# Dictionary change underlines every word

**URL:** <https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/dictionary-change-underlines-every-word/147671>\
**Category:** Scrivener for Windows\
**Tags:** support, troubleshooting\
**Created:** [May 31, 2025, 9:18pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/dictionary-change-underlines-every-word/147671 "2025-05-31T21:18:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Siletha](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/35a633/32.png) [@Siletha](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/Siletha)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2025, 9:18pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/dictionary-change-underlines-every-word/147671/1 "2025-05-31T21:18:41Z")

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Hello! So I changed the dictionary to Canadian English (so that it leaves my spelling of colour, honour, etc alone) and it somehow decided that every single word in my document is incorrect now. Every single word is underlined in red. Has anyone found a fix for this? Thanks in advance!

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**Author:** ![Vincent\_Vincent](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/user_avatar/forum.literatureandlatte.com/vincent_vincent/32/19680_2.png) [@Vincent\_Vincent](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/Vincent_Vincent)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2025, 1:22pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/dictionary-change-underlines-every-word/147671/2 "2025-06-01T13:22:39Z")

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Hi.

Is it still so after a complete reboot? (Not that you should have to, but…)

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**Author:** ![AntoniDol](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/user_avatar/forum.literatureandlatte.com/antonidol/32/15972_2.png) [@AntoniDol](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/AntoniDol)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2025, 5:29pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/dictionary-change-underlines-every-word/147671/3 "2025-06-01T17:29:34Z")

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Are you sure that Canadian dictionary is recognized as such?

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**Author:** ![Vincent\_Vincent](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/user_avatar/forum.literatureandlatte.com/vincent_vincent/32/19680_2.png) [@Vincent\_Vincent](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/Vincent_Vincent)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2025, 8:42pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/dictionary-change-underlines-every-word/147671/4 "2025-06-01T20:42:51Z")

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![image](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/uploads/default/original/3X/5/9/5919b2d6ebeb89abd1806a18c31215be0c1490a2.png)

This one, I suppose.

. . . . . . . .  
TEST :

 ![image](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/uploads/default/original/3X/d/a/da42e4226246bab12643ef09f54938f3e2b030fa.png)

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**Author:** ![narrsd](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/user_avatar/forum.literatureandlatte.com/narrsd/32/21714_2.png) [@narrsd](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/narrsd)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2025, 1:50am UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/dictionary-change-underlines-every-word/147671/5 "2025-06-02T01:50:45Z")

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@Siletha, it sounds like what you loaded may not have been an actual (or Canadian) dictionary. The spellcheck is basically saying it doesn’t recognize any words, thus the red underlines.

Is it possible you received a zip file and loaded that? Or something like that, wrong file? It’s the first thing that comes to mind…

Vincent Vincent seems to have the proof that the right file will work. Which is good 🙂

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**Author:** ![Vincent\_Vincent](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/user_avatar/forum.literatureandlatte.com/vincent_vincent/32/19680_2.png) [@Vincent\_Vincent](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/Vincent_Vincent)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2025, 2:25am UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/dictionary-change-underlines-every-word/147671/6 "2025-06-02T02:25:05Z")

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Download it from here

 ![image](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/uploads/default/original/3X/c/5/c55e037d0f1b141d85fe703a90483bc43ec464c1.png)

And if that’s what you did or think you did, redo it. (?)