Opening Microsoft Word in 10.9.4 changes my keyboard setting

This is a new (mis)behavior, so I'm guessing it's connected with my recently updating my MacBook Pro (2.9 GHz Intel Core i7) to OS 10.9.4. Whether I open Word by clicking on a Word document, opening it via Spotlight, or directly clicking the application icon itself, my keyboard is changed from Dvorak to the standard American English keyboard. And as if that weren't irritating enough, if I change the keyboard back to Dvorak, opening another Word document while Word is still open causes it to flip back to American English. Any ideas how to stop this madness? Thanks.

Check out the solution posted on Microsoft Forums. .
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/mac/forum/macoffice2011-macword/the-latest-up date-to-word-2011-changes-my/ef55019b-4d4d-4197-808c-d1660d361637
If this fails to help...
Are you fully updated to 14.4.3? If no, download
Test in the Guest User or create a new User in System Preferences and see if you see the same behavior. If the problem goes away in a new User, it's a problem in your User's folder.

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