Language settings in Office for Mac 2004

[pgodon]

Hello.

I recently switched (back) to Mac and Office for Mac 2004. I work as a
translator and frequently need to change from English to French within
a same document, i.e., for proofing tools, keyboard, etc. In the
current version of Word for Mac, the only way to change the language of
the document is to open the language command and scroll through the
entire list of available languages in order to select the one I want.
As I mentioned earlier, I often have to repeat this long and tedious
process several times during a work session on a given document.

My question: is it possible to customize Word so that only the
languages I want to work with appear in the languages command?
Alternately, can I input the languages I want--English US and French
Canadian--into the work menu, where they can be quickly selected? In
Office 2003 for Windows, I was able to place Window's language toolbar
directly in the menu line and quickly switch back and forth between
languages, by mousing as well as through a simple keyboard command.

Another question: is a Canadian English dictionary--language
setting--available for Office for Mac? This was also a feature of the
Windows version that doesn't appear in the Mac version.

I am using a MacBook Pro, OS X 10.4.8.


Many thanks for any tips, advice, etc.

Patrick

 

[Corentin Cras-Méneur]

Hello.

I recently switched (back) to Mac and Office for Mac 2004. I work as a
translator and frequently need to change from English to French within
a same document, i.e., for proofing tools, keyboard, etc. In the
current version of Word for Mac, the only way to change the language of
the document is to open the language command and scroll through the
entire list of available languages in order to select the one I want.

I also often switch between languages and there are easier ways. You can
use different templates (one for French, one for English for instance),
you can also create a button for the toolbars to switch a selection in
your document to French or English.

For the later, you have to create buttons on the toolbar and link them
to a script.
I use the following scripts:

Sub Fr()
Selection.LanguageID = wdFrench
Selection.NoProofing = False
End Sub


Sub US()
Selection.LanguageID = wdEnglishUS
Selection.NoProofing = False
End Sub

As I mentioned earlier, I often have to repeat this long and tedious
process several times during a work session on a given document.

I'd use the buttons on a toolbar for that. You can even affect them a
shortcut.

Corentin

 

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

I find the best way of doing this is to define the languages into your
styles.

So I might have Body Text AUS, Body Text US, and Body Text UK styles to
switch between three languages.

If you do not want to switch entire paragraphs, use Character styles.

Or use the macro Corentin sent

Cheers

Hello.

I recently switched (back) to Mac and Office for Mac 2004. I work as a
translator and frequently need to change from English to French within
a same document, i.e., for proofing tools, keyboard, etc. In the
current version of Word for Mac, the only way to change the language of
the document is to open the language command and scroll through the
entire list of available languages in order to select the one I want.
As I mentioned earlier, I often have to repeat this long and tedious
process several times during a work session on a given document.

My question: is it possible to customize Word so that only the
languages I want to work with appear in the languages command?
Alternately, can I input the languages I want--English US and French
Canadian--into the work menu, where they can be quickly selected? In
Office 2003 for Windows, I was able to place Window's language toolbar
directly in the menu line and quickly switch back and forth between
languages, by mousing as well as through a simple keyboard command.

Another question: is a Canadian English dictionary--language
setting--available for Office for Mac? This was also a feature of the
Windows version that doesn't appear in the Mac version.

I am using a MacBook Pro, OS X 10.4.8.


Many thanks for any tips, advice, etc.

Patrick

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