Confusion over laugages in Word X

[beenie]

MS Word X running on 10.3.7

I'd like to be able to swap between Eng, French, Dutch etc with ease.

I have all the laugauges installed.


If I open a document that was written in say 'Dutch' the spelling
check is still in English.

Even if I then change the Language into Dutch, the spell check is
STILL in english?

Its all a bit confusing.

So, how do I set up word so that I can easily switch between
languages.

Thanks.

 

[John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macintosh]]

If everything is installed correctly, you need to mark the text with the
language you want to use.

By default, Word sets its language from the Keyboard you are using. I don't
find that convenient, because I use only one keyboard.

I prefer to select the text I want and use Tools>Language to explicitly set
it to the language it is in.

I prefer to use styles for the purpose. I have a set of styles for each
language, and the language assigned as one of the properties of each style.

Hope this helps

MS Word X running on 10.3.7

I'd like to be able to swap between Eng, French, Dutch etc with ease.

I have all the laugauges installed.


If I open a document that was written in say 'Dutch' the spelling
check is still in English.

Even if I then change the Language into Dutch, the spell check is
STILL in english?

Its all a bit confusing.

So, how do I set up word so that I can easily switch between
languages.

Thanks.

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