a language you do not have installed, Word will silently ignore
>it.
>You *can* (and I do...) perform a Find/Replace for No Proofing in an entire
>document and replace it with English US. This sets the formatting as
>direct
>formatting rather than within the style: not a "nice" way to do it, but it
>ensures that the entire document gets checked.

It's the only (and I do mean only) apparent way to get English US page
numbers that stick: forget the macro, forget the Normal template Page
number style, etc. -- just highlight the page number, open
Tools-Language-Set Language and choose and apply English US. Clicking the
Default button and accepting it's warning about converting the Normal
Template, etc., seems to add nothing, inasmuch as the next new document
generated by the "converted" Normal template produces a Tools- Language-Set
Language (no proofing) page number.

In sum, It's probably not worth pursuing this eccentricity further, at
least not in my edition (Word 98). Life's too short.

But, many, many thanks for trying to help once again.

-- Will --






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