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I use Powerpoint 2010 on Windows 7. My keyboard layout is German, but I write my presentations in English.

Now I created a presentation with Default Language set to English, and I want it to use English for proofing. When I create a new slide/textbox/... the language is indeed English. However as soon as I start typing, the language changes to German. This happens because my system-wide keyboard layout is set to German. If the keyboard layout is changed to English, everything is alright.

Now I want to stop Powerpoint from changing its proofing language to match my keyboard language. I tried changing the LangTuneUp key to Off or Prohibited in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Common\LanguageResourcesas indicated here, but it didn't help. Any other ideas?

P.S. Oh how I hate it when application developers try to be clever.

Franck Dernoncourt
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To disable Powerpoint from matching the system language (which fixes this very annoying behavior), go to Options->Language, then under Choose Display and Help Languages move "Match Microsoft Windows" and "Match Display Language" to the bottom of the list.

zennehoy
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If you want to use your German keyboard layout while writing in English, you can create a new ”language” which uses the German layout but with English proofreading.

  1. In the Windows settings, got to Time & Language → Language.
  2. Below Preferred Language, click on Add a preferred language.
  3. Choose the language you want for the proofreading (i.e. English).
  4. On the next page, unselect all checkboxes.
    (At least in my case, there were no checkbox for the proofreading, so the proofreading functionality will stay even if all checkboxes are disabled).
  5. On the next page, choose your keyboard layout (i.e. German).
  6. Follow the remaining steps of the assistant to create the new “language”.

Afterwards, you will have a new entry at the right of your taskbar where you can choose the German keyboard layout with English proofreading. You can also press Alt+Shift to switch between the “languages”.

Franck Dernoncourt
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JojOatXGME
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I found the given answer to be incorrect. In my case to solve this problem I had to change current keyboard layout to the language that I want to use in PowerPoint.

This could be achieve temporarily, by pressing Win+Space that many times until selected keyboard layout matches your desired proofing language:

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After that PowerPoint will auto-match proofing language to your selected keyboard layout.

You may try to force-set this permanently, by changing selection Use language list (recommended) to your desired language in Time & language → Typing → Advanced keyboard settings:

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But I found this not permanent / not working at all and must use first solution each time I use PowerPoint.

Source: Prevent PowerPoint from auto-changing typing language.

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