Re: Setting The Language For Page Numbers

Hi Will:

Sounds like you didn't Save something when you made the change.

Note: Changes you make to the Normal template or its styles will apply only
to documents created from that Normal template. Existing documents will
still have the problem.

Note that in addition to an inheritance from the styles, a Language can also
exist as direct formatting. In which case, the direct formatting will
override the style.

Solving language problems like this can be very frustrating, because you
have to look in so many places.

Cheers


On 19/6/05 4:34 AM, in article BED9E18F96685DDEA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Will
Simmons" <wsimmons@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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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