Change the Proofing Language in MS Office

Step 1

Select the text for which you’d like to change the proofing language. If you want to change the entire document, press CTRL – A to select all.

Step 2

From the Review ribbon, Click Language > Set Proofing Language…

Step 3

Choose English (U.K.) or English (U.S.) and Click OK. Obviously, you can choose any other language here as well, including English (Canada) and other versions of English.

Step 4

Repeat this for each section of your Word document that uses a different language. If you want to change all documents to the selected language, Click Set as Default.