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Excel oddity

rmg1
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Hi all

Here's a bit of a puzzle.
I've got Office 2007 installed and everything is fine ..... except the Format Cells pop-up.

Under font, I get then option what appears to be French! It's the only menu affected as far as I can see.

Anyone any ideas apart from either a repair on reinstall?
:wall: Flagellation, necrophilia and bestiality - Am I flogging a dead horse? :wall:

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  • Stompa
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    rmg1 wrote: »
    Under font, I get then option what appears to be French! It's the only menu affected as far as I can see.
    You mean one of the font names is in French? What does it say exactly?
    Stompa
  • rmg1
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    No, it's the options that should say:-
    Regular
    Italic
    Bold
    Bold Italic

    It actually says:-
    (can't remember the first one)
    Italique
    Gras
    Gras Italique

    It's a works machine and getting the disc is going to be a nightmare!
    :wall: Flagellation, necrophilia and bestiality - Am I flogging a dead horse? :wall:

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  • Stompa
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    rmg1 wrote: »
    No, it's the options that should say:-
    Regular
    Italic
    Bold
    Bold Italic

    It actually says:-
    (can't remember the first one)
    Italique
    Gras
    Gras Italique

    It's a works machine and getting the disc is going to be a nightmare!
    Very strange! Out of curiousity, does the same thing happen in the Font dialog for Word?
    Stompa
  • rmg1
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    Dunno - I'll have a look when I'm back at work tomorrow.
    Any ideas in the meantime?
    :wall: Flagellation, necrophilia and bestiality - Am I flogging a dead horse? :wall:

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  • Stompa
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    rmg1 wrote: »
    Any ideas in the meantime?
    Sadly not I'm afraid (other than a re-install), it sounds really odd. Is it a new installation that has always behaved this way, or an old installation that used to display the font style in English but has now spontaneously changed to French?
    Stompa
  • loudcox
    loudcox Posts: 179 Forumite
    A bit weird....Not seen this before, but

    Please try:

    Close all Office applications
    Open "Microsoft Office 2007 Language Settings" under Start ==> Programs ==> Microsoft Office ==> Microsoft Office Tools

    Set "Enabled Editing Languages" to just include English (UK) and the primary editing language to also be English (UK)
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  • rmg1
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    Stompa - I think it's always been like that and I've just not noticed (don't use it that often).

    loudcox - tried that (Belgian was in there for some reason) but still no joy.
    :wall: Flagellation, necrophilia and bestiality - Am I flogging a dead horse? :wall:

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  • rmg1
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    Just tried a repair install and no change. Looks like a full uninstall/reinstall unless anyone else has any ideas.
    :wall: Flagellation, necrophilia and bestiality - Am I flogging a dead horse? :wall:

    Any posts are my opinion and only that. Please read at your own risk.
  • rmg1
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    OK, the plot thickens......
    Just tried using other fonts and the styles go back to normal.
    I haven't checked every font, but so far it only seems to affect Arial, Arial (W1) and Arial Narrow.

    This is getting bizarre now!

    :edit:

    Word doesn't seem to be affected.
    :wall: Flagellation, necrophilia and bestiality - Am I flogging a dead horse? :wall:

    Any posts are my opinion and only that. Please read at your own risk.
  • davester
    davester Posts: 4,079 Forumite
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    EUs attempt at changing the global Business languge to Belgian maybe in consiricy cahoots with Microsoft. LOL no idea that helps but a humourous idea.

    P.s if I stop posting in the Freebees forum it means I was right and the EU secret service has Black bagged me
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