Feb 15, 2017 - Ensure that the entire document's proofing language is set to English. Remember that proofing language is set for each word, even each. May 23, 2018 - In Microsoft Word, templates are pre-designed documents that you or someone else (such as Microsoft) creates to use as a pattern for a project.
Word 2016 has two personal template locations. One, which shows up under File New under Custom or Personal labels.
That one is the default save location for templates. It is set under File Options Save. The other is the location of the normal template. That is the location.
That location is set under File Options Advanced. This is where Word 2003 looked for templates 'On my Computer.' Both of these locations can be changed.
For most personal users, they probably should be the same location; they are not in the same location by default.
From for Word 2007 (I hope that for Excel it may be somewhat similar):. Display the Developer tab of the ribbon and then click on the Document Template tool. In the Templates and Add-ins window, click on the Attach button. Use the controls in the Attach Template dialog box to locate and select the template you want attached to your document, then click Open. The Attach Template dialog box disappears and the name of the template you selected appears in the Document Template box. Select the Automatically Update Document Styles check box to make sure that the styles in the template are applied to your document. Click on OK.
If you don't see the Developer tab necessary for step 1, then you need to make the tab visible. You do that by clicking the Office button and then clicking the Word Options button. In the resulting Word Options dialog box, the Popular option should be selected at the left. Make sure the Show Developer Tab in Ribbon check box is selected and click OK. For older versions of Word, please see the above article.
You'll still need to open each document in order to use the above method.