How to change spell check language in OS X. Sometimes when composing documents in multiple languages, it may be useful to check the spelling in those various languages. How to use the built-in Mac OS X spell check in many applications like TextEdit, Mail and Safari. You can make it learn new words and reset your custom dictionary. Check out MacMost Now 164: Spell Check in Mac OS X Applications at YouTube for closed captioning and more options. I often need to write emails in French that contain English technical words and it seems that the spell check in OSX can't understand that a document can contain both languages. The result is either. You can use the actions in the menu bar with Pages open for spelling and grammar checks as well. 1) Click Edit Spelling and Grammar Check Grammar with Spelling. 2) Then click Edit Spelling and Grammar Check Document Now.
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[edit]Spellcheck and Writing Tools in NeoOffice
NeoOffice will correctly configure your preferences to use the language tools (spellcheck, thesaurus, etc.) for the language and region that are set as the defaults in the International pane of the System Preferences when you first launch NeoOffice, provided you have the appropriate writing tools installed.
NeoOffice 3.x will automatically use the native Mac OS X spelling dictionaries if they match the language of the text to be checked. See Issues with Locale Variants of Languages for more details.
However, if you add a word to the dictionary in NeoOffice, it will be added to your NeoOffice user dictionary, ~/Library/Preferences/NeoOffice-3.0/user/wordbook/standard.dic (where ~ represents your home folder), not your Mac OS X user dictionary. See Exporting the Word List from a User Dictionary for information on syncing the contents of standard.dic to your Mac OS X user dictionary.
NeoOffice also ships with a very limited number of OpenOffice.org writing tools (spelling dictionary, thesaurus, hyphenation), with many of the dictionaries and thesauri formerly found in NeoOffice 2.x omitted; if your language is not supported by the Mac OS X spelling system nor by the OpenOffice.org dictionaries shipped in NeoOffice, see Adding Additional Dictionaries for information on installing writing tools for your language. (If you want to disable unnecessary writing tools, see Disabling Writing Tools for Unnecessary Languages.)
On Mac OS X 10.5 and above, NeoOffice also includes support for the Mac OS X grammar checker (which on 10.5 supports only US English and only a limited subset of English grammar, at that); this can be activated by opening the Tools menu, selecting the Add-Ons sub-menu, and choosing one of the options from the Check Grammar sub-menu.
[edit]Additional Information about Spellcheck and Writing Tools
Mac Spell Check Settings
- Adding Additional Dictionaries
- Explains various methods of adding dictionaries that NeoOffice can use, as well as how to disable unused writing tools
- Selecting the Dictionary to be Used in a Document or Section
- Explains how to make sure NeoOffice is using the correct dictionary and provides methods for automating the process
- Exporting the Word List from a User Dictionary
- Explains how to get the contents out of the NeoOffice user dictionary
- Troubleshooting Spellcheck
- Lists solutions to common problems with spell-checking
- Activating Dictionaries and Configuring Spellcheck in NeoOffice 2.x
- Spellcheck-related instructions for NeoOffice 2.x
- Activating Dictionaries in NeoOffice 1.x
- Spellcheck-related instructions for NeoOffice 1.x
[edit]Changing the language of the NeoOffice user interface
NeoOffice uses the topmost language in the list in the International pane of the System Preferences to determine the interface language. If you want the NeoOffice user interface (and in some cases the Help) to be in your native language, you must install the appropriate language pack separately.
Mac Os X Pages Spell Checkers
For details on using an interface language other than the one specified in the System Preferences, consult Changing the Language of the User Interface.
Mac Mail Spell Check
Most of the time Spell check can't give the right suggestion if more than one character is wrong, missing or to many. I find that spell check can see it might be a wrongly spelled word though. If it can't see it a a wrongly spelled word it is a problem. Better tell apple when you find word like that but make sure you tell them which language you find the problem in. There are several versions of english you know. I wold use this page http://www.apple.com/feedback/macosx.html as Spell checking is a system feature and not a specific Pages or Safari feature.
Mac Spell Check Command
Feb 20, 2012 10:46 AM