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David Kennedy
solution; how do you change from the American Dictionary in Pages?
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David Kennedy
Chris Ridd
<davidk...@nospamherethankyou.invalid> said:
> I'm sure this has come up before but can't find it or remember the
> solution; how do you change from the American Dictionary in Pages?
Text > More > Language?
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Chris
David Kennedy
Yup, did that but it wants to keep defaulting to the American Dictionary
every time I open a new document.
Come back Claris Works all is forgiven...
Andy Hewitt
> Chris Ridd wrote:
> > On 2009-07-05 09:12:05 +0100, David Kennedy
> > <davidk...@nospamherethankyou.invalid> said:
> >
> >> I'm sure this has come up before but can't find it or remember the
> >> solution; how do you change from the American Dictionary in Pages?
> >
> > Text > More > Language?
>
> Yup, did that but it wants to keep defaulting to the American Dictionary
> every time I open a new document.
>
> Come back Claris Works all is forgiven...
I saved a blank template with the settings in it. You can also do this
in the Inspector/Text/More tab.
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Andy Hewitt
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Chris Ridd
<davidk...@nospamherethankyou.invalid> said:
> Chris Ridd wrote:
>> On 2009-07-05 09:12:05 +0100, David Kennedy
>> <davidk...@nospamherethankyou.invalid> said:
>>
>>> I'm sure this has come up before but can't find it or remember the
>>> solution; how do you change from the American Dictionary in Pages?
>>
>> Text > More > Language?
>
> Yup, did that but it wants to keep defaulting to the American
> Dictionary every time I open a new document.
System Preferences > International > put British English at top of list?
> Come back Claris Works all is forgiven...
They did a Windows port, which is unforgivable.
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Chris
David Kennedy
> On 2009-07-05 09:20:45 +0100, David Kennedy
> <davidk...@nospamherethankyou.invalid> said:
>
>> Chris Ridd wrote:
>>> On 2009-07-05 09:12:05 +0100, David Kennedy
>>> <davidk...@nospamherethankyou.invalid> said:
>>>
>>>> I'm sure this has come up before but can't find it or remember the
>>>> solution; how do you change from the American Dictionary in Pages?
>>>
>>> Text > More > Language?
>>
>> Yup, did that but it wants to keep defaulting to the American
>> Dictionary every time I open a new document.
>
> System Preferences > International > put British English at top of list?
>
Done that. I think the only way is to save templates whenever possible
and check the settings on start up if you have quit the program.
>> Come back Claris Works all is forgiven...
>
> They did a Windows port, which is unforgivable.
True. But, as I /never/ use Windoze in any form it's not a problem.
Andy Hewitt
> On 2009-07-05 09:20:45 +0100, David Kennedy
> <davidk...@nospamherethankyou.invalid> said:
>
> > Chris Ridd wrote:
> >> On 2009-07-05 09:12:05 +0100, David Kennedy
> >> <davidk...@nospamherethankyou.invalid> said:
> >>
> >>> I'm sure this has come up before but can't find it or remember the
> >>> solution; how do you change from the American Dictionary in Pages?
> >>
> >> Text > More > Language?
> >
> > Yup, did that but it wants to keep defaulting to the American
> > Dictionary every time I open a new document.
>
> System Preferences > International > put British English at top of list?
You can also untick all the ones you don't need too.
> > Come back Claris Works all is forgiven...
>
> They did a Windows port, which is unforgivable.
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Peter Ceresole
> Yup, did that but it wants to keep defaulting to the American Dictionary
> every time I open a new document.
>
> Come back Claris Works all is forgiven...
I just checked with my copy; it opens new docs in UK English. That is,
it rejects 'color' and accepts 'colour' which seems conclusive enough
for me...
I have 'British English' at the top of the list in Sys
Prefs:International. And that's what appears under 'Language' in
Inspector:More:Text. From what I can remember, I never had to set this
up in Pages; it picked it up from the system prefs.
This is in 10.4.11 on my iG5. I just checked on Anne's MBP, with 10.5.7,
and it behaved the way you described, including not sticking to British
English if I select it via the Inspector. I then went into Sys
Prefs:International and selected British English to the top of the list
[1], and now Pages behaves properly on there too.
[1] It was our first new Mac for years, and we hardly ever use spell
checkers, so she's never noticed. But it makes me realise that when I
set up two iMacs for friends, I didn't change the language setting there
either. However, neither of those ladies need the spell checker, so they
haven't noticed. Next time I'm across that side of London, I shall have
to call in and fix that.
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Peter
David Kennedy
>
> [1] It was our first new Mac for years, and we hardly ever use spell
> checkers, so she's never noticed. But it makes me realise that when I
> set up two iMacs for friends, I didn't change the language setting there
> either. However, neither of those ladies need the spell checker, so they
> haven't noticed. Next time I'm across that side of London, I shall have
> to call in and fix that.
I noticed it when it highlighted _colour_ as being incorrect...
Peter Ceresole
> I noticed it when it highlighted _colour_ as being incorrect...
That's certainly the one I use if I have to check the language setting.
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Peter
Flavio Matani
> I'm sure this has come up before but can't find it or remember the
> solution; how do you change from the American Dictionary in Pages?
The only way I've found that sticks is document by document in the
Inspector...
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Flavio Matani
> David Kennedy <davidk...@nospamherethankyou.invalid> wrote:
>
> > I'm sure this has come up before but can't find it or remember the
> > solution; how do you change from the American Dictionary in Pages?
>
> The only way I've found that sticks is document by document in the
> Inspector...
Correction, same issue with British English not being checked by default
in 'International'. One more little thing that Migration Assistant
doesn't seem to move across (or didn't, in this case, at any rate).