[bksvol-discuss] Re: changing dictionaries in Word

  • From: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 19 May 2006 10:33:52 -0400 (EDT)

Thanks Gerald.  That is a huge help.  I just selected the whole document,
changed language, and there I was!
Tracy

> Tracy,
>
> You have to select the text which you want the British spell checker to
> check then go into the Set Language box and specify it as British.  If you
> don't select any text, then all you've done is specify that the text
> you're
> about to insert at the cursor is British, so if you don't type anything
> then
> you don't wind up with any text marked as British.
>
> HTH
>
> Gerald
>
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> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] changing dictionaries in Word
>
> It would be really nice to be able to switch dictionaries in Word, for
> instance, from American English to British English, so spell-checker
> wouldn't find errors that aren't errors.  I have tried switching the
> language under the language menu, but it doesn't stick; it switches right
> back to American English.  Does anyone know how to switch to British
> spelling dictionaries for spell-checking a book?
> Tracy
>
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