Written by Allen Wyatt (last updated August 6, 2022)
This tip applies to Word 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, 2021, and Word in Microsoft 365
Word includes many tools to make your writing better. A few of the tools make use of specialized dictionaries; for instance, the grammar and spelling checker. You can pick a language to be used on either a single paragraph, or on all instances of a particular paragraph style. To change which language is used for a particular paragraph, follow these steps:
Figure 1. The Language dialog box.
If you want to specify that all paragraphs formatted with a particular style use a certain language, then follow these steps:
Any paragraphs currently using the style you specified in step 4 (or any paragraphs to which you apply that style in the future) will be formatted for the language you picked in step 7.
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