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The default language setting in my Base style for new documents is Portuguese but I want it to be UK English. I have Portuguese set as a secondary language on my Mac (I live in Portugal) but the primary language in my system settings, keyboard settings, Publisher settings is English and UK English where that is possible. Still, the Base style in new documents defaults to Portuguese – why?

I don't have a Portuguese dictionary loaded for spelling, which means I get thousands of  warnings about a missing dictionary in Preflight – literally, more than 5,000 warnings in a 280 page document!

How can I change the Base language default globally, rather than having to remember to change it for each new document?

 

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Also, what is the exact Preflight error message?

(By the way, on Windows the language for Base is set to the UI language that is specified in the Affinity Preferences at the bottom of the General section.)

-- Walt
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PC:
    Desktop:  Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 

    Laptop:  Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU.
iPad:  iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard 
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53 minutes ago, stokerg said:

Hi SarahB,

If you edit the Base style what is the Language option set to?

The Base style Language says (Unknown en-PT). I can change that to English for each document but surely I should be able to change something somewhere so that it defaults to UK English automatically when I create a new document. I have no idea where/why it is trying to find Portuguese.

29 minutes ago, walt.farrell said:

Also, what is the exact Preflight error message?

(By the way, on Windows the language for Base is set to the UI language that is specified in the Affinity Preferences at the bottom of the General section.)

The Preflight message is 'Missing dictionary for language (en-PT)'. I'm using a Mac, but my UI language is set to English in Affinity Preferences.

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Hi Sarahb,

Could you try selecting the text frame and then Change the Language to EN-United Kingdom and then click Edit>Defaults>Save.  If that doesn't work, you could try the Factory Reset option on the Edit>Defaults menu, and that may force it back to EN-United Kingdom for new documents.

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10 minutes ago, stokerg said:

Hi Sarahb,

Could you try selecting the text frame and then Change the Language to EN-United Kingdom and then click Edit>Defaults>Save.  If that doesn't work, you could try the Factory Reset option on the Edit>Defaults menu, and that may force it back to EN-United Kingdom for new documents.

Neither of those options worked, base language is still 'Unknown (en-PT)'.

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Try this:

1. Edit Base and change the language.

2. Click the hamburger icon for the Text Styles panel and then "Save Styles as Default".

-- Walt
Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases
PC:
    Desktop:  Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 

    Laptop:  Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU.
iPad:  iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard 
Mac:  2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1

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You're welcome :)

-- Walt
Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases
PC:
    Desktop:  Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 

    Laptop:  Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU.
iPad:  iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard 
Mac:  2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1

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