Setting A Table's Spelling Language In Advance In Publisher

[markw]

When using Tables is it possible to set them in advance to use another spelling language other than the one in use by the OS?
I often have to do projects with bilingual content.
I can set the spelling language of individual Table cells to Spanish but only after filling them with something first.
What I would like to do is group select all the cells first, before typing anything, and set their spelling language to Spanish so the text can be spellchecked as I type.
It’s also a bit of a pain at present that when adding a new Column or Row to a Table already using Spanish the new cells default to the OS language.
In short it would be nice to be able to tell the Table which spelling language it should use throughout when setting it up and have it stick to it.

I haven’t needed to use Tables in Publisher before so I’m not overly familiar with all their intricacies.
So is any of the above currently possible and I’ve just overlooked how?

[walt.farrell]

21 hours ago, markw said:

So is any of the above currently possible and I’ve just overlooked how?

Several possibilities come to mind:

1. When I create a Table, the Context Toolbar has a Paragraph text style set that defaults to Table Body. You could edit that text style and change the spelling language.
2. The Context Toolbar also has a Character text style specification. You could pick one that has the language you want specified.
3. If you establish a Table Format using the Table Format panel, you can specify a different text style there. And when you setup that text style, you can specify the spelling language you want it to use.

[markw]

Thanks for the suggestions Walt. Appreciated 🙂
Things for me to tryout and play with tomorrow!

[Twila]

I also am working with both English and Spanish in the same document, though not necessarily in tables. Is there any way to have Publisher recognize two languages so that I don't have so many preflight errors? 

[walt.farrell]

11 minutes ago, Twila said:

I also am working with both English and Spanish in the same document, though not necessarily in tables. Is there any way to have Publisher recognize two languages so that I don't have so many preflight errors? 

Create a Character Text Style for the one that is less common, and assign it to any text you type in that language. When you set up the Text Style, specify the spelling language you want.

[Twila]

Thank you, Walt.

[walt.farrell]

You're welcome.