Kirsten Chevalier wrote: > On 2/21/07, Dan Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> This can be done with styles in the Styles and Formating window. >> You create one paragraph style for British English and another one >> for American English. >> To do this, use the F11 key to open the Styles and Formating >> window. Make sure the Paragraph Styles icon is selected. (The list >> below it will includes Heading, Heading 1, etc.) Right click Default >> and select Modify from the context menu. Click the Font tab, and >> select English(UK) as the Language from the drop down list. Click the >> Organizer tab, and enter British English as the name of the new >> style. Set the next style as British English. Click OK. Repeat this >> process for your American English style. (Under the font tab, select >> English(USA) as the Language. The next style in this case should be >> American English.) >> Highlight each article and select the appropriate paragraph style >> for the type of English used in that article. Spell checking should >> then work as you want. > > This didn't work. I created a "British English" style as you said, but > words like "behaviour" are still squiggly-red-underlined, and although > the style properties show up as: > Contains: > Western text (English (UK)) > in the Organizer tab, when I do Tools -> Spellcheck, the Dictionary > still shows up as "English (USA)" in the popup menu; spellcheck > apparently ignores the language property in the style. > > Any other suggestions? > > Thanks, > Kirsten > Just a thought, Kirsten
Have you tried "check in all languages" in Tools-Options-Language settings-Writing Aids" ? HTH Russell --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
